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February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove February 2007 is the second month of the year It began on a Thursday and 28 days later ended on a Wednesday. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English February 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August February 2004 was the second month of 2004 in the Gregorian calendar. February 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September February 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 317 days remaining until the end of the year (318 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. The Battle of Hemmingstedt took place on February 17 1500 near the village of Hemmingstedt in present-day Schleswig-Holstein in Germany
• 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy. Giordano Bruno (1548 – February 17, 1600) was an Italian Philosopher best-known as an early proponent of Heliocentrism and Campo dei Fiori is a rectangular Piazza near Piazza Navona in Rome, on the border of rione Parione and rione Regola Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Heresy, as a blanket term describes a practice or belief that is labeled as unorthodox
• 1621 - Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth colony. Captain Myles Standish (c 1584 &ndash October 3, 1656) (sometimes spelled Miles Standish was an English born military officer hired
• 1753 - February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1753 ( MDCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today
• 1801 - An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives. Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday The Electoral College consists of 538 popularly elected representatives who formally select the President and Vice President of the United States. Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence This article discusses Aaron Burr (1756-1836 the US politician The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate.
• 1814 - Battle of Mormans. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Battle of Mormans was fought on February 17 1814 and resulted in the victory of the French under Napoleon Bonaparte against the
• 1819 - The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving
• 1854 - The British recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Republic of the Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrystaat Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat) was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa
• 1864 - American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South History Hunley and two earlier submarines were privately developed and paid for by Horace Lawson Hunley, James McClintock, and Baxter Watson A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability
• 1865 - American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the US state of South Carolina. The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1867 - The first ship passes through the Suez Canal. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Suez Canal is a Canal in Egypt. Opened in 1869 it allows Water transportation between Europe and Asia without circumnavigation
• 1871 - The victorious Prussian Army parades though Paris, France after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Siege of Paris, lasting from September 19, 1870 &ndash January 28, 1871, brought about French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War ( 19 July, 1870 — 10 May, 1871
• 1904 - Madama Butterfly premiers at La Scala in Milan. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous Opera houses The theatre was Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy.
• 1913 - The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Many exhibitions have been held in the vast spaces of US National Guard armories, but the Armory Show refers to the International Exhibition The City of New York The twentieth century of the Common Era began on
• 1924 - In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle swimming competition with a time of 52-2/5 seconds. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johnny Weissmuller (June 2 1904 &ndash January 20 1984 was an American swimmer and Actor who was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s winning Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance
• 1925 - Harold Ross and Jane Grant found The New Yorker magazine; the debut issue is dated February 21, 1925. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harold Wallace Ross ( November 6, 1892 - December 6, 1951) was an American journalist and founder of The New Yorker Jane Grant (1892-1972 was a New York City Journalist who co-founded The New Yorker with her first husband Harold Ross. The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland
• 1933 - The magazine Newsweek is published for the first time. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City.
• 1933 - The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States. The Blaine Act was sponsored by Wisconsin senator John J Blaine and passed by the United States Senate on February 17, 1933, to repeal Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as Noble Experiment, refers to a Sumptuary law which prohibits Alcohol
• 1936 - The world's first superhero, The Phantom, makes his first appearance in comics. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel"
• 1944 - World War II: Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of Eniwetok was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought between 17 February 1944 and 23 February The battle ends in an American victory on February 22. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne
• 1944 - World War II: Operation Hailstone begins. Operation Hailstone (トラック島空襲 Torakku-tō Kūshū, lit U. S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk (Chuuk), Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion. Chuuk &mdash formerly Truk, Ruk, Hogoleu, Torres, Ugulat, and Lugulus &mdash is an island group in the south western For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions The Battle of Eniwetok was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought between 17 February 1944 and 23 February
• 1947 - The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into the Soviet Union. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Voice of America ( VOA) is the official external radio and Television broadcasting service of the United States federal government. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1957 - A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri kills 72 people. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Warrenton is a city in Warren County, Missouri, United States.
• 1958 - Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi (1193~1253) the patron saint of television. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pope A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity Santa Chiara redirects here For the church in Rome of that name see Santa Chiara (church. The patron saint of a particular group of people is a Saint who would protect and 'love' the group and its members Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic
• 1959 - Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 - The first weather satellite launched to measure cloud-cover distribution. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Project Vanguard was a program managed by the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL which intended to launch the first Artificial satellite into Mission objectives The satellite was designed to measure cloud-cover distribution over the daylight portion of its orbit A weather satellite is a type of Satellite that is primarily used to monitor the Weather and Climate of the Earth. A cloud is a visible mass of droplets or frozen crystals floating in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another Planetary body
• 1962 - A storm kills more than 300 people in Hamburg, West Germany. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (
• 1964 - In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Wesberry v Sanders, 376 US 1 ( 1964) was a case involving congressional districts in the state of Georgia, brought before the The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses
• 1968 - In Springfield, Massachusetts the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. James A Naismith (November 6 The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in downtown Springfield Massachusetts, honors players who have shown exceptional skill at Basketball
• 1972 - Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model-T. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Volkswagen Beetle, officially known as the type 1 and originally called ‘Käfer’ is an Economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and also the Flivver) was an Automobile produced by Henry Ford 's Ford
• 1974 - Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Robert K Preston (born c 1954 is an American infamous for landing a Helicopter on the White House Lawn. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys.
• 1979 - The Sino-Vietnamese War begins. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Sino–Vietnamese War, also known as the Third Indochina War, was a brief but bloody border war fought in 1979 between the People's Republic of China (PRC
• 1992 - A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentences serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to life in prison. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) A serial killer is a person who Murders usually three or more people with a "cooling off" period between each murder and whose motivation for killing is largely based Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21 1960—November 28 1994 was an American Serial killer.
• 1995 - Colin Ferguson is convicted of six counts of murder for the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings and later receives a 200+ year sentence. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Events in December Union Day of Romania (1 December World AIDS Day ( December 1) National Day of Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
• 1995 - The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN. The Cenepa War ( January 26 – February 28, 1995) also known as the Alto Cenepa War, was a brief and localized military conflict between Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. A ceasefire (or truce) is a temporary stoppage of a War or any Armed conflict, where each side of the conflict agrees The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
• 1996 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Deep Blue is a Chess - playing Computer developed by IBM. On 11 May 1997, the machine won a six-game match by two wins to A supercomputer is a Computer that is at the frontline of processing capacity particularly speed of calculation (at the time of its introduction Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players.
• 2003 - The London Congestion Charge scheme begins. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The London congestion charge is a fee for some motorists travelling within those parts of London designated as the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ
• 2006 - A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A massive mudslide occurred on February 17, 2006 in the Philippine province of Southern Leyte that caused widespread damage and loss of Southern Leyte is a province of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
• 2008 - Kosovo declares independence from Serbia. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence was an act of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government Assembly of Kosovo, adopted on 17 February 2008 which declared Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country

Births

• 1490 - Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (d. Charles III of Bourbon-Montpensier Eighth Duke of Bourbon ( February 17 1490 &ndash May 6, 1527 in Rome) was Count of Montpensier 1527)
• 1519 - Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. Francis II Prince of Joinville Duke of Guise Duke of Aumale ( February 17, 1519 &ndash February 24, 1563) called Balafré ("the 1563)
• 1524 - Charles of Guise, French cardinal (d. Charles of Guise Cardinal of Lorraine, ( 17 February 1524 &ndash 26 December 1574) Duke of Chevreuse, was a Cardinal 1574)
• 1581 - Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. Fausto Poli ( February 17, 1581 &ndash October 7, 1653) was a Roman Catholic prelate 1653)
• 1646 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. Pierre le Pesant sieur de Boisguilbert or Boisguillebert ( 17 February 1646 - 10 October 1714) was a French Economist 1714)
• 1653 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (d. Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Arcangelo Corelli (February 17 1653 &ndash January 8 1713 was a French Violinist 1713)
• 1718 - Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Matthew Tilghman ( February 17, 1718 – May 4, 1790) was an American planter and Revolutionary leader from Maryland, who served as 1790)
• 1723 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (d. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Tobias Mayer ( 17 February 1723 &ndash 20 February 1762) was a German Astronomer famous for his studies of the Moon 1762)
• 1752 - Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (d. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger ( February 17, 1752 &ndash February 25, 1831) was a German dramatist and novelist 1831)
• 1754 - Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Nicolas-Thomas Baudin ( February 17, 1754 - September 16, 1803) was a French explorer 1803)
• 1781 - René Laënnec, French physician (d. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec ( February 17, 1781 - August 13, 1826) was a French Physician and inventor of the Stethoscope 1826)
• 1792 - Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (d. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Karl Ernst von Baer ( -) was a Baltic German Biologist and a founding father of Embryology. 1876)
• 1796 - Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold ( February 17, 1796 in Würzburg - October 18, 1866 in Munich) was a German physician 1866)
• 1820 - Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau ( 17 February 1820 &ndash April 12, 1898) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quebec City 1898)
• 1820 - Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (d. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps ( February 17, 1820 &ndash June 6, 1881) was a Belgian Composer and violinist 1881)
• 1821 - Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Eliza Rosanna Gilbert ( February 17, 1821 &ndash January 17, 1861) better known by the stage name Lola Montez, was an Irish 1861)
• 1836 - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, ( Seville February 17, 1836 &ndash Madrid December 1870)
• 1844 - Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (d. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Aaron Montgomery Ward ( February 17, 1844 - December 7, 1913) was an American Businessman notable for the invention 1913)
• 1848 - Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Louisa Lawson ( February 17, 1848 - August 12, 1920) was an Australian writer publisher suffragist, and Feminist 1920)
