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Deaths on the 17th of January in history

Deaths
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17 Jan 0395 Theodosius I, Roman emperor (b. 347)
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17 Jan 1103 Frutolf German monk/musicologist/historian, dies
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17 Jan 1119 Boudouin VII Hapkin count of Flanders, dies
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17 Jan 1229 Albert of Riga, German bishop (b. 1165)
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17 Jan 1229 Albert bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68
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17 Jan 1345 Martino Zaccaria, Aegean ruler
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17 Jan 1345 Henry of Asti, Greek patriarch
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17 Jan 1369 Peter I of Cyprus (b. 1328)
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17 Jan 1468 Skanderbeg, Albanian soldier and politician (b. 1405)
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17 Jan 1598 Feodor I of Russia (b. 1557)
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17 Jan 1604 Santino Garsi composer, dies at 61
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17 Jan 1617 Fausto Veranzio, Croatian bishop and lexicographer (b. 1551)
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17 Jan 1617 Pieter C Bockenberg Dutch historian, dies at 68
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17 Jan 1620 Diego Alvarez de Paz Spanish missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59
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17 Jan 1625 Nicolo Rubini composer, dies at 50
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17 Jan 1654 Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (b. 1625)
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17 Jan 1654 Paul Potter Dutch painter, buried
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17 Jan 1661 Andres Malong Philippines rebel leader, executed
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17 Jan 1676 Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer, dies at 73
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17 Jan 1702 Thomas Franklin English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies
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17 Jan 1705 John Ray, English botanist and historian (b. 1627)
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17 Jan 1718 Benjamin Church, American colonel (b. 1639)
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17 Jan 1737 Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)
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17 Jan 1738 Jean-François Dandrieu, French organist and composer (b. 1682)
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17 Jan 1738 Jean-Francois Dandrieu composer, dies
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17 Jan 1750 Tomaso Albinioni: Italian Composer (Adagio in G Minor), dies at 78
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17 Jan 1751 Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671)
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17 Jan 1781 Marie de Negre Dables marquess, dies
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17 Jan 1788 Alessio Prati composer, dies at 37
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17 Jan 1805 Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron French interpreter, dies at 73
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17 Jan 1820 Daniel W Wyttenbach Dutch classicist/historian, dies at 73
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17 Jan 1823 Zacharius Werner German playwright, dies at 36
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17 Jan 1826 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (b. 1806)
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17 Jan 1826 Juan Cris
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17 Jan 1830 W Waiblinger writer, dies
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17 Jan 1833 William Rush Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), dies
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17 Jan 1833 James Ball Antyne Scot founder (Ball Antyne Press), dies at about 60
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17 Jan 1834 Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762)
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17 Jan 1856 Thomas Attwood Walmisley composer, dies at 41
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17 Jan 1861 Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer (b. 1821)
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17 Jan 1863 Horace Vernet, French painter (b. 1789)
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17 Jan 1863 E J Horace Vernet French painter, dies at 73
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17 Jan 1869 Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. 1813)
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17 Jan 1869 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky composer, dies at 55
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17 Jan 1874 Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai conjoined twins (b. 1811)
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17 Jan 1874 Chang & Eng Bunker Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, die at 62
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17 Jan 1878 Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
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17 Jan 1884 Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
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17 Jan 1886 Amilcare Ponchielli Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51
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17 Jan 1887 William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
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17 Jan 1889 Juan Montalvo Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), dies at 56
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17 Jan 1890 Salomon Sulzer composer, dies at 85
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17 Jan 1891 George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)
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17 Jan 1891 Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst composer, dies at 74
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17 Jan 1892 Alexandre Levy composer, dies at 27
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17 Jan 1893 Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)
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17 Jan 1901 Jacob G Agarah Swedish algologist, dies at 87
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17 Jan 1902 Gideon Scheepers South African Boer leader, executed
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17 Jan 1903 Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
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17 Jan 1908 Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
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17 Jan 1909 Francis Smith, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819)
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17 Jan 1910 Wilhelm F Kohlrausch Germ physicist (Additiviteitsregel), dies at 69
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17 Jan 1910 Thomas Crapper inventor (flush toilet), dies
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17 Jan 1911 Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)
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17 Jan 1913 Carl Baermann composer, dies at 73
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17 Jan 1917 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius Dutch politician, dies at 70
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17 Jan 1927 Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)
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17 Jan 1931 Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864)
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17 Jan 1932 Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)
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17 Jan 1932 Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881)
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17 Jan 1933 Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (b. 1848)
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17 Jan 1933 Ruurd Leegstra, Dutch rower (b. 1877)
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17 Jan 1933 John Hodges cricketer (6 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies
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17 Jan 1936 Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885)
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17 Jan 1938 William H Pickering astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79
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17 Jan 1941 Jose Leite de Vasconcelos: Portuguese Scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82
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17 Jan 1941 Jos
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17 Jan 1942 Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884)
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17 Jan 1942 Frederick Jerome Work composer, dies at 61
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17 Jan 1946 Gottfried Rudinger composer, dies at 59
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17 Jan 1947 Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (b. 1883)
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17 Jan 1947 Pyotr Krasnov, Russian historian and general (b. 1869)
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17 Jan 1951 Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)
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17 Jan 1952 Walter O "Spike" Briggs: Owner (Detroit Tigers), dies at 74
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17 Jan 1952 Walter Briggs, Sr., American businessman (b. 1877)
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17 Jan 1955 J A Veraart: Economist, dies at 68
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17 Jan 1955 Joannes A Veraart Dutch judge/MP, (Jews in Netherlands), dies at 68
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17 Jan 1956 Blind Alfred Reed, American singer-songwriter (b. 1880)
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17 Jan 1959 Abdul Aziz cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi
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17 Jan 1960 Andrew Kennaway Henderson, English-New Zealand illustrator (b. 1879)
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17 Jan 1961 Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1925)
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17 Jan 1962 Gerrit Achterberg Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at 56
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17 Jan 1963 Henri Masson, French fencer (b. 1872)
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17 Jan 1964 T. H. White, English author (b. 1906)
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17 Jan 1964 Terence Hanbury White novelist (England Have My Bones), dies at 57
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17 Jan 1966 Vincent J Donehue director (Lonelyhearts), dies of Hodgkin's at 50
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17 Jan 1967 Evelyn Nesbit, American actress (b. 1884)
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17 Jan 1968 Julis Deutsch: Austria politician / General of the Spanish Republican Army, dies at 83
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17 Jan 1969 Grazyna Bacewicz composer, dies at 59
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17 Jan 1970 Billy Stewart, American singer and pianist (b. 1937)
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17 Jan 1970 Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoon player and educator (b. 1890)
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17 Jan 1972 Betty Smith, American author and playwright (b. 1896)
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17 Jan 1972 Rochelle Hudson actress (That's My Boy, Curly Top), dies from pneumonia at 55
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17 Jan 1973 Fred Essler actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 77
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17 Jan 1976 Ad Verhoeven soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in auto-accident
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17 Jan 1977 Dougal Haston, Scottish mountaineer (b. 1940)
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17 Jan 1977 Gary Gilmore, American murderer (b. 1940)
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17 Jan 1980 Barbara Britton actress (Pamela-Mr & Mrs North), dies at 59
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17 Jan 1981 Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer (b. 1899)
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17 Jan 1983 Doodles Weaver, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
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17 Jan 1984 George Rigaud, Argentinian-Spanish actor (b. 1905)
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17 Jan 1984 Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1903)
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17 Jan 1987 Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
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17 Jan 1988 Percy Qoboza, South African journalist and author (b. 1938)
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17 Jan 1989 Sterling A Brown US poet/critic (Southern Road), dies at 87
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17 Jan 1990 Charles Hernu French minister of Defense (1981-85), dies
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17 Jan 1991 Olav V of Norway (b. 1903)
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17 Jan 1991 Olav AFEC van Sleeswijk-Holstein-S-G V King of Norway (1957), dies
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17 Jan 1992 Frank Pullen, English businessman (b. 1915)
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17 Jan 1992 Dorothy Alison actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm), dies
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17 Jan 1992 Charlie Ventura jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies of cancer at 75
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17 Jan 1992 Bill Walker actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95
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17 Jan 1993 Albert Hourani, English-Lebanese historian and academic (b. 1915)
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17 Jan 1993 Ger ter Horst Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
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17 Jan 1994 Grady "Fats" Jackson: Tenor Sax Player, dies at 66
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17 Jan 1994 Helen Stephens, American runner, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1918)
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17 Jan 1994 Yevgeni Ivanov, Russian spy (b. 1926)
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17 Jan 1994 Noel Chiboust trumpeter/sax, dies at 84
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17 Jan 1994 Klaas Peereboom Dutch sports reporter (Het Parool), dies at 77
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17 Jan 1994 Han Jansen Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies at 61
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17 Jan 1994 Grady "Fats" Jackson tenor sax Player, dies at 66
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17 Jan 1994 Chung Il Kwon PM of South Korea (1964-70), dies
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17 Jan 1994 Allan G Odell Ad executive (Burma Shave), dies at 90
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17 Jan 1995 Urias Nooteboom Dutch journalist/critic (The Time), dies at 54
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17 Jan 1995 Isador Caplan lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, dies at 82
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17 Jan 1996 Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. 1953)
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17 Jan 1996 Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
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17 Jan 1996 Robert Covington drummer/singer, dies at 54
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17 Jan 1996 John Adrian Hope politician/businessman, dies at 83
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17 Jan 1996 Giles William Playfair writer, dies at 85
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17 Jan 1996 Charles Henry Madge poet writer/sociologist, dies at 83
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17 Jan 1996 Barbara Charline Jordan politician, dies at 59
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17 Jan 1997 Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto (b. 1906)
