December 17th
182 Notable deaths
Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto
Leader of sarekat islam (si).
Born August 16th, 1882 in Ponorogo.
Died December 17th, 1934 at 52 years old in Yogyakarta.
Ralph Coates
English footballer (1946-2010).
Born April 26th, 1946 in Hetton-le-Hole.
Died December 17th, 2010 at 64 years old in Bedfordshire (stroke). [ref]
Igor Kirillov
Russian military commander (1970–2024).
Born July 13th, 1970 in Kostroma.
Died December 17th, 2024 at 54 years old in Moscow (bomb attack). [ref]
Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted
Physical chemist (1879-1947).
Born February 22nd, 1879 in Varde.
Died December 17th, 1947 at 68 years old in Copenhagen.
Abebe Aregai
Prime minister of ethiopia (1903-1960).
Born August 18th, 1903.
Died December 17th, 1960 at 57 years old in Guenete Leul Palace.
Uzi Narkiss
Israeli general (1925–1997).
Born January 6th, 1925 in Jerusalem.
Died December 17th, 1997 at 72 years old in Jerusalem.
Janet Rowley
American human geneticist.
Born April 5th, 1925 in New York City.
Died December 17th, 2013 at 88 years old in Hyde Park (ovarian cancer). [ref]
Ber Borochov
Founder of the labor zionist movement (1881-1917).
Born July 3rd, 1881 in Zolotonosha.
Died December 17th, 1917 at 36 years old in Kyiv (sepsis). [ref]
Oskar Kummetz
German admiral.
Born July 21st, 1891 in Iłowo-Osada.
Died December 17th, 1980 at 89 years old in Neustadt an der Weinstraße.
Alicia Boole Stott
Irish-english mathematician (1860-1940).
Died December 17th, 1940 at 80 years old in England, Highgate.
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If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word “freedom” out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X