• 1854 - Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The Krupp family, a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their Steel production and for their manufacture of 1902)
• 1861 - Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Helena Frederica Augusta later Duchess of Albany 17 February 1861 – 1 September 1922) was the daughter 1922)
• 1862 - Mori Ōgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday ( 17 February, 1862 – 8 July, 1922) was a Japanese Physician, translator Novelist and Poet. 1922)
• 1863 - Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Fyodor Sologub (Фёдор Сологу́б born Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov, Фёдор Кузьми́ч Тете́рников - December 5, 1927) was 1927)
• 1864 - Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Jozef Murgaš ( English Joseph Murgas) ( 17 February 1864 &ndash 11 May 1929) was a Slovak Inventor 1929)
• 1864 - Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941 was a famous Australian Bush poet, journalist and author 1941)
• 1874 - Thomas J. Watson, American computer manufacturer (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Thomas John Watson Sr ( February 17, 1874 &ndash June 19, 1956) was the American president of International Business Machines 1956)
• 1877 - Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Isabelle Eberhardt ( 17 February 1877 &ndash 21 October 1904) was a Swiss - Algerian Explorer and Writer 1904)
• 1877 - André Maginot, French politician (d. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on André Maginot ( February 17, 1877 – January 7, 1932) was a French Civil servant, soldier and Member of Parliament 1932)
• 1885 - Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Louis Richard (Steve Evans (b February 17, 1885 in Cleveland Ohio - d 1943)
• 1887 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Leevi Antti Madetoja ( February 17, 1887 &ndash October 6, 1947) was a Finnish Composer. 1947)
• 1888 - Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Otto Stern was also the penname of German women's rights activist Louise Otto-Peters (1819-1895 TEB728: after a long discussion on the The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1969)
• 1893 - Wally Pipp, American baseball player ([[d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Walter Clement Pipp ( February 17, 1893 – January 11, 1965) was an American First baseman in Major League Baseball 1965)
• 1904 - Hans Morgenthau, German political philosopher (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Hans Joachim Morgenthau ( February 17 1904 – July 19 1980) was a pioneer in the field of International relations theory 1980)
• 1908 - Red Barber, American baseball announcer (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Walter Lanier "Red" Barber ( February 17, 1908, Columbus Mississippi – October 22, 1992) was an American 1992)
• 1908 - Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Bo Yibo ( ( February 17, 1908 &ndash January 15, 2007) was a Chinese politician and one of the Eight Immortals of the Communist 2005)
• 1910 - Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Arthur Hunnicutt ( February 17, 1910 &ndash September 26, 1979) was an American actor known for his portrayal of wise grizzled old rural characters 1979)
• 1910 - Marc Lawrence, American actor (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Marc Lawrence ( February 17 1910 &ndash November 28 2005) was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types 2005)
• 1911 - Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born American literary scholar (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1984)
• 1912 - Andre Norton, American author (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Andre Alice Norton ( February 17, 1912 &ndash March 17, 2005) was an American Science fiction and Fantasy author 2005)
• 1914 - Arthur Kennedy, American actor (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year John Arthur Kennedy ( February 17, 1914 – January 5, 1990) was an American actor 1990)
• 1914 - Wayne Morris, American actor (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) People called Wayne Morris include Wayne Morris (American actor Wayne Morris (British actor Wayne Morris (football player 1959)
• 1916 - Raf Vallone, Italian actor (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Raffaele Vallone, known as Raf, ( February 17, 1916 – October 31, 2002) was an Italian actor and an international 2002)
• 1916 - Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for England. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Prince Alexander Sergeevich Obolensky ( Russian: Александр Сергеевич Оболенский 17 February 1916 &mdash 29 March 1940 was a Russian Rurikid (d. 1940)
• 1917 - Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Abdur Rahman Badawi ( Arabic: ar عبد الرحمن بدوى ( February 17, 1917 – July 25, 2002) was a well-known Egyptian 2002)
• 1917 - Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Guillermo González Camarena ( February 17, 1917 &ndash April 18, 1965) was a Mexican Engineer who was an inventor of a color-wheel 1965)
• 1919 - Kathleen Freeman, American actress (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Kathleen Freeman ( February 17, 1919 - August 23, 2001) was an American Film, Television, and stage 2001)
• 1920 - Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director
• 1922 - Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Ivo Caprino ( Oslo, February 17 1920 &ndash February 8 2001 in Oslo was a Norwegian Film director and Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Enrico Banducci - born Harry Banducci - ( February 17, 1922 &ndash October 9, 2007) was an Impresario who operated the 2007)
• 1922 - Tommy Edwards, American singer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Tommy Edwards ( 15 October 1922 — 22 October 1969) was an African American Singer. 1969)
• 1922 - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marshall Teague ( February 22, 1922 - February 11, 1959) was an American race car driver. 1959)
• 1924 - Margaret Truman, American novelist (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mary Margaret Truman Daniel, widely known throughout her life as Margaret Truman, ( February 17 1924 — January 29 2008) was an 2008)
