Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In July - 17

1879  Death of Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian painter (b. 1856) on this day in history.   

1881  Death of Jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (b. 1833) on July - 17.   

1894  Death of Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (b. 1810) on this day in history.   

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

1903  James A McNeill Whistler, US/Brit writer (Bride Tomorrow), dies at 69 on July - 17.   

1912  On July - 17 j-Henri Poincaré, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58   

1915  Francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday on this day in history.   

1918  Death of Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13 on this day in history.   

1922  On July - 17 heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57   

1928  On July - 17 death of alvaro Obregon, general/pres of Mexico, assassinated   

1935  Death of George William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist (b. 1867) on July - 17.   

1937  Henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne, composer, dies at 73 on July - 17.   

1944  Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies on July - 17.   

1946  On July - 17 death of dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53   

1947  Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1950  Death of Evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

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

1954  On this day in history dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85   

1955  On this day in history bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73   

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

1961  On this day in history ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74   

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  Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1971  On July - 17 cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76   

1974  On this day in history jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63   

1975  Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal) on this day in history.   

1978  Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

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

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1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.