Famous Birthdays In 1917

Sep 30 Chung Hee Park, general/pres of S Korea (1961-79), assassinated was born on this day in history.

Sep 30 Yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka) was born on this day in history.

Oct 01 René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet (Juancho Picaflor) was born on this day in history.

Oct 02 In the year 1917 birth of charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)

Oct 02 Francis Jackson, organist & master of Music/York minister was born on this day in history.

Oct 02 On this day in history birth of william Marshall III, Chicago IL, actor (Blacula, Honky)

Oct 04 In the year 1917 birth of albert de Klerk, Dutch composer/conductor

Oct 04 Jan Murray, Bronx NY, comedian (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear) was born in the year 1917.

Oct 05 Robert Adams, English sculptor was born in the year 1917.

Oct 06 Robert Mitchum, actor (2 for the Seesaw, Ryan's Daughter) was born on this day in history.

Oct 07 Helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor (Shadow of the Cloak) was born in the year 1917.

Oct 07 On this day in history birth of june Allyson, Bronx, actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas)

Oct 08 In the year 1917 birth of billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)

Oct 08 Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) was born in the year 1917.

Oct 08 On this day in history birth of hans Poser, composer

Oct 08 In the year 1917 birth of walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)

Oct 09 Kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932) was born on this day in history.

Oct 10 Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night) was born on this day in history.

Oct 10 Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist was born in the year 1917.

Oct 11 In the year 1917 birth of franz Alphons Wolpert, composer

Oct 11 Thelonious Monk, jazz great, stroke was born on this day in history.

Oct 12 On this day in history birth of hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train)

Oct 13 In the year 1917 birth of burr Tillstrom, Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)

Oct 13 Laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress (Dr Kildaire, I've Got a Secret) was born on this day in history.

Oct 15 Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson) was born on this day in history.

Oct 15 Jan Miner, Boston Mass, actress (Crime Photographer) was born on this day in history.

Oct 16 Alice Pearce, American actress (d. 1966) was born in the year 1917.

Oct 17 In the year 1917 birth of marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw)

Oct 17 On this day in history birth of martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war)

Oct 17 On this day in history birth of sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (d. 1991)

Oct 20 In the year 1917 birth of efrain Jonckheer, premier Dutch Antilles

Oct 20 In the year 1917 birth of jean-Pierre Melville, Paris France, director (A Cop)

Oct 20 On this day in history birth of ken Cranston, cricketer (England all-rounder captained once in 1948)

Oct 21 In the year 1917 birth of dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz

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Jan 02 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.

Jan 06 Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 on this day in history.

Jan 10 Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.

Jan 16 George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.

Jan 17 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.

Jan 25 Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies in the year 1917.

Jan 29 In the year 1917 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75

Feb 05 In the year 1917 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41