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March 17 Deaths in History - March 17 Birthdays - March 17 Events
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March 17, 2005 Andre Norton, American Writer March 17, 2004 J. J. Jackson, DJ/VJ, first VJ on MTV, dies at 62 March 17, 2002 Rosetta LeNoire, actress, Family Matters, dies at 90 March 17, 1999 Dave Longaberger, businessman, Basket company entrprenuer, dies at 64 March 17, 1996 Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist, dies at 83 March 17, 1996 Kenneth Jameson, art educationalist, dies at 83 March 17, 1996 Rene Clement, film director, dies at 83 March 17, 1996 Thomas Enders, diplomat, dies at 64 March 17, 1995 Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48 March 17, 1995 Donald Baverstock, television Producer, dies at 71 March 17, 1995 Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56 March 17, 1995 Rick Aviles, U.S. comic/actor (Ghost), dies of AIDS March 17, 1995 Ronnie Kray, English gangster (The Firm), dies at 61 March 17, 1995 Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87 March 17, 1994 Arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57 March 17, 1994 Harold Myers, film journalist, dies at 81 March 17, 1994 Mai Zetterling, actress (Night is My Future), dies of cancer at 68 March 17, 1994 Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79 March 17, 1993 Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92 March 17, 1993 Laadi Flici, Algerian MP, murdered March 17, 1993 Skip Young, actor (Smokey and Hotwire Gang), dies at 62 March 17, 1992 Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69 March 17, 1992 George Lovi, U.S. columnist (Sky and Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies March 17, 1992 Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87 March 17, 1992 Jack Arnold, actor/dir (Sid Caeser Special, Emmy 1967), dies at 75 March 17, 1990 Capucine, actress (Lion, Red Sun, Fellini Satyricon), dies at 55 March 17, 1990 Germaine Capucine, actress (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 57 March 17, 1990 Mari Mejia, Guatemalian feminist, murdered March 17, 1990 Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44 March 17, 1989 Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29 March 17, 1986 Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49 March 17, 1983 Haldan Keffer Hartline, American Scientist March 17, 1982 Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador March 17, 1982 Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador March 17, 1982 Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador March 17, 1982 Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador March 17, 1980 Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68 March 17, 1976 Luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69 March 17, 1974 Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at 72 March 17, 1974 Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73 March 17, 1973 Geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81 March 17, 1971 Ernst Bachmeister, writer, dies March 17, 1970 Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83 March 17, 1967 Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67 March 17, 1967 Richard Reeves, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel), dies at 54 March 17, 1966 Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69 March 17, 1965 Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (University of Chicago), dies in California at 102 March 17, 1965 Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62 March 17, 1963 William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91 March 17, 1962 Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82 March 17, 1961 Suzanna Salter, 1st U.S. female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101 March 17, 1959 Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday March 17, 1956 Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61 March 17, 1954 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88 March 17, 1953 Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73 March 17, 1949 Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54 March 17, 1941 Isaak E Babel, writer, dies at 46 March 17, 1941 Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Rus writer (Crvena Konjica), executed at 46 March 17, 1941 Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle March 17, 1933 Ferdinand Von Alten, actor (Champagne), dies at 48 March 17, 1927 James Scott Skinner, composer, dies at 83 March 17, 1915 Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69 March 17, 1910 Joaquin Valverde, composer, dies at 64 March 17, 1906 Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82 March 17, 1902 George William Warren, composer, dies at 73 March 17, 1901 Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69 March 17, 1898 Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington March 17, 1891 Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member National Convention, dies at 68 March 17, 1889 Joseph A Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet, dies at 68 March 17, 1871 Robert Chambers, Scottish Writer March 17, 1864 Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53 March 17, 1863 John Pelham, U.S. Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 March 17, 1862 Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62 March 17, 1861 Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56 March 17, 1860 Anna Jameson, British Writer March 17, 1857 Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42 March 17, 1855 Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65 March 17, 1853 Christian Doppler, physicist, dies March 17, 1849 Willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56 March 17, 1846 F. W. Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies March 17, 1846 Friedrich W. Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61 March 17, 1806 David Dale, industrialist and philanthropist, dies March 17, 1803 Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42 March 17, 1801 Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64 March 17, 1796 Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41 March 17, 1782 Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch Mathematician March 17, 1764 George Parker, English astronomer, dies March 17, 1704 Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63 March 17, 1680 Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies March 17, 1680 Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer March 17, 1653 Johan van Galen, Admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48 March 17, 1649 Gerardus Johannis Vossius, [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71 March 17, 1640 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies March 17, 1605 Pieter Bast, [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34 March 17, 1588 Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies March 17, 1565 Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], theologist/physician, dies at 64 March 17, 1516 Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37 March 17, 1040 Harold, British King (1035-40), dies March 17, 659 Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32 March 17, 461 St. Patrick, patron St. of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend) March 17, 180 Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58 |