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August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 136 days remain until the end of the year.
309 /310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily , where he dies, perhaps from a hunger strike .682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate.986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars : Battle of the Gates of Trajan : The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan , with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping.1186 – Georgenberg Pact : Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria and Leopold V, Duke of Austria sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son Frederick under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided.1386 – Karl Topia , the ruler of Princedom of Albania forges an alliance with the Republic of Venice , committing to participate in all wars of the Republic and receiving coastal protection against the Ottomans in return.1424 – Hundred Years' War : Battle of Verneuil : An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under Jean II, Duke of Alençon , John Stewart , and Earl Archibald of Douglas .1498 – Cesare Borgia , son of Pope Alexander VI , becomes the first person in history to resign the cardinalate ; later that same day, King Louis XII of France names him Duke of Valentinois .1549 – Battle of Sampford Courtenay : The Prayer Book Rebellion is quashed in England .1560 – The Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland .1585 – Eighty Years' War : Siege of Antwerp : Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma , who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces .1585 – A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island , off the coast of present-day North Carolina . 1597 – Islands Voyage : Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex , and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores .1668 – A magnitude 8.0 earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in Anatolia , Ottoman Empire .1712 – Action of 17 August 1712 New Deep naval battle between Denmark and Sweden .1717 – Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18 : The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy 's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire .1723 – Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș , after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI .1740 – Pope Benedict XIV , previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.1784 – Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón .1798 – The Vietnamese Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị , an event which is called Our Lady of La Vang .1807 – Robert Fulton 's North River Steamboat Albany, New York , on the Hudson River , inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.1827 – Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord1836 – British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths1862 – American Indian Wars : The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River .1862 – American Civil War : Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia . 1863 – American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina , Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter .1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville : Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida .1866 – The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia .1883 – The first public performance of the Dominican Republic 's national anthem , Himno Nacional 1896 – Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.1907 – Pike Place Market , a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle , opened.1908 – Fantasmagorie Émile Cohl , is shown in Paris, France.1914 – World War I : Battle of Stallupönen : The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov , Russia.1915 – Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.1915 – A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h). 1916 – World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers . According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.1918 – Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.1942 – World War II : U.S. Marines raid the Japanese -held Pacific island of Makin.1943 – World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission .1943 – World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina , Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery , thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily . 1943 – World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill , Franklin D. Roosevelt , and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins. 1943 – World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra , the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program . 1945 – Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia , igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire .1945 – The novella Animal Farm George Orwell is first published. 1947 – The Radcliffe Line , the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan , is revealed.1953 – Addiction : First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California .1955 – Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina , and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.[1] [2] 1958 – Pioneer 0 1959 – Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana .1962 – Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall .1969 – Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast , killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.1970 – Venera program: Venera 7 Venus ).1977 – The Soviet icebreaker Arktika North Pole .1978 – Double Eagle II balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey , France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine .1988 – President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.1991 – Strathfield massacre : In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself.1998 – Lewinsky scandal : US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky ; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.1999 – The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent ), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.2004 – The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia : Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.2005 – The first forced evacuation of settlers , as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza , starts.2005 – Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh 2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.2009 – An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia , Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.2015 – A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok , Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others.2017 – Barcelona attacks : A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.2019 – A bomb explodes at a wedding in Kabul killing 63 people and leaving 182 injured.[3] 1153 – William IX, Count of Poitiers (d. 1156)1465 – Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1482)1473 – Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (d. 1483)1501 – Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1529)1556 – Alexander Briant , English martyr and saint (d. 1581)1578 – Francesco Albani , Italian painter (d. 1660)1578 – Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen , first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. 1638) 1582 – John Matthew Rispoli , Maltese philosopher (d. 1639)1586 – Johann Valentin Andrea , German theologian (d. 1654)1607 – Pierre de Fermat , French lawyer and mathematician (d. 1665)1603 – Lennart Torstensson , Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (d. 1651)1612 – Jeremi Wiśniowiecki , Polish nobleman (d. 1651)1629 – John III Sobieski , Polish–Lithuanian king (d. 1696)1686 – Nicola Porpora , Italian composer and educator (d. 1768)1753 – Josef Dobrovský , Bohemian philologist and historian (d. 1828)1768 – Louis Desaix , French general (d. 1800)1786 – Davy Crockett , American soldier and politician (d. 1836)1786 – Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1861) 1801 – Fredrika Bremer , Swedish writer and feminist (d. 1865)[4] 1828 – Jules Bernard Luys , French neurologist and physician (d. 1897)1840 – Wilfrid Scawen Blunt , English poet and activist (d. 1922)1845 – Henry Cadwalader Chapman , American physician and naturalist (d. 1909)1849 – William Kidston , Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (d. 1919)1863 – Gene Stratton-Porter , American author and photographer (d. 1924)1865 – Julia Marlowe , English-American actress (d. 1950)1866 – Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI , Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)1873 – John A. Sampson , American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946)1877 – Ralph McKittrick , American golfer and tennis player (d. 1923)1878 – Reggie Duff , Australian cricketer (d. 1911)1880 – Percy Sherwell , South African cricketer and tennis player (d. 1948)1887 – Charles I of Austria (d. 1922)1887 – Marcus Garvey , Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line (d. 1940) 1888 – Monty Woolley , American actor, raconteur, and pundit (d. 1963)1890 – Stefan Bastyr , