Birthdates Which Occur on January 17:
1342 Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy
1463 Frederick III the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-25), protector Luther
1501 Leonhard Fuchs Germany, botanist (History of Plants)
1504 Pius V [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72)
1517 Antonio Scandello Italian composer (Passion of Johannes)
1545 Antonio Pace composer
1574 Robert Fludd composer
1600 Pedro Cald‚ron de la Barca Spanish poet/dramatist
1612 Thomas Fairfax Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary general
1657 Pieter van Flowers [Standaart], Flemish painter, baptized
1659 Antonio Veracini composer
1683 Gerard van Loon Dutch historian
1706 Benjamin Franklin Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor
1712 John Stanley composer
1719 Jean-Joseph Vade composer
1728 Johann Gottfried Muthel composer
1732 Stanislaw II August Poniatowski last king of Poland (1764-95)
1733 Thomas Linley composer
1734 Fran‡ois-Joseph Gossec Belgian-French composer (Les Pˆcheurs, Mirza)
1745 Nicolas Roze composer
1759 Paul Cuffe Mass, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist
1761 James Hall Scotland, geologist
1769 Ole Andreas Lindeman composer
1771 Charles Brockden Brown father of American novel (Wieland)
1806 James Madison Randolph (Jefferson's grandson) 1st born in White House
1814 Ellen Wood English author (East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey)
1818 Antoine Dorion (L) joint premier of Canada (1858, 1863-64)
1820 Anne Bronte English novelist (Tenant of Wildfell Hall)
1828 Lewis Addison Grant Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1918
1834 Wilhelmina J R Albregt-Engelman Dutch actress/daughter of Mimi Bia
1835 Antanas Baranauskas Lithuanian bishop/poet/dialectologist
and Johan Filip von Schantz composer
1836 Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte composer
1842 Anton G van Hamel founder (Roman Philology in Netherlands)
1845 Lucas Lindeboom vicar/evangelist (Vredebond)
1850 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev St Petersburg Russia, composer
1857 Eugene Augustin Lauste developer (1st sound-on-film recording)
and Wilhelm Kienzl Austrian composer (Evangelimann)
1862 John E Akkeringa Dutch painter/etcher
1863 David Lloyd George (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)
and Henry Charles Tonking composer
and Konstantin S Stanislavski Russia, actor/director
1864 Lucien Herr France, scientist (Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller)
1873 Fran‡ois Rasse composer
1877 Hans Jelmoli composer
1878 Oscar Apfel Cleve, actor (Abraham Lincoln, Inspiration, Before Dawn)
1880 Mack Sennett movie creator (Keystone Kops)
1884 Noah Beery US actor (Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf)
1886 Glenn Luther Martin aviator (Collier Trophy-1933)
and Ronald Firbank London, novelist (The Flower Beneath the Foot)
1891 Marjorie Gateson Bkln NY, actress (One Man's Family)
and Norman "Squab" Read US aviator who lived to be 101
and Walter Eucken German economist
1896 Harry Reser Ohio, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show)
1897 Nils Asther Malm” Sweden, actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster)
1899 Al Capone gangster (Chicago bootlegging)
and Nevil Shute [Norway] London, novelist (On the Beach, Town Like Alice)
and Robert Maynard Hutchins US, educator/civil libertarian
and Roel [Martinus F] Houwink Dutch literary (1 Man Without Character)
19-- Dehi Berti actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise)
and Jane Elliot NYC, actress (Baby Boom, Gen Hospital, Knots Landing)
and Joseph C Phillips actor (Justus Ward-General Hospital)
and Kenny G-Love [Greene], Detroit Mich, rapper (Intro)
and Linda Kash Montreal, actress (Dr Francine Bailey-Minor Adjustments)
and Nina Wilcox NYC, actress (Harbourmaster, Jessica Novak)
and Selena Steele XXX actress (Anything that Moves, Playin' Dirty)
and William Lucking Vicksburg Mich, actor (A-Team, Jessie, Shannon)
1901 Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky composer
1903 Warren Hull Gasport NY, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World)
1904 Grant Withers Pueblo CO, actor (Oklahoma, Annie)
1905 Franz Schmid Germany, ascended northside of Matterhorn (1931)
1907 Henk H Badings Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer (Orestes)
1910 Edith S Green (Rep-D-Ore)
1911 Hermann Pfrogner Austria, musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus)
and Luis W Alvarez US, physicist (sub atomic, Nobel 1968) [or Jun 13]
1912 Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov composer
1913 Werenfried [Flip] van Straaten founder (Oostpriesterhulp)
1916 Joel Herron Chicago Ill, orch leader (Jaye P Morgan Show)
1917 Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (MGR), Indian film star, politician
and Oskar Morawetz Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer
1920 Nora Kaye NYC, prima ballerina
