Famous Birthdays In October - 17

1920  On this day in history birth of miguel Delibes, Spanish writer  

1921  On this day in history birth of george Mackey Brown, poet  

1921  Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952) was born on October - 17.  

1921  Pricilla Lanford Buckly, editor/columnist (National Review) was born on this day in history.  

1921  Tom Poston, Columbus Ohio, actor (Steve Allen Show, Newhart) was born on this day in history.  

1922  Louis Benjamin, showman was born on this day in history.  

1922  Pierre Juneau, Canadian film and broadcast executive was born on this day in history.  

1922  Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian composer (d. 2001) was born on October - 17.  

1923  Barney Kessel, American musician (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  

1926  On October - 17 birth of beverly Garland, Santa Cruz Calif, actress (My 3 Sons)  

1926  On this day in history birth of julie Adams, Waterloo Iowa, actress (Yancy Derringer, Code Red)  

1926  Karl Gordon Henize, Cincinnati Ohio, astronaut (STS 51-F) was born on October - 17.  

1928  On this day in history birth of ivan Marinov, composer  

1928  On this day in history birth of james "Junior" Gilliam, Dodgers (NL rookie of year 1953)  

1928  On October - 17 birth of zacharias J de Beer, S African physician/MP (DP)  

1929  On October - 17 birth of ram Da-Oz, composer  

1930  On October - 17 birth of angelo Paccignini, composer  

1930  On this day in history birth of jimmy Breslin, Queens NYC, columnist (NY Post, News, Newsday)  

1930  On this day in history birth of robert Atkins, American nutritionist (d. 2003)  

1931  Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian writer was born on this day in history.  

1932  Gundaris Pone, composer was born on this day in history.  

1932  Paul Anderson, US, light super heavyweight lifter (Olympic-gold-1956) was born on this day in history.  

1932  On October - 17 birth of william J Hughes, (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1975- )  

1933  William A Anders, Hong Kong, Maj Gen, USAF/astronaut (Apollo 8) was born on this day in history.  

1933  On October - 17 birth of jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun (d. 1985)  

1934  Barend P Tammeling, Dutch journalist (Trouw, Groninger Gezinsbode) was born on October - 17.  

1934  Johnny Haynes, English footballer (d. 2005) was born on October - 17.  

1935  Alan Brown, cricketer (Engld opening attack Brown & White vs Pak 1961) was born on this day in history.  

1936  David Hobson, (Rep-R-Ohio) was born on this day in history.  

1936  On October - 17 birth of hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist  

1937  Paxton Whitehead, English actor was born on October - 17.  

1938  Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil (Snake River Canyon) was born on this day in history.  

1940  Peter Stringfellow, British nightclub owner was born on October - 17.  

1940  On October - 17 birth of jim Smith, English footballer and manager  

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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  On October - 17 jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies  

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

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on October - 17.  

1616  On October - 17 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)