Birthdates Which Occur on February 17:
1444 Rudolf Agricola [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
1490 Charles de Bourbon officer/governor (Lombardy)
1519 Fran‡ois de Guise [Balafr‚], French general strategist (Calais)
1583 J Henry Alting Dutch theologist
1653 Arcangelo Corelli Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto grossi)
1667 Georg Bronner composer
1675 Johann Melchior Conradi composer
1696 Baron Ernst Gottlieb composer
1697 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre composer
1723 Tobias Mayer "method of lunars" for longitude determination
1740 Horace B de Saussure Swiss physicist/geologist
1747 Narciso Casanovas composer
1752 Friedrich M Klinger German playwright (Wirrwarr)
1754 Jan Jachym Kopriva composer
1774 Raphaelle Peale US, painter (After the Rain-1823)
1781 Ren‚-Th‚ophile-Hyacinthe La‰nnec inventor (stethoscope)
1796 Giovanni Pacini composer
1804 Samuel Read Anderson Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
1816 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull composer
1820 Henri Vieuxtemps Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)
1824 William Farrar "Baldy" Smith Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903
1831 Francisco Salvador Daniel composer
1837 Francis Jay Herron Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
and Sam[uel] van Houten Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)
1844 A Montgomery Ward founder mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)
1850 Anton Urspruch composer
and Ludwig Bonvin composer
1853 Jaroslav Vrchlicky [Emil Fr¡da], Czech poet (1 night on Karlstein)
1854 Friedrich A Krupp German arms manufacturer
1855 Otto Liman von Sanders German general in Turkey (WW I)
1857 Samuel Sidney McClure Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher
1858 Ernest Ford composer
1862 Edward German composer
1867 William Cadbury England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury)
1870 Louis de Raet Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)
1874 Thomas J Watson US, representative/founder (IBM)
1877 Henri Vandeputte Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)
1879 Dorothy Canfield Fisher US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)
1880 Alvaro Obregon general/president Mexico (1920-24)
1882 Kurt Schindler composer
and Noah Beery Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro)
1884 Arthur Vanderpoorten Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)
1887 Leevi Antti Madetoja composer
1888 Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck actress (Bouwmeester Award)
and Otto Stern German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943)
1889 H[aroldson] L Hunt Texas oil multi-millionaire
1892 Theodor Plievier German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)
1895 Anita Stewart NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)
and Edna Park Edwards PA
1897 Johan[nes A] Kaart Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)
19-- Christine Pickles Yorkshire England, actress (Helen-St Elsewhere)
and Michelle Forbes actress (Ensign Ro-Star Trek Next Gen)
1902 Marian Anderson Phila, operatic contralto/banned by D.A.R.
1904 Albert Kuyle [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe)
1906 Galo Plaza Lasso pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75)
and Ramon Tapales composer
1907 Alec Wilder Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award)
and Charles B Timmer Dutch translator/writer (Russia Black on White)
1908 Staats Cotsworth Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place)
and Walter L "Red" Barber Miss, sports announcer (Bkln Dodgers, NY Yanks)
1909 Joseph "Poeske" Scherens Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS]
and Marjorie Lawrence Australia, soprano (Venus-Tannh„user)
1910 Marc Lawrence NYC, actor (Man With Golden Gun)
1911 Arthur Hunnicutt Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising)
1913 Jos‚phine F "Fietje" van Anrooy Dutch actress/director
and Oskar Danon composer
and Rene Leibowitz composer
1914 Arthur Kennedy Worcester Mass, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place)
and [Bert de] Wayne Morris LA Calif, WW II-pilot/actor (Paths of Glory)
1915 Homer Keller composer
1916 Raf Vallone Tropea Italy, actor (El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon)