• 1925 - Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ronald Alfred Goodwin (17 February 1925 &ndash 8 January 2003 was a British Composer and conductor best known for his Film scores 2003)
• 1925 - Hal Holbrook, American actor
• 1928 - Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress & singer
• 1929 - Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1929 - Chaim Potok, American author (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook Jr (born February 17, 1925) is an American Actor. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marta Romero (born February 17, 1928) is an Actress and Singer, who was one of the pioneers in Puerto Rican Television Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Meger (born February 17, 1929 in Watrous, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian Ice hockey forward. Chaim Potok ( February 17, 1929 - July 23, 2002) was an American Jewish Author and Rabbi. 2002)
• 1929 - Patricia Routledge, English actress
• 1930 - Roger Craig, American baseball player and manager
• 1930 - Ruth Rendell, English writer
• 1932 - Buck Trent, American banjo player
• 1933 - Bobby Lewis, American singer
• 1933 - Craig L. Thomas, American politician (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Katherine Patricia Routledge, CBE (born 17 February 1929) is an English actress and Singer. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Lee Craig (born February 17 1930 in Durham North Carolina) is a former Pitcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. Ruth Barbara Rendell Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, (born 17 February 1930) who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, is an Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Wilburn "Buck" Trent (born February 17, 1938) is an American Country music instrumentalist Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bobby Lewis (born February 17, 1933 in Indianapolis Indiana) is an African-American Rock and roll and R&B singer Craig Lyle Thomas ( February 17, 1933 – June 4, 2007) was an American politician who served over twelve years as a Republican 2007)
• 1934 - Alan Bates, English actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003 was a British Actor. 2003)
• 1934 - Barry Humphries, Australian actor and comedian
• 1935 - Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress
• 1936 - Jim Brown, American football player
• 1939 - John Leyton, British singer
• 1939 - Mary Ann Mobley, American actress and beauty queen
• 1940 - Gene Pitney, American singer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (born 17 February 1934, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christina Pickles (born on February 17, 1935 in Yorkshire, England) is a British -born American actress Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American former professional football player who has also made Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Leyton (born John Dudley Leyton, 17 February 1939, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex) is an English Actor and Mary Ann Mobley (born February 17, 1939 in Biloxi Mississippi) Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gene Francis Alan Pitney ( February 17 1940 &ndash April 5 2006) was an American Singer and Songwriter. 2006)
• 1941 - Julia McKenzie, English actress and theatre director
• 1942 - Huey P. Newton, American political activist (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Julia McKenzie (born 17 February 1941, Enfield) is an English Actress and Theatre director. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Huey Percy Newton ( February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense 1989)
• 1944 - Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer
• 1945 - Zina Bethune, American actress
• 1945 - Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
• 1946 - Dodie Stevens, American singer
• 1948 - José José, Mexican singer and actor
• 1948 - Rick Majerus, American basketball coach
• 1949 - Fred Frith, English musician and composer
• 1952 - Karin Janz, East German gymnast
• 1953 - Norman Pace, British actor and comic
• 1954 - Rene Russo, American actress
• 1955 - Mo Yan, Chinese novelist
• 1956 - Richard Karn, American actor
• 1957 - Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician
• 1959 - Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician
• 1959 - Neil Lomax, American football player
• 1962 - Samuel Bayer, American music video director
• 1962 - Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Karl William Jenkins OBE DMus FRAM ARAM LRAM FWCMD FTCC (born February 17, 1944) is a Welsh musician and composer Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Zina Bethune (born February 17, 1945 in New York City) is an American actress dancer and choreographer Brenda Fricker (born February 17, 1945 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Academy Award -winning Irish actress Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dodie Stevens (born Geraldine Ann Pasquale, 17 February 1946, Chicago, Illinois) is an American pop Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. José Romulo Sosa Ortiz (born February 17, 1948) better known in the entertainment world as José José or El Príncipe de la Canción Rick Majerus (born February 17 1948 in Sheboygan Wisconsin) is the men's Basketball head coach at Saint Louis University. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English Multi-instrumentalist, Composer and improvisor. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karin Büttner Janz (born 17 February 1952 in Hartmannsdorf a district of Lübben (Spreewald, German Democratic Republic (GDR commonlyEast Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norman Pace is an English comedian and actor born 17 February 1953 in Dudley, West Midlands Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954) is an American Film Actress and former fashion model Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Mo Yan ( (born February 17, 1955) is a modern Chinese author described as "one of the most famous oft-banned and widely pirated Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Karn Wilson (born February 17 1956 in Seattle Washington) is an American Television Actor and Game show Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt CM (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer composer harpist and pianist most famous for writing recording The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aryeh Deri (אריה דרעי born February 17, 1959 in Meknes, Morocco) is an Israeli politican and former leader of Israel Neil Vincent Lomax (born February 17, 1959 in Portland Oregon) is a former American football Quarterback. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Samuel David Bayer (born in 17 February 1962 in Syracuse New York) is an American commercial and Music video director. Alison Hargreaves ( February 17, 1963 &ndash August 13, 1995) was an English (from Derbyshire) female Mountain climber. 1995)
