Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In July - 17

1879  Death of Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian painter (b. 1856) on July - 17.   

1881  On this day in history death of jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804)   

1885  On July - 17 death of jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian politician (b. 1811)   

1887  On this day in history death of dorothea Dix, french social activist (b. 1802)   

1893  On July - 17 death of frederick A. Johnson, American politician (b. 1833)   

1894  On this day in history death of josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (b. 1810)   

1901  John Farmer, composer, dies at 64 on July - 17.   

1903  On July - 17 james A McNeill Whistler, US/Brit writer (Bride Tomorrow), dies at 69   

1912  On this day in history j-Henri Poincaré, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58   

1915  On July - 17 francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday   

1918  Death of Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13 on July - 17.   

1922  Heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1928  Death of Alvaro Obregon, general/pres of Mexico, assassinated on July - 17.   

1935  Death of George William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist (b. 1867) on this day in history.   

1937  On July - 17 henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne, composer, dies at 73   

1944  Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies on this day in history.   

1946  Death of Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53 on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34   

1950  On this day in history death of evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)   

1953  On July - 17 bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65   

1954  On July - 17 dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85   

1955  Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44   

1961  Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57   

1966  August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1967  Cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74   

1971  Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1974  Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63 on July - 17.   

1975  Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal) on July - 17.   

1978  On July - 17 thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51   

1979  On this day in history doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies   

1980  Donald Barry, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak), dies at 68 on July - 17.   

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1487  On July - 17 birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader