December 17th
188 Notable deaths
Carl Shy
Basketball player (1908–1991).
Born September 13th, 1908 in Los Angeles.
Died December 17th, 1991 at 83 years old in Orange County.
Charles Winckler
Danish shot putter.
Born April 9th, 1867 in Frederiksberg.
Died December 17th, 1932 at 65 years old in Frederiksberg.
Nikola Padevsky
Bulgarian chess player.
Born May 29th, 1933 in Plovdiv.
Died December 17th, 2023 at 90 years old [ref]
Oleh Lysheha
Ukrainian poet, playwright, translator (1949–2014).
Born October 30th, 1949 in Tysmenytsia.
Died December 17th, 2014 at 65 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Mikhail Umansky
Russian chess player (1952-2010).
Born January 21st, 1952 in Stavropol.
Died December 17th, 2010 at 58 years old in Augsburg. [ref]
Antonina Khudyakova
Wwii pilot and heroine of the soviet union.
Born June 20th, 1917 in Sloboda, Karachevsky District.
Died December 17th, 1998 at 81 years old in Oleksandriia.
William Foster
British swimmer, olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder.
Born July 10th, 1890 in Haslingden. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1963 at 73 years old in Fylde. [ref]
Sjef van Run
Dutch footballer (1904-1973).
Born January 12th, 1904.
Died December 17th, 1973 at 69 years old in Eindhoven.
Aleksandr Kastalsky
Russian composer and folklorist (1856-1926).
Born November 28th, 1856 in Moscow.
Died December 17th, 1926 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Giovanni Sacco
Italian footballer (1943–2020).
Born September 25th, 1943 in San Damiano d'Asti.
Died December 17th, 2020 at 77 years old in Asti (COVID-19). [ref]
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That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. Emily Dickinson