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May 17th
217 Notable deaths
Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar
Prime minister of spain (1856-1923).
Born August 24th, 1856 in Guernica.
Died May 17th, 1923 at 66 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Viktor Golubev
Soviet aviator (1916–1945).
Born January 17th, 1916 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 17th, 1945 at 29 years old in Moscow.
Georg von Hauberrisser
Austrian architect (1841–1922).
Died May 17th, 1922 at 81 years old in Munich.
Elemér Hirsch
Romanian association football player (1895–1953).
Born May 14th, 1895 in Ceanu Mare.
Died May 17th, 1953 at 58 years old in Baia Mare.
Leo Honkala
Olympic wrestler (1933–2015).
Born January 8th, 1933 in Oulu.
Died May 17th, 2015 at 82 years old in Oxelösund.
Harold A. Wilson
British athlete (1885-1932).
Born January 22nd, 1885 in Horncastle.
Died May 17th, 1932 at 47 years old in Durban. [ref]
John Reid
American sailor.
Born November 27th, 1918 in Atlanta.
Died May 17th, 1954 at 35 years old in Miami.
Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant
German botanist (1803-1867).
Born July 4th, 1803 in Lübeck.
Died May 17th, 1867 at 63 years old in Lübeck.
Arpenik Nalbandyan
Soviet-armenian artist (1916–1964).
Born December 23rd, 1916 in Tbilisi.
Died May 17th, 1964 at 47 years old in Yerevan.
Alexe Dumitru
Canoe racer (1935-1970).
Born March 21st, 1935 in Mahmudia.
Died May 17th, 1971 at 36 years old
Antoine Thomas
French philologist (1857–1935).
Born November 29th, 1857 in Saint-Yrieix-la-Montagne.
Died May 17th, 1935 at 77 years old in Paris.
Olav Kjelbotn
Norwegian cross country skier (1898–1966).
Born October 5th, 1898 in Fosnes Municipality.
Died May 17th, 1966 at 67 years old in Namsos Municipality.
Thore Michelsen
Norwegian rower (1888–1980).
Born May 10th, 1888 in Stavanger.
Died May 17th, 1980 at 92 years old in Trondheim.
Paulo Emilio
Brazilian association football player and manager (1936–2016).
Born January 3rd, 1936 in Espera Feliz.
Died May 17th, 2016 at 80 years old in São José dos Campos.
Louis Scott
American long-distance runner.
Born November 16th, 1889 in Paterson.
Died May 17th, 1954 at 64 years old
Leonid Ivanovich Volkov
Russian ice hockey player (1934–1995).
Born December 9th, 1934 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died May 17th, 1995 at 60 years old in Moscow.
Harry Kerr
New zealand athlete (1879-1951).
Born January 28th, 1879 in Taranaki Region.
Died May 17th, 1951 at 72 years old in Taranaki Region (cancer).
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson