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02/17/1913
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Rene Leibowitz, composer
Type: Birth
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02/17/1914
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Albert Westerlinck, [Jos‚ J M Aerts], Flemish literary
Type: Birth
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02/17/1914
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Arthur Kennedy, Worcester Mass, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1914
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Per-Jakez Helias, writer/teacher
Type: Birth
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02/17/1914
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[Bert de] Wayne Morris, LA Calif, WW II-pilot/actor (Paths of Glory)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1915
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Edward Stone, 1st US combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded
Type: Event
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02/17/1915
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Homer Keller, composer
Type: Birth
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02/17/1916
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Romberg/Hanley/Atteridge/Smith' musical premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/17/1916
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Don Tallon, cricketer (perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1916
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Raf Vallone, Tropea Italy, actor (El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1917
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Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70
Type: Death
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02/17/1918
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Charles A Hayes, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- )
Type: Birth
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02/17/1918
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Olive Gibbs, peace campaigner
Type: Birth
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02/17/1918
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Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian PM (1896-1911), dies
Type: Death
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02/17/1919
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Jock Mahoney, Chicago, actor (Dallas, Yancy Derringer, Day of Fury)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1919
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Joseph R Hunt, tennis champ (US Open-1943)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1919
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Kathleen Freeman, Chicago Ill, actress (Beverly Hillbillies)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1920
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Colin Franklin, doctor
Type: Birth
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02/17/1920
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Paul Fetler, composer
Type: Birth
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02/17/1920
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Trevor Oswald Ling, religious studies professor
Type: Birth
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02/17/1921
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Arthur Honegger's "Pastorale D'‚t‚," premieres
Type: Event
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02/17/1922
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Tommy Edwards, rock vocalist (It's All in the Game)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1923
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Ottawa Senator Cy Denneny becomes NHL's all time scorer (143 goals)
Type: Event
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02/17/1923
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Alden Winship Clausen, Hamilton Ill, banker (Pres of World Bank)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1924
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Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds)
Type: Event
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02/17/1924
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Margaret Truman, Mo, pres daughter/writer (Murder at FBI)/pianist
Type: Birth
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02/17/1924
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Oskar Merikanto, composer, dies at 55
Type: Death
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02/17/1925
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Fritz Behrendt, German/Dutch cartoon character (The Slogan)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1925
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Hal Holbrook, Cleveland, actor (All the President's Men, Mark Twain)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1926
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Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die
Type: Event
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02/17/1926
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Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match
Type: Event
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02/17/1926
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Friedrich Cerha, composer
Type: Birth
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02/17/1926
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Lee Hoiby, Madison Wisconsin, composer (1957 Arts and Letters)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1929
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Chaim Potok, NYC, novelist (Promise)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1929
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Yasser Arafat, PLO-leader (Achille Lauro, Nobel 1994)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1929
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John Read, cricketer (batted in 17 Tests for Eng for 463 runs), dies
Type: Death
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02/17/1930
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French govt of Tardieu, falls
Type: Event
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02/17/1930
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Usko Merilainen, composer
Type: Birth
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02/17/1931
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1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball)
Type: Event
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02/17/1931
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Hockey's Hershey Bears (now with AHL) 1st game
Type: Event
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02/17/1932
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Irving Berlin's musical "Face the Music," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/17/1932
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Buck Trent, Spartanburg SC, banjoist/singer (Hee Haw)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1932
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Frans Gailliard, Belgian painter/graphic artist (Egina), dies at 70
Type: Death
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02/17/1933
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1st issue of "Newsweek" magazine published
Type: Event
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02/17/1933
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Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead in the comic Blondie
Type: Event
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02/17/1933
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Marinus van der Lubbe arrives in Glindow, at Potsdam
Type: Event
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02/17/1933
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US Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition
Type: Event
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02/17/1933
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Bobby Lewis, rocker (Tossin' and Turnin')
Type: Birth
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02/17/1933
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Craig Thomas, (Rep-R-Wyoming)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1933
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Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84
Type: Death
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