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October 17, 1973 Keith McKenzie, NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31
October 17, 1973 Lorie Bennett West, Miss Kentucky USA 1996
October 17, 1972 Vicki Goetze, Michicot WI, LPGA golfer, 1995 British Open-12th
October 17, 1972 Eminem, American Musician
October 17, 1971 Byron Chamberlain, NFL/WLAF tight end Denver Broncos, Rhein Fire
October 17, 1971 Ernest Dixon, NFL linebacker for the New Orleans Saints
October 17, 1971 Henry McMillian, NFL defensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks
October 17, 1970 Anil Kumble, cricketer, great Indian leg-spinner since 1990
October 17, 1970 Jean-Paul de Young, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
October 17, 1970 John Mabry, Wilmington, Delaware, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals
October 17, 1970 Marciano Vink, soccer player, Genoa/PSV
October 17, 1970 Shauna O'Brien, Pasco Wash, actress, Showgirls
October 17, 1970 Tasha Tsang, Saskatoon Saskatchwan, rower 1996 Olympics
October 17, 1969 Alfred Pupunu, NFL tight end for the San Diego Chargers
October 17, 1969 Joe Courtney, NBA forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers
October 17, 1969 Theodore Ernest Els, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Open
October 17, 1968 Heather McDermid, Calgary Alberta, rower 1996 Olympics
October 17, 1968 Ziggy Marley, reggae performer
October 17, 1967 Adrianne Werdel Witmeyer, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1990 Futures-Chiba
October 17, 1967 Allen West, U.S. metal guitarist, Obituary, Cause of Death
October 17, 1967 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star
October 17, 1967 Mark Johnson, Worcester, Massachusetts, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates
October 17, 1967 Nathalie Tauziat, Bangui Cent Afr Rep, tennis star, 1993 Quebec City
October 17, 1967 Reggie Clark, NFL linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars
October 17, 1966 Danny Ferry, NBA forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers
October 17, 1965 Connie Ann Hearn, Anchorage Alaska, actress, New Kind of Family
October 17, 1965 Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket, Sri Lanka's greatest batsman
October 17, 1963 Vijay Mehra, cricketer, United Arab Emirates batsman 1996 World Cup
October 17, 1962 John Dorge, Australian basketball center 1996 Olympics
October 17, 1960 Angela Kramers, Dutch singer, Dolly Dots
October 17, 1960 James Patrick Delsing, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 New England-2nd
October 17, 1960 Mandy Yachad, cricketer, South African ODI opening batsman 1991
October 17, 1958 Alan Jackson, born in Newnan, Georgia, country singer, Here in the Real World
October 17, 1958 Blaine McCallister, Ft. Stockton, Texas, PGA golfer, 1989 Honda Classic
October 17, 1958 France St. Louis, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics
October 17, 1958 Gig Gangel Harlingen, Texas, playmate, Jan, 1980
October 17, 1957 Vincent Van Patten, Belrose, New York, actor, Apple's Way, 3 for the Road
October 17, 1956 Mae C Jemison, Decatur Alabama, MD/astronaut, STS 47
October 17, 1956 Robin LO Linschoten, Dutch ass. secretary of Social Affairs, VVD
October 17, 1955 Sam Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Prime Risk, Savages
October 17, 1950 Howard E Rollins, Jr., born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Bannister-Wildside,Another World
October 17, 1950 Michael Lynn Synar, Rep-D-Oklahoma, 1979-
October 17, 1950 Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer, As Love Goes
October 17, 1949 Bill Hudson, Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show
October 17, 1949 Maurice Willis Wright, composer
October 17, 1949 Timothy Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Adam-East of Eden
October 17, 1949 Owen Arthur, Statesman
October 17, 1948 George Wendt, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Norm-Cheers
October 17, 1948 Margot Kidder, Yellowknife, actress, Lois Lane, Amityville Horror
October 17, 1947 Charles A Ingene, macromarketing researcher
October 17, 1947 Gene Green, Rep-D-Texas
October 17, 1947 Lesley Sunderland, decorative artist
October 17, 1947 Michael McKean, New York City, actor, Laverne and Shirley, SNL, Spinal Tap
October 17, 1946 Bob Seagren, Pomona California, actor, Soap, /pole vaulter, Olympics gold 68
October 17, 1946 James Ray Tucker, born in Los Angeles, California, rock guitarist, Turtles-Eleanor
October 17, 1946 Vicki Hodge, born in London, England, actress, Confessions of a Sex Maniac
October 17, 1945 Dave Cutler, CFL place kicker for the Edmonton Eskimos
October 17, 1944 Carol Cole, West Medford Massachusetts, actress, Ellie-Grady
October 17, 1943 Susan Davenny Wyner, New Haven, Connecticut, soprano, Walter Naumberg Prize
October 17, 1942 Gary Puckett, vocalist, & Union Gap-Woman Woman, Young Girl
October 17, 1941 Alan Howard, rock bassist, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes
October 17, 1941 Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth, Ohio, country singer, Too Many Times
October 17, 1941 James Seals, Sidney, Texas, singer, Seals and Crofts-Summer Breeze
October 17, 1938 Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil, Snake River Canyon
October 17, 1938 Evel Knievel, American Entertainer
October 17, 1936 David Hobson, Rep-R-Ohio
October 17, 1935 Alan Brown, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs Pak 1961
October 17, 1934 Barend P Tammeling, Dutch journalist, Trouw, Groninger Gezinsbode
October 17, 1933 William A Anders, Hong Kong, Maj Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8
October 17, 1932 Gundaris Pone, composer
October 17, 1932 Paul Anderson, U.S., light super heavyweight lifter 1956 Olympics gold
October 17, 1932 William J Hughes, Rep-D-New Jersey, 1975-
October 17, 1930 Angelo Paccignini, composer
October 17, 1930 Jimmy Breslin, Queens New York City, columnist, New York Post, News, Newsday
October 17, 1929 Ram Da-Oz, composer
October 17, 1928 Ivan Marinov, composer
October 17, 1928 James "Junior" Gilliam, Dodgers, NL rookie of year 1953
October 17, 1928 Zacharias J de Beer, South African physician/MP, DP
October 17, 1926 Beverly Garland, Santa Cruz California, actress, My 3 Sons
October 17, 1926 Julie Adams, Waterloo Iowa, actress, Yancy Derringer, Code Red
October 17, 1926 Karl Gordon Henize, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, astronaut, STS 51-F
October 17, 1922 Louis Benjamin, showman
October 17, 1921 George Mackey Brown, poet
October 17, 1921 Maria Gorokhovskaya, U.S.S.R., gymnist 1952 Olympics gold
October 17, 1921 Pricilla Lanford Buckly, editor/columnist, National Review
October 17, 1921 Tom Poston, Columbus Ohio, actor, Steve Allen Show, Newhart
October 17, 1920 Montgomery Clift, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, From Here to Eternity
October 17, 1920 Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czech actor, Short Cut, Golden Eels
October 17, 1919 John Moroney, cricketer, Australian opener 1949-51
October 17, 1919 Rita Hayworth, New York, [Marguerita C Casino], actress, Gilda, Pal Joey
October 17, 1919 Zhao Ziyang, Chinese Statesman
October 17, 1917 Marsha Hunt, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw
October 17, 1917 Martin Donnelly, cricketer, brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war
October 17, 1916 Robert Lowery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Murder Over New York
October 17, 1916 Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, composer
October 17, 1915 Arthur Miller, New York City, playwright, Death of a Salesman, Crucible
October 17, 1914 Albert Markos, composer
October 17, 1914 Jerry Siegel, comic book writer, Superman
October 17, 1914 John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur
October 17, 1912 John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope, 1978
October 17, 1912 Pope John Paul I, Pope
October 17, 1909 Crozy [William] Cole, U.S. jazz drummer
October 17, 1905 Franco Albini, Italian architect
October 17, 1905 Jean Arthur, New York City, actress, Shane, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
October 17, 1903 Irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress, Granny-Beverly Hillbillies
October 17, 1903 Jerry Colona, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Jerry Colona Show
October 17, 1903 Nathanael West, American novelist, Day of the Locusts
October 17, 1898 Mildred Knopf, cookbook writer
October 17, 1898 Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher
October 17, 1898 Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer/poet, 5th Seal
October 17, 1895 Doris Humphrey, born in Oak Park, Illinois, dancer, Dances of Women
October 17, 1893 Jean Binet, composer
October 17, 1892 Herbert Norman Howells, composer
October 17, 1892 Otakar Jeremias, composer
October 17, 1886 Spring Byington, Colorado Springs, actress, Lily Ruskin-December Bride
October 17, 1885 Aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress, Jantjes, /wife of Herman Bouber
October 17, 1883 A S Neill, British headmaster, Summerhill
October 17, 1878 Andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai
October 17, 1878 Henri Mulet, composer
October 17, 1875 Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer, Yes and No!
October 17, 1864 Elinor Glyn, British novelist, 3 Weeks
October 17, 1860 Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer
October 17, 1859 William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher, New York Giants, for the Cincinnati Reds
October 17, 1848 William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball
October 17, 1845 Franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library
October 17, 1844 Miguel Nieto, composer
October 17, 1839 Helene Mercier, Dutch author/social reformer
October 17, 1835 Alexandrine-Pieternella-Franeoise Tinne, explored White Nile
October 17, 1817 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder, Pakistan
October 17, 1817 Samuel Ringgold Ward, Maryland, minister/abolitionist, Fugitive Negro
October 17, 1815 Emanuel Geibel, writer
October 17, 1813 Georg Buchner, German playwright, Dantons Tod/Woyzeck
October 17, 1811 Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar, owned land in Mich
October 17, 1806 Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist
October 17, 1734 Grigori G Orlov, Russ guard officer/favorite of Catharina II
October 17, 1730 Ernestus Weinrauch, composer
October 17, 1729 Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer
October 17, 1725 John Wilkes, English journalist/MP, N Briton
October 17, 1720 Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer
October 17, 1711 Jupiter Hammon, 1st American black to publish poetry, Complete Works
October 17, 1704 Willem Bentinck, orangist
October 17, 1696 August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen
October 17, 1688 Domenico Zipoli, composer
October 17, 1626 Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian, Roman-Holland regt
October 17, 1577 Cristofano Allori, Italian painter, Judith
October 17, 1563 Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer



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