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01/17/1911
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Hermann Pfrogner, Austria, musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1911
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Luis W Alvarez, US, physicist (sub atomic, Nobel 1968) [or Jun 13]
Type: Birth
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01/17/1911
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Francis Galton, English scholar, dies at 88
Type: Death
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01/17/1912
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Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen
Type: Event
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01/17/1912
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Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1913
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Raymond Poincar‚ elected president of France
Type: Event
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01/17/1913
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Werenfried [Flip] van Straaten, founder (Oostpriesterhulp)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1913
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Yuvraj of Patiala, cricketer (scored 24 and 60 in only Test India v Eng)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1913
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Carl Baermann, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/17/1914
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Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der Bogen des Odysseus," premieres in Berlin
Type: Event
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01/17/1915
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens
Type: Event
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01/17/1915
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Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine
Type: Event
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01/17/1916
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1st PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy CC Bronxville NY
Type: Event
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01/17/1916
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Professional Golfer Assn (PGA) forms in NYC
Type: Event
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01/17/1916
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Joel Herron, Chicago Ill, orch leader (Jaye P Morgan Show)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1917
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US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands (or 3/21)
Type: Event
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01/17/1917
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Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, (MGR), Indian film star, politician
Type: Birth
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01/17/1917
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Oskar Morawetz, Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1917
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Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1917
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Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70
Type: Death
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01/17/1918
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Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician
Type: Birth
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01/17/1920
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Paul Deschanel elected president of France
Type: Event
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01/17/1920
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Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician
Type: Birth
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01/17/1920
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Nora Kaye, NYC, prima ballerina
Type: Birth
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01/17/1921
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Dehl Berti, Pueblo Colo, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1922
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Betty White, Oak Park, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1922
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Luis Echeverr¡a Alvarez, president Mexico
Type: Birth
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01/17/1923
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Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied
Type: Event
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01/17/1923
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Origin of Brown[?] lunation numbers
Type: Event
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01/17/1923
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Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1924
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Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator/pres (California State U at Fullerton)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1925
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A H Kardar, cricketer (Pak 1st Test capt, prev played for India)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1925
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Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Scenes and Arias)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1925
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Duane Hanson, US sculptor
Type: Birth
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01/17/1925
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Rock Hudson, Winnetka Ill, actor (McMillian and Wife)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1926
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George Burns marries Gracie Allen
Type: Event
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01/17/1926
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Clyde Walcott, cricketer (one of the three W's, later ICC chairman)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1926
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Moira Shearer, Dunfermline Scotland, ballerina (Red Shoes)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1926
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Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1927
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Donald Erb, Youngstown, Ohio, composer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1927
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Eartha Kitt, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1927
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Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1928
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1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented
Type: Event
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01/17/1928
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Jean Barraqu‚, French composer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1928
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Ken Archer, cricketer (Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1928
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Vidal Sassoon, London, hair stylist/CEO (Vidal Sasson)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1929
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Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater"
Type: Event
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01/17/1929
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Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Qu‚bec, NHL goaltender (#1)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1930
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Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader
Type: Birth
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01/17/1930
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Robert Ceely, composer
Type: Birth
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