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December 17, 1981 Emma Laaksonen, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics
December 17, 1979 Cheri Vivette Alexander, Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 1997
December 17, 1975 Milla Jovovich, born in Kiev, Ukraine, actress, Return to Blue Lagoon, Chaplin
December 17, 1975 Napiera Danielle Groves, Miss USA-Washington D.C., 1997, Miss Congeniality
December 17, 1975 Nick Farrell, East York Ontario, boxer 1996 Olympics
December 17, 1974 Giovonni Ribisi, actor, Cory-My 2 Dads, New Leave it To Beaver
December 17, 1972 Brian Williams, NFL linebacker, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31
December 17, 1972 Dewayne Washington, cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings
December 17, 1972 Don Davis, linebacker for the New Orleans Saints
December 17, 1972 Ivan Pedroso, Cuba, long jumper, Olympics-4th-92
December 17, 1971 Alyson Habetz, Crowley, Louisiana, female pitcher, Colo Silver Bullets
December 17, 1971 Carl Reeves, NFL defensive end for the Chicago Bears
December 17, 1971 Mark Byers, WLAF linebacker for the Frankfurt Galaxy
December 17, 1971 Nikki McCray, Collierville Tennessee, basketball guard, 1996 Olympics gold
December 17, 1971 Sari Kristiina Fisk, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics
December 17, 1971 Tony Richardson, NFL fullback for the Kansas City Chiefs
December 17, 1970 Benedictine, [St. Bernard]; becomes heaviest known dog, 137 kg
December 17, 1970 Earl Dotson, NFL tackle, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31
December 17, 1970 Michael Mols, soccer player, FC Twente
December 17, 1969 Dean Wilson, Kaneohe Hawaii, golfer, 1991 Western Athletic
December 17, 1969 Marc Davis, Oceanside California, 3K steeplechase runner, Goodwill-gold-94
December 17, 1969 Marty Carter, NFL safety for the Chicago Bears
December 17, 1969 Rob Maas, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
December 17, 1969 Scott Player, WLAF punter for the Frankfurt Galaxy
December 17, 1968 Curtis Pride, Washington D.C., outfielder for the Detroit Tigers
December 17, 1968 Jeff[rey] Klepacki, Kearny, New Jersey, rower, Olympics-1992, 96
December 17, 1967 Alan Nolet, born in Toronto, Ontario, gymnist 1996 Olympics
December 17, 1967 Pauline Maurice, Welland Ontario, softball outfielder 1996 Olympics
December 17, 1967 Vincent Damphousse, Montreal, NHL center, Montreal Canadiens
December 17, 1966 Hans Visser, Dutch soccer player, MVV, FC Utrecht
December 17, 1965 Craig Berube, Calahoo, NHL left wing for the Washington Capitals
December 17, 1965 Jeff Grayer, NBA guard, Charlotte Hornets, Olympics-bronze-1988
December 17, 1965 Scott Edward Gump, Rockledge, Florida, PGA golfer, 1991 International-2nd
December 17, 1964 Eric Brown, born in New York City, actor, Buzz-Mama's Family
December 17, 1964 Frank Musil, Pardubice Cze, NHL defenseman, Ottawa Senators
December 17, 1964 Joe Wolf, NBA forward and center, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
December 17, 1964 Tyrone Braxton, NFL safety, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32
December 17, 1962 Giulla Boschi, Italian actress, Act of Contrition, Bonus Malus
December 17, 1962 Rocco Anthony Mediate, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1991 Doral-Ryder
December 17, 1961 Sarah Dallin, rocker, Bananarama-Venus
December 17, 1961 Venice Kong, St. Mary Jamaica, playmate, September, 1985
December 17, 1959 Albert King, actor, BB King and Friends, Blues Alive
December 17, 1959 Michelle Mackall, Washington D.C., LPGA golfer, 1995 Friendly's-32nd
December 17, 1959 Tammie Green, Somerset, Ohio, LPGA golfer, 1989 du Maurier Ltd Classic
December 17, 1958 Mike Mills, U.S. pop bassist, REM-One I Love
December 17, 1957 Bob Ojeda, pitcher for the New York Mets
December 17, 1954 Bill Pullman, actor, Sommersby, League of their Own, Independence Day
December 17, 1953 Barry Livingston, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Ernie-My 3 Sons
December 17, 1953 Ikue Ile Mori, rocker
December 17, 1953 Mark Gane, born in Toronto, Canada, rocker, M+M
December 17, 1952 Hans Alders, Dutch minister of environment, PvdA
December 17, 1952 Mickey Jones, Washington D.C., rock bassist
December 17, 1951 Tatyana Kazankina, U.S.S.R., middle distance runner, Olympics gold 1976
December 17, 1951 Wanda Hutchison, rocker
December 17, 1950 Carlton Barrett, Jamaicans reggae drummer, Bob Marley and Wailers
December 17, 1949 Paul Rodgers, Engl, rocker, Bad Company-Feel Like Makin Love, Firm
December 17, 1948 Jim Alexander, rocker
December 17, 1948 Jim Bonfanti, rocker, Raspberries-Go All the Way
December 17, 1947 Marilyn Hassett, LA Ca, actress, Bell Jar, Other Side of Mt
December 17, 1947 Simon Bates, English DJ
December 17, 1947 Wes Studi, actor, Last of the Mohicans
December 17, 1946 Albert Padmore, cricketer, WI off-spinner mid-70s
December 17, 1946 Eugene Levy, born in Hamilton, Canada, comedian/writer, SCTV
December 17, 1945 Christopher Cazenove, England, actor, Ben-Dynasty
December 17, 1945 Ernie Hudson, Benton Harbor, Michigan, actor, Ghostbusters, Weeds
December 17, 1944 Ference Bene, Hungary, record 12 soccer goals 1964 Olympic gold
December 17, 1944 Jack L[aurence] Chalker, U.S., sci-fi author, Saga of Well World
December 17, 1943 Dave Dee, rocker
December 17, 1943 William Brooks, composer
December 17, 1942 Bernard Hill, Manchester, actor, Bellman and True, New World, Bounty
December 17, 1942 Paul Butterfield, born in Chicago, blues musician, Better Days
December 17, 1939 Eddie Kendricks, Alabama, rocker, Temptations-My Girl, Boogie Down
December 17, 1939 James Booker, New Orleans, R and B musician, Gonzo
December 17, 1939 Novella Nelson, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Nellie Cole-Chiefs
December 17, 1937 Art Neville, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, vocalist, Neville Brothers
December 17, 1936 Frank Martinus Arion, [F Efraim M], Antilles, writer, Double Play
December 17, 1936 Roland Sheldon, pitcher, New York Yankees
December 17, 1936 Tommy Steele, London, singer and actor, a Sixpence, Finian's Rainbow
December 17, 1935 Cal Ripken Sr, baseball manager for the Baltimore Orioles
December 17, 1933 Bruce Morrison, cricketer, one Test NZ vs. England 1963
December 17, 1933 Paul Snoek, [Edm Schietekat], Belgian poet
December 17, 1931 Yvonne Keuls, [Bamberg], Dutch writer, Jan Rap and Co
December 17, 1930 Bob Guccione, [Robert C J Edwa], U.S. publisher, Penthouse, Omni
December 17, 1930 Julia Meade, actress/TV hostess, Spotlight Playhouse
December 17, 1930 Makoto Moroi, composer
December 17, 1929 William Safire, political columnist, New York Times, speech writer, Nixon
December 17, 1928 Marilyn Beck, newspaper columnist
December 17, 1927 Richard Long, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Prof-Nanny and the Professor
December 17, 1926 Jeremy Brooks, writer
December 17, 1926 Patrice Wymore, Miltonville, Kansas, actress, The Big Tree
December 17, 1925 Rijk de Gooyer, Dutch actor, Black Rider, Rififi in Amsterdam
December 17, 1922 Eric Brand, diplomat
December 17, 1922 Hubert H. A. Beckers, Curaeaoan opera singer
December 17, 1920 Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tilsit East Prussia, actor, Kafka, Music Box
December 17, 1917 Louis Salvador Palange, composer
December 17, 1916 Antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet, Kolderliedjes
December 17, 1914 Mushtaq Ali, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's and 40's
December 17, 1911 William Roerick, actor, Guiding Light
December 17, 1910 Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer, 0-72 in his only Test for India
December 17, 1909 Ferdinand H Aus der Funten, German war criminal, Breda 4
December 17, 1908 Willard Frank Libby, inventor, carbon-14 "atomic clock", Nobel 1960,
December 17, 1908 William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer
December 17, 1906 Fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer
December 17, 1905 Joseph Heifitz, film director
December 17, 1904 Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, In the Fire,
December 17, 1904 Paul Cadmus, New York City, etcher/painter, Sailors and Floozies
December 17, 1903 Erskine P Caldwell, author, Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre
December 17, 1902 Simon Drach, writer
December 17, 1900 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer and conductor
December 17, 1895 David Butler, born in San Francisco, California, director, April in Paris, Calamity Jane
December 17, 1894 Arthur Fiedler, born in Boston, Massachusetts, conductor, Boston Pops
December 17, 1894 Hans Henny Jahnn, writer
December 17, 1894 Hans [Henry] Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, quantum mechanics
December 17, 1894 Willem Schermerhorn, Netherlands premier, 1945-46
December 17, 1893 Erwin Piscator, German stage director, Der Stellvertreter
December 17, 1891 Robertson Hare, born in London, England, actor, Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge
December 17, 1889 Vaslav F Nijinski, Ukraine/US ballet dancer, l'apres-midi d'une faune
December 17, 1881 Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer, great South Africa all-rounder early 20th cent
December 17, 1881 Johannes CB "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter
December 17, 1876 Julio A. Peixoto, Brazilian writer, O esfinge
December 17, 1874 William Lyon Mackenzie King, L, 10th Canadian PM, 1921-30, 1935-48
December 17, 1873 Ford Madox Ford, England, novelist/editor, Inheritors
December 17, 1869 Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer
December 17, 1864 John Felix August Korling, composer
December 17, 1863 Ion Vidu, composer
December 17, 1861 Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer
December 17, 1859 Willem C Grunings, Curacaos publisher, People's Friend
December 17, 1853 Herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager, Trilby
December 17, 1848 Frederick Grant Gleason, composer
December 17, 1842 Marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, continous groups
December 17, 1840 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer
December 17, 1838 Berthold Tours, composer
December 17, 1835 Alexander E Agassiz, U.S., businessman/biologist/geology
December 17, 1833 James Thadeus Holtzclaw, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1893
December 17, 1830 Jules de Goncourt, France, novelist, Germinie
December 17, 1824 John Kerr, System physicist, electro-visually Kerr-effect
December 17, 1824 Manning Ferguson Force, Bvt Mjr Gen Union volunteers, died in 1899
December 17, 1824 Thomas Starr King, New York, Unitarian clergyman, Christianity and Humanity
December 17, 1821 Frederick West Lander, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1862
December 17, 1820 Frederick Tracy Dent, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1892
December 17, 1819 Samuel Jones, Major General Confederate Army, died in 1887
December 17, 1807 John Greenleaf Whittier, U.S., poet, Snow-bound
December 17, 1801 Johan NMJ, king of Saxon, 1854-73, translated Divina Commedia
December 17, 1800 Gergely Czuczor, Hung/Czech poet/translator, Great Hung dictionary
December 17, 1797 Joseph Henry, U.S., scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism
December 17, 1796 Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian Author
December 17, 1778 Hunphry Davy, English chemist, discovered some elements
December 17, 1770 Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer
December 17, 1770 Ludwig Van Beethoven, composer, 5th Symphony, Ode to Joy
December 17, 1749 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer, Il Matrimonio Segreto
December 17, 1734 William Floyd, U.S. soldier/signer, Declaration of Independence
December 17, 1706 Chatelet, la belle Emilie, French writer
December 17, 1706 Gabrielle Chatelet, [La belle Emilie], French writer, Voltaire
December 17, 1638 Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer
December 17, 1619 Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician
December 17, 1554 Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne
December 17, 1493 Philippus A. Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, Liber paramixum



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