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History Deaths on July 17

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History Deaths on July 17

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Peter Appleyard, English-Canadian vibraphone player and composer (b. 1928)

#Peter_Appleyard

In 2013

Dmitry Shemyaka, Grand Prince of Moscow

#Dmitry_Shemyaka

In 1453

Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911)

#Juan_Manuel_Fangio

In 1995

Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)

#Sam_Myers

In 2006

Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (b. 1925)

#Elaine_Stritch

In 2014

Draža Mihailovi?, Serbian general (b. 1893)

#Draža_Mihailovi?

In 1946

Jules Bianchi, French race car driver (b. 1989)

#Jules_Bianchi

In 2015

Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)

#Dorothea_Dix

In 1887

Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)

#Dizzy_Dean

In 1974

Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque and Süleymaniye Mosque (b. 1489)

#Mimar_Sinan

In 1588

Edward Heath, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)

#Edward_Heath

In 2005

Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)

#Peter_III_of_Russia

In 1762

Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)

#Rasmus_Rasmussen_(actor)

In 1932

Charlotte Corday, French murderer (b. 1768)

#Charlotte_Corday

In 1793

Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (b. 1921)

#Henri_Alleg

In 2013

Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)

#Hector_Malot

In 1907

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician (b. 1387)

#John_Talbot,_1st_Earl_of_Shrewsbury

In 1453

Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)

#Boris_Delaunay

In 1980

Jadwiga, queen of Poland (b. 1374)

#Jadwiga_of_Poland

In 1399

Robert Guiscard, Norman adventurer

#Robert_Guiscard

In 1085

Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)

#Don_"Red"_Barry

In 1980

Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)

#Thomas_McIlwraith

In 1900

John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)

#John_Coltrane

In 1967

Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933)

#Henry_Hartsfield

In 2014

Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)

#Maud_Menten

In 1960

Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)

#Maurycy_Gottlieb

In 1879

Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)

#Billie_Holiday

In 1959

Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)

#Ty_Cobb

In 1961

Robert Bolling, English planter and merchant (b. 1646)

#Robert_Bolling

In 1709

William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)

#William_James_Sidis

In 1944

Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)

#Eugene_Meyer_(financier)

In 1959

Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)

#Leconte_de_Lisle

In 1894

Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)

#Giovanni_Giolitti

In 1928

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)

#Konstantine_Gamsakhurdia

In 1975

Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)

#Jean-Charles_Chapais

In 1885

Leszek Ko?akowski, Polish historian and philosopher (b. 1927)

#Leszek_Ko?akowski

In 2009

Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)

#Álvaro_Obregón

In 1928

Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)

#Evangeline_Booth

In 1950

Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist (b. 1918)

#Mickey_Spillane

In 2006

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)

#Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey

In 1845

Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (b. 1928)

#Otto_Piene

In 2014

Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (b. 1812)

#Aleardo_Aleardi

In 1878

Chas Chandler, American bass player and producer (b. 1938)

#Chas_Chandler

In 1996

Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)

#Adam_Smith

In 1790

Sverker II, king of Sweden (b. 1210)

#Sverker_II_of_Sweden

In 1210

Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)

#Josef_Hyrtl

In 1894

Katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917)

#Katharine_Graham

In 2001

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims: Liam Davison, Australian author and critic (b. 1957) Shuba Jay, Malaysian actress (b. 1976) Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (b. 1954) Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician (b. 1952)

#Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17

In 2014

George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)

#George_William_Russell

In 1935

Walter Cronkite, American journalist and actor (b. 1916)

#Walter_Cronkite

In 2009

Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)

#Ernst_Busch_(field_marshal)

In 1945

Du, empress dowager of the Song Dynasty

#Empress_Dowager_Du

In 961

Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)

#Jim_Bridger

In 1881

William Raspberry, American journalist and academic (b. 1935)

#William_Raspberry

In 2012

Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)

