Famous Birthdays In November - 17

1878  Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau) was born on November - 17.  

1879  Gerardus H de Haas, socialist vicar was born on November - 17.  

1881  Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP was born on this day in history.  

1883  Harold Baumgartner, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1913) was born on November - 17.  

1885  On this day in history birth of henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman (Belgian Workers Party)  

1886  On this day in history birth of crane Wilbur, Athens NY, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo)  

1887  On November - 17 birth of bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign)  

1888  On November - 17 birth of ariantje "Jeanne" Leg, actress (It Vijgeblaadje, It Hippie)  

1890  On November - 17 birth of jack Cusack, pro football pioneer (Canton Bulldogs)  

1891  On this day in history birth of guido Pannain, composer  

1891  Jean Del Val, [Gautier], France, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces) was born on November - 17.  

1892  On November - 17 birth of max Deutsch, composer  

1894  Eelco van Kleffens, minister of Foreign affairs (1939-46)/diplomat was born on November - 17.  

1894  Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51) was born on this day in history.  

1895  On this day in history birth of mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher (d. 1975)  

1895  Gregorio López y Fuentes, Mexican author (d. 1966) was born on this day in history.  

1896  Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (d. 1934) was born on November - 17.  

1897  Ed Baker, Davis WV, actor (Keystone Kops) was born on this day in history.  

1897  On November - 17 birth of frank Fay, SF CA, actor (God's Gift to Women, Love Nest)  

1897  On this day in history birth of sara Haden, Galveston Tx, actress (A Family Affair)  

1897  Frank Fay, American actor (d. 1961) was born on this day in history.  

1899  On November - 17 birth of roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Coup of Trafalgar)  

1899  On November - 17 birth of douglas Shearer, Canadian film sound engineer (d. 1971)  

1900  On this day in history birth of marcel Dalio, Paris, actor (Casablanca)  

1901  On November - 17 birth of joyce Wethered, Surrey England, golfer (4 time British Amateur champ)  

1901  On this day in history birth of lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor (Somewhere in the Night)  

1901  Max Zehnder, composer was born on November - 17.  

1901  On November - 17 birth of raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer  

1901  Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU) (Hallstein doctrine) was born on November - 17.  

1902  On this day in history birth of eugene Paul Wigner, mathematician/physicist (A Bomb, Nobel 1963)  

1902  On this day in history birth of lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor (And Justice for All)  

1903  Joseph Kaminski, composer was born on November - 17.  

1904  Isamu Noguchi, sculptor (1963 Fine Arts Medal) was born on November - 17.  

1905  On this day in history birth of arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (Aus batsman & leggie 99 on Test debut)  

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0375  On this day in history valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54  

0474  Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on November - 17.  

0594  On November - 17 gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies  

0641  On November - 17 death of emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)  

0680  Death of Hilda of Whitby (b. 614) on November - 17.  

0885  On November - 17 death of queen Liutgard  

1093  Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on November - 17.  

1231  On November - 17 death of elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207)