Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

1937  Gerard Vissering, banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1940  Death of Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (b. 1860) on December - 17.   

1944  On this day in history pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26   

1946  Constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1948  On December - 17 edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68   

1949  On December - 17 david Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72   

1956  Eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48 on December - 17.   

1957  Dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64 on December - 17.   

1961  On December - 17 marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53   

1962  On this day in history thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70   

1964  Death of Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883) on December - 17.   

1965  Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76 on December - 17.   

1966  Gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1967  On December - 17 death of harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59   

1969  On December - 17 arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67   

1972  On this day in history erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63   

1973  Charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 on this day in history.   

1975  On December - 17 frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67   

1978  Death of Don Ellis, American jazz band leader (b. 1934) on this day in history.   

1982  Leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1983  Death of Erik Christensen, NHL player on December - 17.   

1985  On December - 17 otto Gotsche, writer, dies   

1986  On December - 17 ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer   

1987  Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1990  Don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61 on December - 17.   

1991  On December - 17 john Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80   

1992  On December - 17 dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83   

1993  On this day in history janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer   

1994  On December - 17 jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64   

1995  On December - 17 lila Clark Knapp, publisher, dies at 63   

1996  On December - 17 elizabeth Hill, teacher of Salvonic languages, dies at 96   

1997  Reginald Victor Jones, scientist, dies at 86 on December - 17.   

1999  On December - 17 death of grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (b. 1943)   

2002  Death of James Hazeldine, English actor (b. 1947) on December - 17.   

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.   

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.   

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on this day in history.   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on December - 17.   

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on December - 17.   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on December - 17.   

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.