#Georg_Fabricius

In 1571

Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)

#Henri_Poincaré

In 1912

John Taylor, English pianist and educator (b. 1942)

#John_Taylor_(jazz)

In 2015

Forrest S. McCartney, American general (b. 1931)

#Forrest_S._McCartney

In 2012

T? ??c, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)

#T?_??c

In 1883

David White, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1933)

#David_White_(Scottish_footballer)

In 2013

Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)

#Florence_Fuller

In 1946

Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese commander (b. 1484)

#Hosokawa_Takakuni

In 1531

Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)

#Joseph_Luns

In 2002

Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (b. 1913)

#Geraldine_Fitzgerald

In 2005

Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer (b. 1251)

#Edmund_Mortimer,_2nd_Baron_Mortimer

In 1304

Victims of TWA Flight 800 Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (b. 1971) Marcel Dadi, Tunisian-French guitarist (b. 1951) David Hogan, American composer (b. 1949) Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (b. 1948)

#TWA_Flight_800

In 1996

Jean Borotra, French tennis player (b. 1898)

#Jean_Borotra

In 1994

Walter Zapp, Latvian-Swiss inventor, invented the Minox (b. 1905)

#Walter_Zapp

In 2003

Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, English-Scottish politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1587)

#Robert_Carr,_1st_Earl_of_Somerset

In 1645

Edward the Elder, English king (b. 877)

#Edward_the_Elder

In 924

Van Miller, American sportscaster (b. 1927)

#Van_Miller

In 2015

Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (b. 1885)

#Antonie_Nedošinská

In 1950

Larry Keith, American actor (b. 1931)

#Larry_Keith

In 2010

Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)

#Lovis_Corinth

In 1925

Leo IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 790)

#Pope_Leo_IV

In 855

Júlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (b. 1956)

#Júlio_Redecker

In 2007

Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (b. 1916)

In 2015

Bill Arnsparger, American football player and coach (b. 1926)

In 2015

Ian Gourlay, English general (b. 1920)

In 2013

Don Flye, American tennis player (b. 1933)

In 2013

Vincenzo Cerami, Italian screenwriter and producer (b. 1940)

In 2013

Marsha Singh, Indian-English politician (b. 1954)

In 2012

?lhan Mimaro?lu, Turkish-American composer and producer (b. 1926)

In 2012

Richard Evatt, English boxer (b. 1973)

In 2012

David Ngoombujarra, Australian actor (b. 1967)

In 2011

Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza, Brazilian lawyer and businessman (b. 1945)

In 2007

Grant Forsberg, American actor and businessman (b. 1959)

In 2007

Joe Vialls, Australian journalist and theorist (b. 1944)

In 2005

Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (b. 1914)

In 2003

David Kelly, Welsh weapons inspector (b. 1944)

In 2003

Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)

In 1998

John Patrick Spiegel, American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)

In 1991

Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (b. 1922)

In 1989

Bruiser Brody, American football player and wrestler (b. 1946)

In 1988

Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)

In 1961

Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1901) Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1899) Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1895) Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1897) Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia (b. 1872) Aleksei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (b. 1904) Nikolai II of Russia (b. 1868) Anna Demidova (b. 1878) Ivan Kharitonov (b. 1872) Alexei Trupp (b. 1858) Yevgeny Botkin (b. 1865)

In 1918

Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)

In 1893

Carl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)

In 1871

John Roebuck, English chemist and businessman (b. 1718)

In 1794

Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian missionary and author (b. 1717)

In 1791

Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer (b. 1657)

In 1704

Mózes Székely, Hungarian noble (b. 1553)

In 1603

Baldwin VII, count of Flanders (b. 1093)

In 1119

Baldwin VI, count of Flanders (b. 1030)

In 1070

Wu Hanyue, Chinese noblewoman (b. 913)

In 952

Magnus Felix Ennodius, Gallo-Roman bishop

In 521

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