361 Historic Events for October 17
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| 1933 |
Birth |
William A Anders, Hong Kong, Maj Gen, USAF/astronaut (Apollo 8)
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| 1933 |
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Albert Einstein arrives in US, a refugee from Nazi Germany
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| 1934 |
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"The Aldrich Family" premieres on radio
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Barend P Tammeling, Dutch journalist (Trouw, Groninger Gezinsbode)
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| 1935 |
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Pacific Assoc of AAU votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Alan Brown, cricketer (Engld opening attack Brown and White vs Pak 1961)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
David Hobson, (Rep-R-Ohio)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil (Snake River Canyon)
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| 1940 |
Event |
German occupiers issue identity cards
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| 1941 |
Event |
1st US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Alan Howard, rock bassist (Brian Poole and The Tremeloes)
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth Oh, country singer (Too Many Times)
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| 1941 |
Birth |
James Seals, Sidney Tx, singer (Seals and Crofts-Summer Breeze)
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| 1941 |
Death |
John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Gary Puckett, vocalist (and Union Gap-Woman Woman, Young Girl)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Susan Davenny Wyner, New Haven Ct, soprano (Walter Naumberg Prize)
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| 1943 |
Event |
Liberators sink U-540 and U-631
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Carol Cole, West Medford Mass, actress (Ellie-Grady)
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| 1944 |
Death |
Pavel Haas, composer, dies at 45
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Dave Cutler, CFL place kicker (Edmonton Eskimos)
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| 1945 |
Event |
Juan Per¢n becomes dictator of Argentina
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Bob Seagren, Pomona Calif, actor (Soap)/pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-68)
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| 1946 |
Birth |
James Ray Tucker, LA Calif, rock guitarist (Turtles-Eleanor)
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Vicki Hodge, London England, actress (Confessions of a Sex Maniac)
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| 1947 |
Birth |
Gene Green, (Rep-D-Texas)
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