Famous Birthdays In October - 17

1885  Aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber was born on this day in history.  

1886  On this day in history birth of spring Byington, Colo Springs, actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride)  

1890  On this day in history birth of roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)  

1892  Herbert Norman Howells, composer was born on this day in history.  

1892  On October - 17 birth of otakar Jeremias, composer  

1892  On October - 17 birth of theodor Eicke, Nazi official (d. 1943)  

1893  On this day in history birth of jean Binet, composer  

1895  On this day in history birth of doris Humphrey, Oak Park Ill, dancer (Dances of Women)  

1898  Mildred Knopf, cookbook writer was born on this day in history.  

1898  On this day in history birth of shinichi Suzuki, music teacher  

1898  On this day in history birth of simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer/poet (5th Seal)  

1900  On October - 17 birth of jean Arthur, New York, American actress (Shane, Mr Smith Goes to Washington) (d. 1991)  

1903  Irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies) was born on this day in history.  

1903  Jerry Colona, Boston Mass, comedian (Jerry Colona Show) was born on this day in history.  

1903  On this day in history birth of nathanael West, American novelist (Day of the Locusts)  

1905  Franco Albini, Italian architect was born on this day in history.  

1906  On this day in history birth of paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987)  

1908  On October - 17 birth of red Rolfe, American baseball player (d. 1969)  

1909  On October - 17 birth of crozy [William] Cole, US jazz drummer  

1912  John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978) was born on October - 17.  

1914  On October - 17 birth of albert Markos, composer  

1914  On October - 17 birth of jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman)  

1914  On this day in history birth of john Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur  

1915  On October - 17 birth of arthur Miller, NYC, playwright (Death of a Salesman, Crucible)  

1916  Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY) was born on October - 17.  

1916  On this day in history birth of tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, composer  

1917  On this day in history birth of marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw)  

1917  On October - 17 birth of martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war)  

1917  Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (d. 1991) was born on October - 17.  

1919  On October - 17 birth of john Moroney, cricketer (Australian opener 1949-51)  

1919  Rita Hayworth, NY, [Marguerita C Casino], actress (Gilda, Pal Joey) was born on this day in history.  

1919  On October - 17 birth of isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Russian physicist  

1920  Montgomery Clift, Omaha NE, actor (From Here to Eternity) was born on this day in history.  

1920  Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czech actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels) was born on October - 17.  

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0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on October - 17.  

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on October - 17.  

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on this day in history.  

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on October - 17.  

1586  On this day in history philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32  

1616  On this day in history death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)  

1638  On this day in history death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63  

1660  On this day in history death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)