1922 Betty White Oak Park, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls)
and Luis Echeverr¡a Alvarez president Mexico
1923 Onno Molenkamp Dutch actor
1925 Annie Delorie opera singer (Scenes & Arias)
and Duane Hanson US sculptor
and Rock Hudson Winnetka Ill, actor (McMillian & Wife)
1926 Leopold "Clyde" Walcott Barbados cricketer
and Moira Shearer Scotland, ballerina (Red Shoes)
1927 Donald Erb Youngstown, Ohio, composer
1928 Jean Barraqu‚ French composer
and Vidal Sassoon London, hair stylist/CEO (Vidal Sasson)
1929 Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante Qu‚bec, NHL goaltender (#1)
1930 Bill Benyon English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader
and Robert Ceely composer
1931 Frederick Alfred Fox composer
and James Earl Jones Miss, actor (Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man)
and L Douglas Wilder (Gov-D-Va)
1933 Aga Khan
and Bruno Schroder British baron/banker/multi-millionaire
and Dalida Cairo, actress/singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day)
and Sheree North [Dawn Bethel], LA, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
and Yolande Christina Dalida Cairo Egypt
1934 Shari Lewis Bronx NY, ventriloquist/puppeteer (Lamb Chop)
and Sydney Phillip Hodkinson composer
1935 Paul O[sborne] Williams US, sci-fi author (Ends of the Circle)
1936 Jerry Fogel Rochester NY, actor (Jerry-Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow)
1938 John Bellairs US, sci-fi author (Chessmen of Doom)
and Paul Revere Harvard Nebraska, pianist (Paul Revere & Raiders)
1939 Maury Povich TV host (Current Affair, Maury)/Mr Connie Chung
and Toini Gustafson Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1968)
1940 H Kipchoge "Kip" Keino Kenya, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
1942 Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], heavyweight champ boxer (1964-7 74-8)
and Randy Boone Fayetteville NC, actor (Cimarron Strip, Virginian)
1943 Chris Montez rocker
and Daniel C Brandenstein Watertown Wi, ast (STS-8, 51-G, 32, 49)
1945 William Hart US singer (4 Gents, Delfonics-I'm Sorry)
1947 Todd Susman St Louis Mo, actor (Goodnight Beantown)
1948 Alexander "Alec" Erwin South African worker's union leader
and Mick Taylor rock guitarist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
1949 Andy Kaufman NYC, comedian/actor (Latka-Taxi)
and Debbie Watson La Mirada Calif, actress (Karen, Tammy)
1951 Rolando Thoeni Italy, slalom (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1952 Larry Fortensky former husband of Liz Taylor (7th)
and Ryuichi Sakamoto Jap, rocker (Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orch)
1953 Sheila Hutchinson rocker
1954 Robert F Kennedy Jr attorney (Natural Resources Defense Council)
1955 Steve Earle San Antonio Tx, country singer (Guitar Town)
1956 David Caruso actor (NYPD Blue)
and Mitch Vogel Alhambra Calif, actor (Jamie-Bonanza)
and Paul Young rock vocalist/keyboardist (Every Time You Go Away)
1960 John Crawford Palo Alto Ca, bass (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away)
1961 Maia Chiburdanidze Kutaisi USSR, women's world chess champ
1962 Jim Carrey Ontario Canada, actor (Living Color, Dumb & Dumber, Mask)
and Susanna Hoffs actress/rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian)
1966 Karissa Rushing Benton Arkansas, Miss Arkansas-America (1991)
and Rexton Gordon Jamaican dj/rapper (Shabba Ranks-Extra Naked)
Deaths Which Occured January 17:
395 Theodosius I the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies
1103 Frutolf German monk/musicologist/historian, dies
1119 Boudouin VII Hapkin count of Flanders, dies
1229 Albert bishop of Riga/founder (Sword knights), dies at about 68
1604 Santino Garsi composer, dies at 61
1617 Pieter C Bockenberg historian, dies at 68
1620 Diego Alvarez de Paz Span missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59
1625 Nicolo Rubini composer, dies at 50
1654 Paul Potter painter, buried
1661 Andres Malong Philippines rebel leader, executed
1676 Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer, dies at 73
1750 Tomaso Albinioni Italian composer (Adagio in G Minor), dies at 80
1781 Marie de Negre Dables marquess, dies
1788 Alessio Prati composer, dies at 37
1805 Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron French interpreter, dies at 73
1820 Daniel W Wyttenbach historian, dies at 73
1826 Juan Christomo Arriaga y Balzola composer, dies at 19
1833 William Rush Indians sculptor, dies
1856 Thomas Attwood Walmisley composer, dies at 41
1863 E J Horace Vernet French painter, dies
1869 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky composer, dies at 55
1874 Chang & Eng Bunker Chinese Siamese twins, die at 62
1886 Amilcare Ponchielli composer, dies at 51
1890 Salomon Sulzer composer, dies at 85
1891 Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst composer, dies at 74
1892 Alexandre Levy composer, dies at 27
1893 Rutherford B Hayes 19th US Pres (1877-81), dies in Fremont Ohio at 70