1918 Charles A Hayes (Rep-D-IL, 1983- )
1919 Jock Mahoney Chicago, actor (Dallas, Yancy Derringer, Day of Fury)
and Joseph R Hunt tennis champ (US Open-1943)
and Kathleen Freeman Chicago Ill, actress (Beverly Hillbillies)
1920 Paul Fetler composer
1922 Tommy Edwards rocker
1923 Alden Winship Clausen Hamilton Ill, banker (Pres of World Bank)
1924 Margaret Truman Mo, pres daughter/writer (Murder at FBI)/pianist
1925 Fritz Behrendt German/Neth cartoon character (The Slogan)
and Hal Holbrook Cleveland, actor (All the President's Men, Mark Twain)
1926 Friedrich Cerha composer
and Lee Hoiby Madison Wisconsin, composer (1957 Arts & Letters)
1929 Chaim Potok novelist (Promise)
and Yasser Arafat PLO-leader (Achille Lauro, Nobel 1994)
1930 Usko Merilainen composer
1932 Buck Trent Spartanburg SC, banjoist/singer (Hee Haw)
1933 Bobby Lewis rocker (Tossin' & Turnin')
and Craig Thomas (Rep-R-Wyoming)
1934 Alan Bates England, actor (Zorba the Greek, Unmarried Woman)
and Barry Humphries Australia TV host (Dame Edna Everage)
and Buddy Ryan NFL coach (Phila Eagles, Phoenix Cardinals)
1936 Jim Brown Ga, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns)/actor (Dirty Dozen)
1937 Mickey McGill US vocalist (Dells-Love is Blue)
1939 Mary Ann Mobley Biloxi Ms, Miss America-1959/actr (Diff'rent Strokes)
1941 Gene Pitney Hartford Ct, vocalist/songwriter (Town Without Pity)
and Heidi Biebi German Fed Rep, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1960)
1942 Huey Newton Black Panther leader
1944 Bernie Grant British politician (Labour)
1945 Brenda Fricker Dublin Ireland, actress (My Left Foot)
and Patricia Morrow actress (Rita-Peyton Place)
and Willie J L Swildens-Rozendal Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
1946 Andr‚ Dussollier Annecy France, actor (3 Men & a Cradle)
and Valdemar Bandolowski Denmark, yachting (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
and Zina Bethune NYC, actress (Nurses, Who's That Knocking at My Door)
1947 Ben Cramer Dutch vocalist (Clown)
and Dallas Adams British actor/painter/writer (Terror From Within)
and Dodie Stevens actress (Mary Hatman!)
1949 Fred Frith English guitarist/violinist/bassist (Skeleton Crew)
1950 Rick Medlocke rock guitarist/vocalist (Blackfoot)
1952 Guillermo Vilas tennis player (1977 US Open)
and Insook Bhushan Seoul Korea, US US table tennis player (Olympic-92)
1953 Janice Dickinson Bkln NY, model (Vogue)
1958 Heidi Hagman actress (Linda-Archie Bunker's Place)
and Karen Lende Concord Mass, US Equestrian athlete (Olympic-92)
1959 Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines US, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)
and Richard Karn actor (Home Improvement)
1961 Michael "Air" Jordan Bkln NY, NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls)
1962 David McComb Australia, vocalist/songwriter (Triffids)
and Hennie Me˜er soccer player (Cambuur L, FC Heerenveen)
and Lou Diamond Phillips Philippines, actor (La Bamba, Stand & Deliver)
1963 Dan Reed rocker
1965 Clayton Prince Phila, actor (Hairspray, Reuben-Another World)
1966 Luc Robitaille NHLer (Pitts Penguins)
and Melissa Brooke-Belland rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee)
1968 Patrick Uterw˜k pop guitarist (Pestilence, Consuming Impulse)
1969 Traci Adell New Orleans La, playmate (July, 1994)
1970 Tommy Moe Alaska, nordic skiier (Olympic-gold-1994)
1974 Jerry O'Connell NYC, actor (Andrew Clements-My Secret Identity)
and Valeria Mazza Rosario Argentina, model (Cosmo-July 1995)
1975 Sung-Hee Park Pusan Korea, tennis star
Deaths Which Occured February 17:
364 Flavius Jovianus Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32
956 Hugo the Great earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55
1600 Giordano Bruno advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake
1612 Ernst van Bayern prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Keulen, dies at 57
Jodocus Hondius Flemish cartoonist/mathematician, dies at 48
1652 Gregorio Allegri Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67
1654 Michael Lohr composer, dies at 62
1673 Jean Baptiste Poquelin French author/dramatist (Learned Lady), dies
1688 Rev James Renwick hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian
1715 Antoine Galland French interpreter, dies at 68
1732 Louis Marchand composer, dies at 63
1803 Louis R E prince de Rohan-Gu‚men‚ archbisp of Straatsburg, dies at 68
1804 Christian Ernst Graf composer, dies at 81
1815 Franz Gotz composer, dies at 59
1827 Johann H Pestalozzi Swiss educator, dies
1852 Micha Joseph Levenson Hebrew poet, dies
1854 Hugues F R de Lamennais [the la Mennais], French priest/writer, dies
1856 Heinrich Heine German poet, dies at 58 in Paris
John Braham composer, dies at 81
1874 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77
1875 Lu¡s NF Varela Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33
1878 Jos‚ Amador de los R¡os Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59
1883 Napoleon Coste composer, dies at 77
1901 Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin composer, dies at 38
1903 Joseph Parry composer, dies at 61
1905 Serge Alexandrovitsj gov-gen Moscow, murdered
1907 Henry Steel Olcott US co-founder (Theosophist United), dies at 74
1908 Geronimo Apache chief, dies at about 79
1912 Count von Aerenthal foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies
L Oates British explorer (Antarctica), dies
1917 Edmund Bishop English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70
1919 Wilfrid Laurier Canadian politician, dies
1924 Oskar Merikanto composer, dies at 55
1932 French Gailliard Belgian painter/graphic artist (Egina), dies at 70
1933 Henri[cus A] Viotta conductor/composer (Handbook of Music), dies
1934 Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg king of Belgium (1909-34), dies
1936 Erich Schaeder German theologist (Theozentrische), dies at 74
1944 Fausto Agnelli Swiss painter, dies
1951 Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan composer, dies at 94
1954 Evert Gorter children artist (Kindergeneeskunde), dies at 72
1955 Otto J Gombosi Hungarian/US musicologist, dies
1959 Kathryn Adams actress (Meet the Chump, 5th Avenue Girl), dies
Tim Mara co-founder of NFL's NY Giants, dies
1961 Nita Naldi actress (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63
1962 Bruno Walter symphony conductor (NY Philharmonic), dies at 85
Joseph Kearns actor (George-Dennis the Menace), dies at 55
1966 Frank Pettingell actor, dies at 75
Gail Kane actress, dies at 81
Hans Hofmann German/US painter (Search for the Real), dies at 85
1968 Donald Wolfit actor, dies of heart ailment at 65
1970 Agnon [SJ Czaczkes], Hebrews writer (Guest Comes Overnight), dies
Alfred Newman composer, dies at 68
1971 Teddy Hart actor (3 Men on a Horse), dies at 73
1972 Gavril Nikolayevich Popov composer, dies at 67
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi founder SF Zen Center, « ashes buried
1976 Jean Servais actor, dies at 65
Johan[nes A] Card actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady), dies at 78
1977 Quincy Howe newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 76
1979 William Gargan actor (Rain, Bells of St Mary), dies at 73
1980 Jerry Fielding orch leader (Lively Ones), dies at 57
1982 Lee Strasberg acting coach/actor/director, dies at 81
Theolonious S Monk US, jazz pianist/composer (Blue Monk), dies at 64
1984 Lucille Benson actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies), dies at 69
1985 Wanda Perry actress, dies at 67^
1986 Jiddu Krishnamurti Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), dies at 90
Paul Stewart actor (Opening Night, In Cold Blood, Window), dies
1987 Hal K Dawson actor (Another Language, Wells Fargo), dies
Verree Teasdale actress (Skyscraper Souls), dies
1989 Lefty Gomez pitching great (NY Yankees), dies at 80
1990 Erik Rhodes actor (Top Hat), dies of pneumonia at 84
French Kellendonk writer (Good for Nothing), dies
Keith Herring US graffiti-artist, dies
Marc Clement actor, dies
1993 Alfredo the Leon leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), dies
George E Wilburn film editor, dies of emphysema at 77
1994 Randy Shilts Guerneville CA, writer, dies of AIDS at 41
Randy Shilts US journalist/writer (& the band played on), dies at 42
1995 Jan Bart Klaster music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50
Holidays Which Occur February 17:
Sri Lanka Maha Shivaratree
Religious Observances on February 17:
Ancient Rome Quirinalia-Feast of Quirinus (a d xiij Kal Mar)
Christian Commemoration of Flight into Egypt
Christian Feast of St Silvinus
RC Lura of Maghera, Irish poet?
RC Mangoldus, abbot of St George, murdered
1233 RC Memorial of 7 Holy Founders of Servite Order (opt)
Things to Remember for February 17:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
2 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
29 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
World Day of Prayer
Highlights in History Which Occur February 17:
1370 Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania
1568 Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay annual tribute to Sultan for peace
1634 William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti
1691 Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service
1772 1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria
1776 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline & Fall of Roman Empire" published
1791 Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra)
1795 Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England
1801 House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson pres over Burr
1817 1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore)
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania
1841 Dutch ex-king Willem I divorces Henriette d'oultremont de W‚gimont
1854 British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa)
1859 Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli
1865 -18] Battle of Charleston SC
and Columbia SC burns down during Civil War
1867 1st ship passes through Suez Canal
and Gyula Andr ssy becomes premier of Hungary
1868 E W Tempel discovers asteroid #97 Klotho
and J Coggia discovers asteroid #96 Aegle
1870 Mississippi becomes 9th state readmitted to US after Civil War
1873 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #130 Elektra
1876 Sardines 1st canned (Eastport, Maine)
1878 1st telephone exchange in SF opens with 18 phones
1879 J Palisa discovers asteroid #192 Nausikaa
and Murder attempt on tsar Alexander in St Petersburg, fails
1896 London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective
1897 Natl Congress of Parents & Teachers organizes (Wash DC)
1899 M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #443 Photographica
1903 R S Dugan discovers asteroid #506 Marion
1905 Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall
1906 Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House
1911 1st hydroplane flight to & from a ship, by Glenn Curtiss, San Diego
1913 1st minimum wage law in US takes effect, in Oregon
and NY Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to US public
1915 Edward Stone, 1st US combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded
1923 Ottawa Senator Cy Denneny becomes NHL's all time scorer (143 goals)
1925 V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1330 Spiridonia
1926 75 buried in Sap Gulch, Bingham, Utah avalanche, 40 die
and Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match
1930 French govt of Tardieu, falls
1931 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball)
and Hockey's Hershey Bears (now with AHL) 1st game
1933 Blondie marries Dagwood; Dagwood's father promptly disinherits him
and US Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition
1934 1st high school auto driving course offered, State College, Penn
1936 "Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts
and -58øF (-50øC), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record)
1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2535 Hameenlinna
1940 British destroyers board German Altmark off Norway
1941 Joe Louis retains heavyweight boxing crown, KOing Gus Dorazio
1942 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2857
1943 Dutch churches protest at Seyss-Inquart against spread of Judaism
1944 Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins; US victory on Feb 22
and US begins night bombing of Truk
1946 Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam
1947 Bishops begin fast against "godless communism"
and Voice of America begins broadcasting to USSR
1949 Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel
1950 31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center NY
and S Arend discovers asteroid #2265 Verbaandert
#3295 Murakami & #3440
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1611 Beyer, #1719 Jens, #2572,
1953 Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea
1955 KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks, AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
and Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257
1957 Fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72
and Suez Canal reopens
1958 Comic strip "BC" 1st appears
and WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg
1962 Storm in Hamburg, kills 265
and Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs St Louis
1964 101st member elected to baseball's hall of fame (Luke Appling)
and US House of Reps accept Law on the civil rights
and US Supreme court rules - 1 man 1 vote
and WMEM TV channel 10 in Presque Isle, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 US Ranger 8 launched, will transmit 7,137 lunar pictures
1966 French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
1967 Beatles release "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields"
and Kosmos 140 (Soyuz test) launches into Earth orbit
1968 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Mass, opens
1969 Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash record an album (never released)
1970 Jeffrey McDonald slices up his wife & daughter
and Joni Mitchell's final concert (Royal Albert Hall)
1972 President Nixon leaves Washington DC for China
1974 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt
1976 Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau)
1978 H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2608 Seneca
1979 China invades Vietnam
and Eric Heiden equals skating world record 1000m (1:14.99)
1980 Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6 MPH/285.8 kph)
1981 Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in US history
1983 Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot
and Netherlands adopts constitution
1985 1st class postage rises from 20› to 22›
and 3rd person to receive an artificial heart (Murray Haydon)
and Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater
1986 1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles
and Johnson & Johnson announces it no longer sell capsule drugs
and Libyan bombers attack N'djamena Airport in Chad
1987 Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year)
1988 Lebanese terrorists kidnap UN truce observer Lt Col William Higgins
1989 6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole"
and Former baseball player/manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash
and Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia & Libya form common market
and Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract
and Whitesnake's rocker David Coverdale weds actress Tawny Kitaen
1991 Antonio Mascarenhas elected president of Cape Verdi Islands
1926 75 buried in Sap Gulch, Bingham, Utah avalanche. 40 die
1950 Head-on collision of 2 commuter trains outside New York City
killed 31 people.
Your Special Reminders for February 17:
1896 -5øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1976 67øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 48th day of the year with 317 days left (Numerology = 1)
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