Famous Birthdays In October - 17

1885  On October - 17 birth of aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber  

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

1890  On October - 17 birth of roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)  

1892  On October - 17 birth of herbert Norman Howells, composer  

1892  On this day in history birth of otakar Jeremias, composer  

1892  On this day in history birth of theodor Eicke, Nazi official (d. 1943)  

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

1895  On October - 17 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  

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1898  On October - 17 birth of simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer/poet (5th Seal)  

1900  Jean Arthur, New York, American actress (Shane, Mr Smith Goes to Washington) (d. 1991) was born on this day in history.  

1903  On October - 17 birth of irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies)  

1903  On this day in history birth of jerry Colona, Boston Mass, comedian (Jerry Colona Show)  

1903  On October - 17 birth of nathanael West, American novelist (Day of the Locusts)  

1905  On October - 17 birth of franco Albini, Italian architect  

1906  On October - 17 birth of paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987)  

1908  Red Rolfe, American baseball player (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.  

1909  Crozy [William] Cole, US jazz drummer was born on this day in history.  

1912  John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978) was born on this day in history.  

1914  On October - 17 birth of albert Markos, composer  

1914  Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman) was born on October - 17.  

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

1915  Arthur Miller, NYC, playwright (Death of a Salesman, Crucible) was born on this day in history.  

1916  On this day in history birth of robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY)  

1916  Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, composer was born on October - 17.  

1917  Marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw) was born on this day in history.  

1917  Martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war) was born on this day in history.  

1917  On this day in history birth of sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (d. 1991)  

1919  On this day in history birth of john Moroney, cricketer (Australian opener 1949-51)  

1919  On October - 17 birth of rita Hayworth, NY, [Marguerita C Casino], actress (Gilda, Pal Joey)  

1919  Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Russian physicist was born on this day in history.  

1920  On this day in history birth of montgomery Clift, Omaha NE, actor (From Here to Eternity)  

1920  On this day in history birth of rudolf Hrusinsky, Czech actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels)  

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0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on this day in history.  

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

1312  On this day in history jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies  

1552  On October - 17 andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53  

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

1616  Death of John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) on October - 17.  

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on October - 17.  

1660  On October - 17 death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)