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February 17 Deaths in History - February 17 Birthdays - February 17 Events
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February 17, 2005 Peter Foy, English Actor February 17, 1998 Ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102 February 17, 1996 Bentley Bridgewater, british Museum secretary, dies at 84 February 17, 1996 Henry Guinness, missionary, dies at 87 February 17, 1996 Jean Writer-Pierre Herve Bazin, dies at 84 February 17, 1996 Michael Raptis, writer/recolutionary, dies at 84 February 17, 1996 [Elsie] Evelyn Laye, actress and singer (Sun Child), dies at 95 February 17, 1995 Jan Bart Klaster, music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50 February 17, 1995 Thelma Hulbert, painter, dies at 81 February 17, 1995 Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic, dies at 52 February 17, 1995 Uta Graf, singer/teacher, dies at 80 February 17, 1994 Randy Shilts, U.S. journalist (& the band played on), dies of AIDs at 41 February 17, 1993 Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed February 17, 1993 George E Wilburn, film editor, dies of emphysema at 77 February 17, 1993 Leslie Townsend, cricket all-rounder (Engld in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies February 17, 1991 Enrique Bermudez, commandant (Contra), dies February 17, 1990 Erik Rhodes, actor (Top Hat), dies of pneumonia at 84 February 17, 1990 Frans Kellendonk, Dutch writer (Good for Nothing), dies at 39 February 17, 1990 Keith Haring, U.S. graffiti-artist, dies at 31 February 17, 1990 Marc Clement, actor (Career Opportunities, Sluggers Wife), dies February 17, 1989 Lefty Gomez, pitching great (New York Yankees), dies at 80 February 17, 1987 Hal K Dawson, actor (Another Language, Wells Fargo), dies February 17, 1987 Verree Teasdale, actress (Skyscraper Souls), dies February 17, 1986 Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), dies at 90 February 17, 1986 Paul Stewart, actor (Opening Night, In Cold Blood, Window), dies February 17, 1985 Wanda Perry, actress (Roberta, Death of a Salesman), dies at 67 February 17, 1984 Lucille Benson, actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies), dies at 69 February 17, 1982 Lee Strasberg, acting coach/actor (And Justice for All), dies at 81 February 17, 1982 Theolonious S Monk, U.S., jazz pianist/composer (Blue Monk), dies at 64 February 17, 1980 Graham Sutherland, painter, dies February 17, 1980 Jerry Fielding, composer (Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes), dies at 57 February 17, 1977 Quincy Howe, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 76 February 17, 1976 Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Every Man is My Enemy), dies at 65 February 17, 1976 Johan[nes A] Card, actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady), dies at 78 February 17, 1972 Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer, dies at 67 February 17, 1972 Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder (SF Zen Center), ashes buried February 17, 1971 Teddy Hart, actor (3 Men on a Horse), dies at 73 February 17, 1970 Agnon, [SJ Czaczkes], Hebrew writer (Nobel 1966), dies at 81 February 17, 1970 Alfred Newman, U.S. composer, dies at 69 February 17, 1970 Schmuel J Agnon, novelist (Nobel 1966), dies February 17, 1968 Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65 February 17, 1966 Frank Pettingell, actor (Becket, Up the Creek), dies at 75 February 17, 1966 Gail Kane, actress (White Sister, Arizona), dies at 81 February 17, 1966 Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real), dies at 85 February 17, 1966 Alfred P. Sloan, American Businessman February 17, 1962 Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (New York Philharmonic), dies at 85 February 17, 1962 Joseph Kearns, actor (George-Dennis the Menace), dies at 55 February 17, 1961 Nita Naldi, actress (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63 February 17, 1959 Kathryn Adams, actress (Meet the Chump, 5th Avenue Girl), dies February 17, 1959 Tim Mara, co-founder of NFL's New York Giants, dies February 17, 1955 Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist, dies at 52 February 17, 1954 Evert Gorter, children artist (Kindergeneeskunde), dies at 72 February 17, 1951 Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer, dies at 94 February 17, 1944 Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, dies at 64 February 17, 1936 Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theozentrische), dies at 74 February 17, 1934 Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34), dies at 58 February 17, 1933 Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84 February 17, 1932 Frans Gailliard, Belgian painter/graphic artist (Egina), dies at 70 February 17, 1932 Florence Kelley, American Activist February 17, 1924 Oskar Merikanto, composer, dies at 55 February 17, 1918 Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian PM (1896-1911), dies February 17, 1917 Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70 February 17, 1913 Joaquin Miller, American Poet February 17, 1912 Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57 February 17, 1912 L Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), dies February 17, 1908 Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79 February 17, 1907 Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies February 17, 1907 Henry Steel Olcott, U.S. co-founder (Theosophist Society), dies at 74 February 17, 1905 Serge Alexandrovich, Governor-General Moscow, murdered February 17, 1903 Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61 February 17, 1901 Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38 February 17, 1898 Frances E. Willard, American Activist February 17, 1884 Charles Stuart Calverley, English Poet February 17, 1883 Napoleon Coste, composer, dies at 76 February 17, 1878 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 February 17, 1875 Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33 February 17, 1874 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77 February 17, 1865 George Phillips Bond, American Scientist February 17, 1856 Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris February 17, 1856 John Braham, singer/composer, dies at 81 February 17, 1854 Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 February 17, 1852 Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies February 17, 1847 William Collins, landscape painter, dies February 17, 1841 Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70 February 17, 1830 Henry Rutgers, American Soldier February 17, 1827 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81 February 17, 1827 Johann Pestalozzi, Swiss Educator February 17, 1815 Franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59 February 17, 1804 Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 February 17, 1803 Louis R E prince de Rohan-Guemene, archbisp of Straatsburg, dies at 68 February 17, 1796 James Macpherson, poet, dies February 17, 1732 Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63 February 17, 1715 Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 February 17, 1688 Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian February 17, 1673 Moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies February 17, 1673 Moliere, French Playwright February 17, 1654 Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 February 17, 1652 Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67 February 17, 1612 Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57 February 17, 1612 Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartoonist/mathematician, dies at 48 February 17, 1600 Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake February 17, 956 Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 February 17, 364 Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 |