414 Historic Events for January 17
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Betty White, Oak Park, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls)
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| 1922 |
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Luis Echeverr¡a Alvarez, president Mexico
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| 1923 |
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Origin of Brown[?] lunation numbers
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift)
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| 1923 |
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Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied
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| 1924 |
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Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator/pres (California State U at Fullerton)
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| 1925 |
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A H Kardar, cricketer (Pak 1st Test capt, prev played for India)
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| 1925 |
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Duane Hanson, US sculptor
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| 1925 |
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Rock Hudson, Winnetka Ill, actor (McMillian and Wife)
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Scenes and Arias)
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| 1926 |
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Clyde Walcott, cricketer (one of the three W's, later ICC chairman)
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| 1926 |
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Moira Shearer, Dunfermline Scotland, ballerina (Red Shoes)
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| 1926 |
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Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer
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| 1926 |
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George Burns marries Gracie Allen
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer
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| 1927 |
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Donald Erb, Youngstown, Ohio, composer
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| 1927 |
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Eartha Kitt, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman)
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| 1928 |
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Ken Archer, cricketer (Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Jean Barraqu‚, French composer
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| 1928 |
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Vidal Sassoon, London, hair stylist/CEO (Vidal Sasson)
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| 1928 |
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1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Qu‚bec, NHL goaltender (#1)
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| 1929 |
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Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater"
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| 1930 |
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Robert Ceely, composer
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader
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