Famous Deaths In May - 17
Thursday, 21 November 2024
1884 Louis Brassin, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.
1886 Death of John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804) on May - 17.
1888 Death of Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820) on this day in history.
1889 On this day in history william Roxby Beverly, artist, dies
1892 Gyorgy Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1914 Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79 on this day in history.
1916 Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer, dies at 68 on May - 17.
1917 Death of Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829) on this day in history.
1919 On May - 17 bohumil Pazdirek, composer, dies at 80
1920 Maitland Hathorn, cricketer (325 runs in 12 Tests S Afr 1901-11), dies on May - 17.
1926 On May - 17 lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies
1927 Death of Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (b. 1884) on this day in history.
1930 On May - 17 herbert David Croly, US founder (New Republic), dies at 61
1931 Johan [Eliza J] de Master, art critic/writer, dies on this day in history.
1935 Death of Paul Dukas, French composer (b. 1865) on May - 17.
1936 On May - 17 death of panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (b. 1868)
1938 On this day in history death of jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877)
1943 On May - 17 montagu Love, actor (Wind), dies at 65
1945 On May - 17 jan van Geenen, resistance fighter, dies
1947 On May - 17 death of george William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
1950 On May - 17 eduardo Fabini, composer, dies at 67
1951 Karl Heinrich David, composer, dies at 66 on May - 17.
1953 Eric De Lamarter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 17.
1955 On this day in history alan Fairfax, cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies
1957 Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54 on May - 17.
1961 On this day in history frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81
1963 On May - 17 death of john Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (b. 1888)
1964 Otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82 on May - 17.
1967 On this day in history john Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65
1969 On this day in history joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80
1970 On May - 17 nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61
1973 On this day in history alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91
1974 On this day in history charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49
1978 On this day in history john Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies
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