1901 Jacob G Agarah Swedish algologist, dies
1902 Gideon Scheepers South Africa Boer leader, executed
1908 Ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ ruler of Toscane, dies
1910 Thomas Crapper inventor (flush toilet), dies
1911 Francis Galton English scholar, dies at 88
1913 Carl Baermann composer, dies at 73
1917 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius politician, dies at 70
1938 William H Pickering astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79
1942 Frederick Jerome Work composer, dies at 61
1946 Gottfried Rudinger composer, dies at 59
1955 J A Veraart economist, dies at 68
1961 Patrice Lumumba African revolutionary, murdered at 36
1962 Gerrit Achterberg poet (Autodrome), dies
1966 Vincent J Donehue director (Lonelyhearts), dies of Hodgkin's at 50
1967 Evelyn Nesbit actress (Redemption), dies at 82
1968 Julis Deutsch Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies
1969 Grazyna Bacewicz composer, dies at 59
1970 Billy Stewart singer (I Do Love You), dies in auto-accident at 32
1972 Rochelle Hudson actress (That's My Boy), dies at 56
1973 Fred Essler actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 77
1976 Ad Verhoeven soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in auto-accident
1977 Gary Gilmore executed in Utah, 1st US execution since 1967
1980 Barbara Britton actress (Pamela-Mr & Mrs North), dies at 59
1981 Bernard Lee actor (M in James Bond Movies), dies at 73
1983 Doodles Weaver actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71
1991 Olav AFEC van Sleesw˜k-Holstein-S-G V king of Norway, dies
1992 Bill Walker actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95
Charlie Ventura jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer
Dorothy Alison actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm), dies
1993 Ger ter Horst soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
1994 Han Jansen Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies at 61
Klaas Peartree sports reporter (Slogan), dies at 77
1995 Urias Nooteboom journalist/critic (Time), dies at 54
Holidays Which Occur January 17:
Poland Liberation Day
Religious Observances on January 17:
RC Marcellus, bishop of That
RC St Antoninus, Egyptian asceet/St Teunis
355 RC, Ang Mem of St Anthony, abbot, patron of domestic animals
Things to Remember for January 17:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
3 Days Astrological sign: Capricorn
3 Days Delta Cancrid meteor shower, radiant in Cancer, west of Praesepe
5 Days Coma-Berenicid meteor shower, radiant in Coma Berenices
[Ancient Rome] a d xvj Kal Feb
Highlights in History Which Occur January 17:
1501 Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna
1536 Fran‡ois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III
1562 Edict of St Germain recognizes Huguenots in France
1584 Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar
1595 French king Henri IV declares war on Spain
1601 France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain
1656 Brandenburg & Sweden signs Treaty of K”nigsberg
1718 Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switz; kills 53
1746 Battle of Falkirk, Scotland-Edward I defeats & massacres Scots
1757 German Parliament declares war on Prussia
1773 Capt James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66ø 33' S)
1775 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol
and R B Sheridan's "Rivals," premieres in London
1779 Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery
1821 M‚xico permits Moses Austin & 300 US families to settle in Texas
1827 Duke van Wellington appointed British supreme commander
1832 John van de Bosch appointed gov-gen of Dutch-Indies
1852 British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa)
1861 Flush toilet patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)
1862 -Jan 22nd) BBT Ft Henry, TN by USS Lexington
1863 Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia
1864 General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN
1871 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)
1874 Armed Democrats seize Texas govt ending Radical Reconstruction
1882 1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office
1885 Brits beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in Sudan
1893 -17øF (-27øC), Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
and A Charlois discovers asteroid #354 Eleonora
and Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic
1895 French president Casimir-Perier resigns
and F‚lix Faure installed as president of France
1899 US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific
1901 M Wolf & L Carnera discovers asteroid #466 Tisiphone
1904 Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at Moscow Art Theater
1905 Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer & C G Scannell, Chicago
1911 Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly
and Percy Mackaye's "Scarecrow," premieres in NYC