• 1962 - Tyrone "Ty" Jones, American screenwriter
• 1962 - David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Born in Detroit Michigan Tyrone "Ty" Jones is an African-American, Motion picture Screenwriter and producer in the genres of action drama David Richard McComb, ( February 17, 1962 &ndash February 2, 1999) was an Australian rock musician The Triffids were an Australian Rock band who achieved some international success in the 1980s 1999)
• 1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor
• 1963 - Michael Jordan, American basketball player
• 1963 - Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian
• 1963 - Jen-Hsun Huang, American entrepreneur and businessman
• 1964 - Buster Olney, American sports columnist
• 1965 - Michael Bay, American film director
• 1966 - Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer
• 1966 - Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Lou Diamond Phillips (born February 17 1962 is an American film television and stage actor Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963 is a retired American professional Basketball player and active businessman Larry the Cable Guy (born Daniel Lawrence Whitney, February 17 1963 in Pawnee City Nebraska) is an American Stand-up comedian Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang ((born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and businessman Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Robert Stanbury "Buster" Olney III (born 17 February 1964 in Washington D Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American Film director and producer. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Ioannis Kalitzakis (Γιάννης Καλιτζάκης (born 17 February 1966) is a retired Greek football defender. Ace "Quorthon" ( February 17, 1966 – June 3, 2004) was the founder and song writer of the pioneering Swedish Black metal Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band formed by Quorthon in 1983 2004)
• 1966 - Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 - Michael Lepond, American musician
• 1967 - Chanté Moore, American singer
• 1968 - Bryan Cox, National Football League player
• 1969 - Tuesday Knight, American actress
• 1970 - Tim Mahoney, American musician (311)
• 1970 - Tommy Moe, American Olympic skier
• 1970 - Dominic Purcell, English-born actor
• 1971 - Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Luc Robitaille (born February 17, 1966 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired professional Ice hockey player Michael Anthony LePond III (born February 17, 1966 in Newark New Jersey) is the bass guitar player of the North American Progressive metal Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Chanté Torrane Moore is an American R&B and Jazz Singer. Biography Career Moore has recorded several Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bryan Keith Cox (born February 17, 1968 in St Louis, Missouri) is a former American football Linebacker in the Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tuesday Lynn Knight (born February 17, 1969) is an American Actress who has appeared in films and on television Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Timothy Jerome Mahoney (born February 17, 1970 in Omaha Nebraska) is the lead guitarist for the group 311. 311 (pronounced "three eleven" is a band from Omaha Nebraska. Tommy Moe (born February 17, 1970 in Missoula, Montana) is a former alpine ski racer, now retired and living in Jackson Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell (born 17 February 1970 is a British-born Australian actor most active in the United States Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Martyn Bennett ( February 17 1971 &ndash January 30 2005) was a Scottish musician who was born in St 2005)
• 1971 - Jeremy Edwards, British actor
• 1971 - Denise Richards, American actress
• 1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician (Green Day)
• 1972 - Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
• 1972 - Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters)
• 1972 - Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model
• 1972 - Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (formerly Judy and Mary)
• 1973 - SaRenna Lee, American pornographic actress
• 1974 - Kaoru, Japanese musician
• 1974 - Jerry O'Connell, American actor
• 1974 - Bryan White, American singer
• 1975 - Wish Bone, American rapper
• 1975 - Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress
• 1975 - Todd Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 - Vaclav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 - Kelly Carlson, American actress
• 1976 - Scott Williamson, American baseball player
• 1978 - Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim
• 1979 - Dee, Puerto Rican pornographic actress
• 1979 - Josh Willingham, American baseball player
• 1980 - Al Harrington, American basketball player
• 1980 - Jason Ritter, American actor
• 1981 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor
• 1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress
• 1982 - Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
• 1982 - Adriano, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 - Brian Bruney, American baseball player
• 1983 - Gérald Cid, French footballer
• 1983 - Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer
• 1984 - Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler
• 1984 - Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and seiyuu
• 1984 - AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
• 1985 - Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model
• 1986 - Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer
• 1986 - Sandra Nilsson, Swedish model
• 1988 - Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim
• 1991 - Bonnie Wright, British actress
• 1992 - Meaghan Jette Martin, American child actress and singer
• 1996 - Sasha Pieterse, South African child actress

Deaths

• 364 - Jovian, Roman Emperor
• 440 - Mesrop Mashtots
• 1339 - Otto, Duke of Austria (b. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeremy Edwards (b February 17, 1971 in London) is an English Actor and Television presenter, who has appeared in the TV Denise Lee Richards (born on February 17 1971 the daughter of Joni a Coffee shop owner and Irv Richards a Telephone engineer Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17 1972 in Oakland, California) is the lead vocalist, main Lyricist, Pianist and Green Day is an American rock trio Philippe Candeloro (born February 17, 1972) is a French figure skater who medalled at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics Oliver Taylor Hawkins (born on February 17, 1972 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American musician best known as the drummer of Foo Fighters is an American Alternative rock and Post-grunge band formed by singer/guitarist Dave Grohl in 1995 Valeria Raquel Mazza (born February 17 1972 is an Argentine fashion Supermodel. (better known as Yuki) (born on February 17, 1972) is one of Japan 's most notable female vocalists Judy and Mary was a Japanese multi-genre band known for their innovative punk rock and pop meldings of noisy but melodic music in the 1990s SaRenna Lee (born 1973 is a popular American stripper, Big-bust Nude model, and soft Pornographic actress. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese musician and one of the guitarists of Dir en grey. Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Connell (born February 17, 1974) is an American Actor, best known for playing Vern Tessio in the film Bryan White (born February 17 1974 in Lawton Oklahoma) is an American Country music artist Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harisu ( Hangul: 하리수 Chinese: 河莉秀 is the Stage name of Lee Kyung-eun (born Lee Kyung-yup, February 17 1975 a Todd Harvey (b February 17, 1975 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a former professional Ice hockey forward Václav "Vinnie" Prospal (born February 17, 1975 in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia) is a professional Ice hockey Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kelly Carlson (born February 17, 1976) is an American actress Scott Ryan Williamson (born February 17, 1976 in Fort Polk North Louisiana) is a Right-handed Relief pitcher in Major Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Jacob Erwin Wetterling (born February 17, 1978) was an American boy from St Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Dee (born February 17, 1979) is a Puerto Rican pornographic actress and model. Joshua David Willingham (born February 17, 1979 in Florence Alabama) is an American Major League Baseball player for the Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Albert (Al Harrington (born February 17 1980 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American professional Basketball player currently Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American Actor, son of the late actor John Ritter and Nancy Morgan Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981) is an American Actor. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 16 1982 better known by his Stage name Lupe Fiasco, is a Grammy -winning American rapper. Adriano Leite Ribeiro (born February 17 1982 in Rio de Janeiro) known simply as Adriano, is a Brazilian striker who plays for Italian Brian Anthony Bruney (born on February 17, 1982 in Astoria Oregon) is a Major League Baseball Relief pitcher for the Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Gérald Cid (born 17 February, 1983 in Talence, Gironde) is a French football defender, who is currently playing Marios Kaperonis born 17 February 1983 in Greece Marios is a Greek amateur Boxer who lost in the first round of 2004 Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Chris Scoville (born February 17, 1984 in Grand Rapids Michigan) better known by his ring name Jimmy Jacobs, is an American is a Japanese actor and voice actor famous for his role as Ryo Shishido in the Prince of Tennis Musicals He was hospitalized on April 21 2007 and was unable to play the role Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984 in Pretoria) more commonly known by his initials AB plays cricket for South Africa and the Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Anne Ojales Curtis Smith populary known as Anne Curtis (born on 17 February 1985 in Australia) is a Filipino-Australian television and film actress Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Joseph Martin "Joey" O'Brien (born 17 February 1986 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish international midfielder or defender who plays Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Sandra Nilsson (born 17 February 1986 in Ystad Sweden) is a Swedish model who was the Playboy Playmate of the Month Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Natascha Kampusch (born 1988-02-17 in Vienna) is an Austrian Television host mostly known for her abduction at the age of 10 on March 2 Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Bonnie Kathleen Wright (born 17 February 1991 is an English actress, best known for her role in the Harry Potter films as Ginny Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Meaghan Jette Martin (born February 17, 1992 in Las Vegas Nevada) is an actress and singer who is best known for her role as Tess Tyler in the Disney Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Sasha Pieterse (born February 17, 1996) is a child actress. Pieterse started acting in 2002, when she was given a role as one of the Events By Place Roman Empire Jovian surrenders Mesopotamia to the Persians. For other meanings see Jovian (disambiguation. Flavius Iovianus, Anglicized to Jovian, ( 331 - 17 February The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Events By Place Western Roman Empire Geiseric, king of the Vandals, captures Sicily. Saint Mesrop Mashtots (Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց (361 or 362 Hatsik in Taron - February 17, 440, Echmiadzin) was an Armenian Otto IV the Merry ( July 23, 1301 - February 17, 1339) was a Duke of Austria and the youngest son of Albert I of Germany 1301)
• 1371 - Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
• 1596 - Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. Ivan Alexander (Иван Александър transliterated Ivan Aleksandǎr; iˈvan alɛkˈsandɤr original spelling ІѠАНЪ АЛЄѮАНдРЪ Friedrich Sylburg ( 1536 - February 17, 1596) was a German classical scholar 1536)
• 1600 - Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. Giordano Bruno (1548 – February 17, 1600) was an Italian Philosopher best-known as an early proponent of Heliocentrism and 1548)
• 1609 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. Ferdinando I de' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany ( 30 July 1549 &ndash 17 February 1609) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1587 to 1609 1549)
• 1624 - Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. Juan de Mariana (1536 Talavera, Toledo Spain - February 17 1624, Madrid, Spain was a Spanish Jesuit priest 1536)
• 1659 - Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. Abel Servien marquis de Sablé et de Boisdauphin comte de Roche-Servien and comte de La Roche des Aubiers ( November 1, 1593 – February 17, 1659 1593)
• 1673 - Molière, French playwright (b. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his Stage name, Molière, ( January 15, 1622 – February 17 1673) was a French 1622)
• 1680 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (b. Denzil Holles 1st Baron Holles ( October 31, 1599 &ndash February 17, 1680) was an English statesman and Writer, best 1599)
• 1680 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist (b. Jan Swammerdam ( February 12, 1637, Amsterdam - February 17, 1680) was a Dutch biologist and microscopist 1637)
• 1715 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (b. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Antoine Galland ( April 4, 1646 &mdash February 17, 1715) was a French Orientalist and Archaeologist, most 1646)
• 1732 - Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (b. Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis Marchand (February 2 1669 &ndash February 17 1732 was a virtuoso Organist and Harpsichordist. 1669)
• 1768 - Arthur Onslow, English politician (b. Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Arthur Onslow ( 1 October 1691 – 17 February 1768) was an English Politician. 1691)
• 1780 - Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b. Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Andreas Felix von Oefele ( May 17, 1706 &ndash February 17, 1780) was a German Historian and Librarian. 1706)
• 1841 - Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist (b. Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Ferdinando Maria Meinrado Francesco Pascale Rosario Carulli ( February 9, 1770 &ndash February 17, 1841) was one of the most famous Composers 1770)
• 1854 - John Martin, English painter (b. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year John Martin ( 19 July 1789 &ndash 17 February, 1854) was an important and influential English painter of the nineteenth 1789)
• 1856 - Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Christian Johann Heinrich Heine ( December 13, 1797 – February 17, 1856) was a Journalist, Essayist and one of the 1797)
• 1874 - Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (b. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quételet ( 22 February 1796 &ndash 17 February 1874) was a Belgian Astronomer, Mathematician 1796)
• 1883 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Claude Antoine Jean Georges Napoléon Coste ( June 28, 1805 &ndash February 17, 1883) was a French guitarist and Composer 1806)
• 1883 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (b. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Vasudeo Balwant Phadke (वासुदेव बळवंत फडके ( 1845-11-04 &ndash 1883-02-17) was an Indian revolutionary and is widely regarded 1845)
• 1890 - Christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Christopher Latham Sholes ( February 14, 1819 - February 17, 1890) was an American Inventor who invented the first 1819)
• 1909 - Geronimo, Apache leader (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Geronimo ( Chiricahua: Goyaałé, "one who yawns" often spelled Goyathlay or Goyahkla in English ( June 16 1829 1829)
• 1912 - Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer (b. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Petty Officer Edgar Evans ( March 7, 1876 - February 17, 1912) was one of Robert Falcon Scott 's companions on his ill-fated Terra 1876)
• 1919 - Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus 1841)
• 1934 - King Albert I of Belgium (b. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Albert I (8 April 1875 &ndash 17 February 1934 was the third King of the Belgians from 1909 until 1934 1875)
• 1934 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Siegbert Tarrasch ( March 5, 1862 &ndash February 17, 1934) was one of the strongest Chess players and most influential chess 1862)
• 1939 - Willy Hess, German violinist (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Willy Hess ( July 14, 1859 – February 17, 1939) was a German Violin virtuoso and violin teacher 1859)
• 1943 - Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer (b. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Armand John "AJ" Piron ( August 16 1888 &ndash February 17 1943) was an American Jazz Violinist, 1888)
• 1943 - Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Konstantin Fyodorovich Bogaevsky (Константин Фёдорович Богаевский - 17 February 1943) was a Russian painter notable for his 1872)
• 1958 - Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (b. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hugh Raymond McCrae ( 4 October 1876 - 17 February 1958) was an Australian writer 1876)
• 1961 - Nita Naldi, American actress (b. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nita Naldi ( April 1, 1897 &ndash February 17, 1961) was an American Silent film Actress. 1897)
• 1962 - Bruno Walter, German conductor (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Bruno Walter ( September 15, 1876 &ndash February 1876)
• 1970 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shmuel Yosef Agnon ( Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון, August 8, 1887 - February 17, 1970) was a Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1888)
