Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 03

1875  On January - 03 baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68   

1882  On January - 03 william H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76   

1895  On this day in history death of james Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824)   

1898  James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 on January - 03.   

1900  On January - 03 edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80   

1903  Death of Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler (b. 1837) on January - 03.   

1907  Josef Foerster, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1911  Death of Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851) on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history felix Dahn, writer, dies at 77   

1914  On this day in history stephane Raoul Pugno, composer, dies at 62   

1915  On January - 03 james E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30   

1916  Death of Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) on January - 03.   

1923  Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1927  Death of Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (b. 1856) on January - 03.   

1931  On January - 03 joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78   

1933  On this day in history wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23), dies at 56   

1938  On January - 03 arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54   

1942  Pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, dies at 70 on January - 03.   

1943  On January - 03 death of sir Walter James, Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)   

1944  Death of Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) on January - 03.   

1945  On this day in history fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68   

1946  Death of William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason on January - 03.   

1951  Fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69 on January - 03.   

1956  On this day in history alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91   

1960  On this day in history victor Seastrom, entertainer, dies at 80   

1963  On this day in history oscar Backing, Austria/Neth viola player, dies at 83   

1965  Betty Harte, entertainer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1966  Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1967  Jack Ruby, assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 55 on January - 03.   

1969  Howard McNear, actor (Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at 63 on this day in history.   

1970  Death of Gladys Aylward, British missionary in China; portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (b. 1902) on January - 03.   

1972  On this day in history frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82   

1974  Gino Cervi, actor (Becket, Don Camillo), dies at 72 on January - 03.   

1975  Milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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1196  Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231) was born on January - 03.   

1624  William Tucker, 1st Black child born in America was born on January - 03.   

1680  Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker was born on January - 03.   

1698  On this day in history birth of pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)   

1710  On this day in history birth of richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)   

1719  Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773) was born on January - 03.   

1722  Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752) was born on January - 03.   

1730  On January - 03 birth of charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician