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10/17/1909
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Crozy [William] Cole, US jazz drummer
Type: Birth
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10/17/1909
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Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44
Type: Death
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10/17/1910
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William V Moody, US poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies
Type: Death
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10/17/1910
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Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91
Type: Death
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10/17/1912
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John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1912
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Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declares war on Turkey
Type: Event
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10/17/1914
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Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1914
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John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur
Type: Birth
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10/17/1914
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Albert Markos, composer
Type: Birth
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10/17/1915
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Arthur Miller, NYC, playwright (Death of a Salesman, Crucible)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1916
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Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage
Type: Event
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10/17/1916
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Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, composer
Type: Birth
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10/17/1916
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Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1917
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Marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1917
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Martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1917
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1st British bombing of Germany
Type: Event
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10/17/1917
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Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59
Type: Death
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10/17/1918
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De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens
Type: Event
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10/17/1918
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Gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies
Type: Death
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10/17/1918
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Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic
Type: Event
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10/17/1919
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John Moroney, cricketer (Australian opener 1949-51)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1919
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Rita Hayworth, NY, [Marguerita C Casino], actress (Gilda, Pal Joey)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1919
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Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created
Type: Event
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10/17/1920
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Chicago Bears (as Decatur Staleys) play 1st NFL game, win 7-0
Type: Event
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10/17/1920
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Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czech actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1920
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G‚rard Leman, Belgian general, dies
Type: Death
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10/17/1920
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Montgomery Clift, Omaha NE, actor (From Here to Eternity)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1921
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Pricilla Lanford Buckly, editor/columnist (National Review)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1921
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Belgium's public library law goes into force
Type: Event
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10/17/1921
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George Mackey Brown, poet
Type: Birth
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10/17/1921
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Katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45
Type: Death
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10/17/1921
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Tom Poston, Columbus Ohio, actor (Steve Allen Show, Newhart)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1921
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Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1922
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Scottish worker begins hunger march from Glasgow on London
Type: Event
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10/17/1922
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Louis Benjamin, showman
Type: Birth
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10/17/1923
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Catholic University of Nijmegen Neth opens
Type: Event
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10/17/1926
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Karl Gordon Henize, Cincinnati Ohio, astronaut (STS 51-F)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1926
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Julie Adams, Waterloo Iowa, actress (Yancy Derringer, Code Red)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1926
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Beverly Garland, Santa Cruz Calif, actress (My 3 Sons)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1927
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Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as AL president
Type: Event
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10/17/1928
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James "Junior" Gilliam, Dodgers (NL rookie of year 1953)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1928
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Ivan Marinov, composer
Type: Birth
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10/17/1928
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Zacharias J de Beer, S African physician/MP (DP)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1929
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Ram Da-Oz, composer
Type: Birth
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10/17/1930
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Angelo Paccignini, composer
Type: Birth
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10/17/1930
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Jimmy Breslin, Queens NYC, columnist (NY Post, News, Newsday)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1931
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Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison
Type: Event
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10/17/1932
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William J Hughes, (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1975- )
Type: Birth
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10/17/1932
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Paul Anderson, US, light super heavyweight lifter (Olympic-gold-1956)
Type: Birth
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10/17/1932
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Gundaris Pone, composer
Type: Birth
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