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July 17 Deaths in History - July 17 Birthdays - July 17 Events
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July 17, 2001 Katharine Graham, publisher, The Washington Post, dies at 84 July 17, 2001 Katherine Graham, American Publisher July 17, 2000 "Raymond E. Portwood, Jr", game creator, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, dies at 66 July 17, 1998 Hugh Reilly, actor, Lassie, dies at 82 July 17, 1996 Alan McGilvray, cricket commentator, dies at 85 July 17, 1996 Amancio D'Silva, musician, dies at 60 July 17, 1996 Bryan Chas Chandler, musician/manager, dies at 57 July 17, 1996 Chris Komar, dancer, dies at 48 July 17, 1996 Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect, dies at 95 July 17, 1996 John William Fozard, aircraft designer, dies at 68 July 17, 1996 Paul Touvier, French WW II criminal, dies at 81 July 17, 1996 Sid Sussman, beauty pageant organizer, dies of heart attack July 17, 1995 Herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56 July 17, 1995 Joe Hutton, northumbrian piper/shepherd, dies at 71 July 17, 1994 Jean Borotra, [Flying Basque], Fr tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95 July 17, 1994 Sebastian Piana, Argentine pianist/tango composer, dies at 91 July 17, 1993 Ineke Shutter, choreography (Black Girl Goes to School), dies at 61 July 17, 1993 Scott Salmon, U.S. choreographer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 51 July 17, 1993 Vladimir Barmyn, Russian inventor (Stalinorgel), dies at 84 July 17, 1990 Bernard Cowan, TV announcer, dies of kidney disease at 68 July 17, 1989 I. 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Stone, American Journalist July 17, 1988 Bruiser Brody, wrestler, stabbed to death July 17, 1985 Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93 July 17, 1985 Margo, actress (Rumba, Viva Zapata), dies at 68 of a brain tumor July 17, 1984 J Delos Jewkes, singer and actor (Stars and Stripes Forever), dies at 89 July 17, 1980 Donald Barry, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak), dies at 68 July 17, 1979 Doug Meintjes, South Africa cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies July 17, 1978 Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51 July 17, 1975 Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal) July 17, 1974 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, dies at 63 July 17, 1974 Dizzy Dean, American Athlete July 17, 1971 Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76 July 17, 1970 Juano Hernandez, actor (St. Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74 July 17, 1967 Cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot and Blue), dies at 74 July 17, 1967 Gertrude McCoy, silent screen actress (Blue Bird), dies at 77 July 17, 1967 John Coltrane, U.S. jazz sax/composer, dies at 40 July 17, 1966 August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71 July 17, 1965 Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57 July 17, 1961 Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74 July 17, 1959 Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44 July 17, 1959 Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78 July 17, 1959 Henri Pourrat, French writer (Le chasseur de la nuit), dies July 17, 1957 John Coltrane, rocker, dies of cancer at 30 July 17, 1955 Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73 July 17, 1954 Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 July 17, 1953 Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65 July 17, 1953 Maude K Adams, U.S. actress (Little Minister), dies July 17, 1947 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34 July 17, 1946 Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53 July 17, 1944 Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies July 17, 1937 Henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne, composer, dies at 73 July 17, 1928 Alvaro Obregon, general/president of Mexico, assassinated July 17, 1928 Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921), dies July 17, 1922 Heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57 July 17, 1918 Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13 July 17, 1918 Alexandra Fjodorova, wife of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death at 46 July 17, 1918 Anastasia N Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicholas, executed at 17 July 17, 1918 Botkin, personal physician of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death July 17, 1918 Charitonov, cook of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death July 17, 1918 Demidova, lady in waiting of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death July 17, 1918 Maria Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death July 17, 1918 Nicolas II Aleksandrovitch, last tsar of Russia, executed at 50 July 17, 1918 Olga Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death July 17, 1918 Tatyana Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death July 17, 1918 Trupp, lackey of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death July 17, 1915 Francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday July 17, 1912 J-Henri Poincare, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58 July 17, 1903 James A McNeill Whistler, US/Brit writer (Bride Tomorrow), dies at 69 July 17, 1903 James Whistler, American Artist July 17, 1901 John Farmer, composer, dies at 64 July 17, 1878 Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65 July 17, 1875 Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77 July 17, 1871 Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29 July 17, 1864 Daniel McCook Jr, U.S. Union-brig-gen, dies at 29 July 17, 1864 Dirk Dark Curtius, attorney/liberal minister of Justice, dies at 71 July 17, 1863 James Johnston Pettigrew, U.S. attorney/Confederate, dies at 35 July 17, 1851 Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 July 17, 1838 John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 July 17, 1826 Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65 July 17, 1824 Tench Coxe, American Economist July 17, 1794 Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45 July 17, 1793 Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined July 17, 1790 Adam Smith, Scottish Economist July 17, 1764 Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82 July 17, 1763 Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45 July 17, 1762 Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 July 17, 1753 Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies July 17, 1746 Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53 July 17, 1709 Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60 July 17, 1682 Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29 July 17, 1627 Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 July 17, 1510 Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies July 17, 1510 Tree of Commonwealth, beheaded at about 48 July 17, 1070 Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies July 17, 1025 Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies July 17, 924 Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies |