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 In the year 1917 birth of yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka)  

Oct 01 On this day in history birth of rené A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet (Juancho Picaflor)  

Oct 02 Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 02 Francis Jackson, organist & master of Music/York minister was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 02 William Marshall III, Chicago IL, actor (Blacula, Honky) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 04 On this day in history birth of albert de Klerk, Dutch composer/conductor  

Oct 04 On this day in history birth of jan Murray, Bronx NY, comedian (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear)  

Oct 05 In the year 1917 birth of robert Adams, English sculptor  

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

Oct 07 On this day in history birth of helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor (Shadow of the Cloak)  

Oct 07 June Allyson, Bronx, actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas) was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 08 In the year 1917 birth of danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates)  

Oct 08 Hans Poser, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 09 On this day in history birth of kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 11 Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 11 Thelonious Monk, jazz great, stroke was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 12 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 13 Burr Tillstrom, Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 13 In the year 1917 birth of laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress (Dr Kildaire, I've Got a Secret)  

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 in the year 1917.  

Oct 16 In the year 1917 birth of alice Pearce, American actress (d. 1966)  

Oct 17 Marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw) was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 17 Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (d. 1991) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 20 Efrain Jonckheer, premier Dutch Antilles was born on this day in history.  

Oct 20 Jean-Pierre Melville, Paris France, director (A Cop) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 20 Ken Cranston, cricketer (England all-rounder captained once in 1948) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 21 On this day in history 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 On this day in history hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82  

Jan 10 Buffalo Bill Cody died on this day in history.  

Jan 16 In the year 1917 death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 in the year 1917.  

Jan 25 Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.  

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

Feb 05 Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.