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01/17/1931
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Frederick Alfred Fox, composer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1931
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James Earl Jones, Miss, actor (Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1931
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L Douglas Wilder, (Gov-D-Va)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1933
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Bradman takes second Test wicket, Hammond, bowled
Type: Event
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01/17/1933
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Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1933
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Bruno Schroder, British baron/banker/multi-millionaire
Type: Birth
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01/17/1933
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Dalida, Cairo, actress/singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1933
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Sheree North, [Dawn Bethel], LA, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1933
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Yolande Christina Dalida, Cairo Egypt
Type: Birth
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01/17/1933
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John Hodges, cricketer (6 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies
Type: Death
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01/17/1934
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Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the NY Giants
Type: Event
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01/17/1934
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Electric Home and Farm Authority incorporated
Type: Event
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01/17/1934
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NY Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract
Type: Event
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01/17/1934
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Donald Cammell, film director
Type: Birth
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01/17/1934
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Shari Lewis, Bronx NY, ventriloquist/puppeteer (Lamb Chop)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1934
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Sydney Phillip Hodkinson, composer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1935
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Jimmy Powell, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1990 Southwestern Bell Classic)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1935
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Paul O[sborne] Williams, US, sci-fi author (Ends of the Circle)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1936
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Jerry Fogel, Rochester NY, actor (Jerry-Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1938
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Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman
Type: Event
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01/17/1938
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John Bellairs, US, sci-fi author (Chessmen of Doom)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1938
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Paul Revere, Harvard Nebraska, pianist (Paul Revere and Raiders)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1938
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William H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79
Type: Death
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01/17/1939
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Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert
Type: Event
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01/17/1939
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Antao D'Souza, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in six Tests 1959-62)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1939
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Maury Povich, TV host (Current Affair, Maury)/Mr Connie Chung
Type: Birth
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01/17/1939
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Toini Gustafson, Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1968)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1940
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H Kipchoge "Kip" Keino, Kenya, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1940
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Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, South African poet (Fireflames)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1941
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Jos‚ Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82
Type: Death
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01/17/1942
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Muhammad Ali, [Cassius Clay], heavyweight champ boxer (1964-7 74-8)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1942
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Randy Boone, Fayetteville NC, actor (Cimarron Strip, Virginian)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1942
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Frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61
Type: Death
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01/17/1943
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Tin Can Drive Day
Type: Event
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01/17/1943
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Chris Montez, rocker
Type: Birth
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01/17/1943
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Daniel Charles Brandenstein, Watertown Wi, ast (STS 8, 51-G, 32, 49)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1944
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Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean
Type: Event
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01/17/1945
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Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation
Type: Event
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01/17/1945
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Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work
Type: Event
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01/17/1945
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Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)
Type: Event
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01/17/1945
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Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary
Type: Event
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01/17/1945
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William Hart, US singer (4 Gents, Delfonics-I'm Sorry)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1946
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United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
Type: Event
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01/17/1946
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Gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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01/17/1947
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Muiden Neth ammunition factory explodes, 16 die
Type: Event
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01/17/1947
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Gail Toushin, LPGA golfer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1947
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Jane Elliot, NYC, actress (Baby Boom, Gen Hospital, Knots Landing)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1947
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Todd Susman, St Louis Mo, actor (Goodnight Beantown)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1947
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Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1948
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Netherlands and Indonesia agree to a cease fire
Type: Event
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