• 1970 - Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Alfred Newman ( March 17, 1900 &ndash February 17, 1970) was a major American Composer of music for Films 1901)
• 1977 - Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Janani Jakaliya Luwum (1922 &ndash 17 February, 1977) was the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda from 1974 to 1977 and one of the most influential 1922)
• 1982 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Nestor George Chylak Jr ( May 11 1922 - February 17 1982) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who 1922)
• 1982 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer. 1917)
• 1982 - Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Lee Strasberg ( November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an Academy Award -nominated Austro-Hungarian - American 1901)
• 1986 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Jiddu Krishnamurti ( Telugu: జిడ్డు కృష్ణ మూర్తి or J 1895)
• 1989 - Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez ( November 26, 1908 – February 17, 1989) was a Portuguese-American [http//www 1908)
• 1990 - Erik Rhodes, American actor (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Erik Rhodes ( February 10, 1906 &ndash February 17, 1990) He was an American Film and Broadway Singer 1906)
• 1990 - Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Clarence Henry "Happy" Day ( June 1, 1901 – February 17, 1990) later known as Hap Day, was a Canadian 1901)
• 1994 - Randy Shilts, American author and activist (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Randy Shilts ( August 8 1951 February 17 1994) was a highly acclaimed pioneering Gay American Journalist and 1951)
• 1996 - Hervé Bazin, French writer (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Hervé Bazin (Jean-Pierre Hervé-Bazin ( April 7 1911, Angers - February 17 1996, Angers) was a French writer 1911)
• 1997 - Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter
• 1998 - Ernst Jünger, German author (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Zein Isa (died February 17, 1997) was a Palestinian immigrant living in St The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An honor killing or honour killing is generally the Murder of a family or clan member most often females when they (and maybe the wider community believe Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Ernst Jünger ( March 29, 1895 — February 17, 1998) was a German Writer. 1895)
• 1998 - Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Bob Merrill ( May 17 1921 - February 17 1998) was an American Songwriter, theatrical Composer and 1921)
• 2001 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Khallid Abdul Muhammad (born Harold Moore Jr; January 12, 1948 – February 17, 2001) was an 1948)
• 2001 - Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the Football player For the article about the San Francisco police officer see Bob Geary (police officer Bob Geary 1933)
• 2004 - José López Portillo, President of Mexico (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " José López Portillo y Pacheco ( June 16 1920 – February 17 2004) was the President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982 The Constitutional Citizen President of the United Mexican States (the official title in Spanish is Ciudadano Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos 1920)
• 2005 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel O'Herlihy ( May 1 1919 — February 17 2005) was an Academy Award -nominated Irish Film Actor 1919)
• 2005 - Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Enrique Omar Sívori (October 2 1935 &ndash February 17 2005 was an Argentine football forward and manager 1935)
• 2006 - Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Ray Barretto aka King of the Hard Hands ( April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was a Grammy Award-winning Puerto 1929)
• 2006 - Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William "Bill" Cowsill Jr, also known as Billy, ( January 9, 1948 – February 18, 2006) was an American singer best known The Cowsills were a singing group from Newport Rhode Island specializing in what would later be defined as Bubblegum pop. 1948)
• 2007 - Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Jurga Ivanauskaitė ( 14 November 1961, Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union – 17 February 2007, Vilnius 1961)
• 2007 - Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Lee Alfonso ( January 24 1965 &ndash February 17 2007) better known by his Ring name Mike Awesome, was an 1965)
• 2007 - Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Dermot Anthony O'Reilly (b 1942 Dublin, Ireland &ndash d February 17 2007, St 1943)
• 2007 - Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (b. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maurice Papon ( September 3 1910 &ndash February 17 2007) was a French civil servant industrial leader and Gaullist politician 1910)
• 2008 - Brian Harris, English footballer (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Brian Harris ( 16 May 1935 – 17 February 2008) was an English footballer. 1935)

Holidays and observances

• Roman Empire - Quirinalia in honor of Quirinus. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial In Roman mythology, Quirinus was an early god of the Roman state In Roman mythology, Quirinus was an early god of the Roman state
• Ancient Latvia - Tanis Diena observed. Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region.
• Seven Founders of the Servite Order
• Saint Alexis Falconieri (d. The Servite Order, whose members are known as Servite Friars or Servants of Mary, is one of the five original Catholic Mendicant orders Its objects are Saint Alexis Falconieri (Alessio Falconieri ( Florence, 1200 – Mount Senario, 17 February 1310) is one of the seven founders of the 1310)
• Saint Constabilis
• February 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Saint Constabilis (San Constabile San Costabile (c 1070–1124 was an Italian Abbot and Saint. Feb 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb 18 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 2 (March 1

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