1912 Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen
1913 Raymond Poincar‚ becomes president of France
1914 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der Bogen des Odysseus," premieres in Berlin
1915 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's hospital in Amsterdam opens
and Russia occupies Boekovina & Western Ukraine
1916 Professional Golfer Assn (PGA) formed in NYC
1917 US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands (or 3/21)
1920 Paul Deschanel elected president of France
1923 Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied
and Origin of Brown[?] lunation numbers
1924 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1013 Tombecka
1928 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented
1929 Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater"
1934 Electric Home & Farm Authority incorporated
1938 Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman
1943 Tin Can Drive Day
1944 Korvet Violet sinks U-641
and Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #3037
1945 Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation
and Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work
and Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of
and thousands of Jews from Nazis, disappears in Hungary
1946 United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
1947 Muiden Ammunition factory explodes, 16 die
1948 Netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire
and Trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in NYC
1950 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities
1951 China refuses ceases-fire in Korea
1954 Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS)
1955 Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage
1957 9-county commission recommends creation of BART
and Cavern Club opens (home of Beatles' 1st appearance)
1961 Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba
1962 A NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m
and Roy Harris' 8th Symphony, premieres
1963 Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km
and Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 67 points vs LA
1966 B-52/KC-135 tankers crash near Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die
and Martin Luther King Jr opens campaign in Chicago
and USAF B-52 carrying 4 unarmed hydrogen bombs crashes on Spanish coast
1968 Soyuz 4 & 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft
1969 Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK
and Soyuz 5 lands
1970 John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass)
1971 Super Bowl V: Balt Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami
1973 Borough of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi
and New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life
1974 Styne, Comdem & Green's musical "Lorelei," premieres
1976 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency
1977 7th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 24-14
and Zaire president Mobutu visits Belgium
1979 Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against Rangers
and Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran
and USSR performs underground nuclear test
1980 NASA launches Fltsatcom-3
1981 Philippino president Marcos ends state of siege
1983 Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians
1984 Supreme Court rules (5-4) private use of home VCRs to tape TV
programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws
1986 Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs to regain WBA heavyweight title
1987 Pres Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
1988 Leslie Manigay elected president of Haiti
1989 Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach
and Gunman opens fire in Calif schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded
and Murden & Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis)
and Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami
1990 5th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame awards
and Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract
1991 1st US pilot shot down in Persian Gulf (Jeffrey Zahn)
and Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel
and Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title
and Operation Desert Storm begins-US led allies vs Iraq
1992 Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews)
1993 Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45")
1994 6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 56, $30B in damage
1995 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan (5,372 die)
1718 53 killed at the spa at Leuherbad (Wallis) Switzerland by two
snowslides.
Your Special Reminders for January 17:
17th day of year with 348 remaining (Numerology = 9)
and 1893 1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1953 57øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
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