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17 Jan 1997 Bert Kelly, Australian farmer and politician, 20th Australian Minister for the Navy (b. 1912)
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17 Jan 1997 Clyde William Tombaugh discoverer (Pluto), dies at 90
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17 Jan 1997 Asfa Wossen [Amha Selassie], crown emperor of Ethiopia in exile, dies
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17 Jan 1997 Andrea Fisher artist, dies at 21
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17 Jan 1998 Junior Kimbrough, American singer and guitarist (b. 1930)
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17 Jan 1998 Emil Sitka actor (3 Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 82
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17 Jan 1999 Samantha Reid, American manslaughter victim (b. 1984)
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17 Jan 1999 Robert Eads, American trans man (b. 1945)
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17 Jan 2000 Ion Rațiu, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
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17 Jan 2000 Philip Jones, English trumpet player (b. 1928)
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17 Jan 2001 Gregory Corso, American poet and author (b. 1930)
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17 Jan 2002 Roman Personov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1932)
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17 Jan 2002 Eddie Meduza, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
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17 Jan 2002 Queenie Leonard, English-American actress and singer (b. 1905)
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17 Jan 2002 Bishop Karas, Sudanese-American bishop (b. 1955)
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17 Jan 2002 Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
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17 Jan 2003 Balint Vazsonyi, Hungarian-American pianist and educator (b. 1936)
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17 Jan 2003 Richard Crenna, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1926)
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17 Jan 2004 Noble Willingham, American actor (b. 1931)
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17 Jan 2004 Czesław Niemen, Polish singer-songwriter (Niebiesko-Czarni) (b. 1939)
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17 Jan 2004 Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)
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17 Jan 2004 Raymond Bonham Carter, English banker (b. 1929)
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17 Jan 2005 Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician, 3rd Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1919)
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17 Jan 2005 Albert Schatz, American microbiologist and academic (b. 1920)
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17 Jan 2005 Virginia Mayo, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1920)
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17 Jan 2005 Charlie Bell, Australian businessman (b. 1960)
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17 Jan 2006 Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon (b. 1925)
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17 Jan 2006 Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (b. 1930)
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17 Jan 2007 Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician (b. 1951)
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17 Jan 2007 Art Buchwald, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
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17 Jan 2008 Allan Melvin, American actor (b. 1923)
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17 Jan 2008 Ernie Holmes, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1948)
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17 Jan 2008 Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (b. 1943)
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17 Jan 2008 Carlos, French singer and actor (b. 1943)
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17 Jan 2009 Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist and historian (b. 1943)
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17 Jan 2010 Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
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17 Jan 2010 Michalis Papakonstantinou, Greek journalist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
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17 Jan 2010 Daisuke Gōri, Japanese voice actor (b. 1952)
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17 Jan 2010 Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1914)
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17 Jan 2010 Gaines Adams, American football player (b. 1983)
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17 Jan 2011 Don Kirshner, American songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
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17 Jan 2012 Marty Springstead, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937)
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17 Jan 2012 Piet Römer, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1928)
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17 Jan 2012 Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1921)
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17 Jan 2012 Julius Meimberg, German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
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17 Jan 2012 Carlos Guirao, Spanish guitarist, keyboard player, and composer (Neuronium) (b. 1954)
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17 Jan 2012 Aengus Fanning, Irish journalist (b. 1942)
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17 Jan 2012 Ernie Alexander, American educator and politician (b. 1933)
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17 Jan 2013 Lizbeth Webb, English soprano and actress (b. 1926)
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17 Jan 2013 John Nkomo, Zimbabwean politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (b. 1934)
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17 Jan 2013 Fred J. Lincoln, American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1938)
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17 Jan 2013 James Hood, American activist (b. 1942)
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17 Jan 2013 Sophiya Haque, English actress and singer (b. 1971)
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17 Jan 2013 Yves Debay, Belgian journalist (b. 1954)
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17 Jan 2013 Jakob Arjouni, German author (b. 1964)
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17 Jan 2013 Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1941)
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17 Jan 2014 Suchitra Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian actress (b. 1931)
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17 Jan 2014 Sunanda Pushkar, Indian-Canadian businesswoman (b. 1962)
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17 Jan 2014 John J. McGinty III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1940)
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17 Jan 2014 Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (b. 1942)
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17 Jan 2014 Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1940)
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17 Jan 2014 Seizō Katō, Japanese voice actor (b. 1927)
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17 Jan 2014 Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (b. 1915)
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17 Jan 2015 Greg Plitt, American model and actor (b. 1977)
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17 Jan 2015 Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1924)
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17 Jan 2015 Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (b. 1931)
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17 Jan 2015 Ken Furphy, English footballer and manager (b. 1931)
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17 Jan 2015 Origa, Russian-Japanese singer (b. 1970)
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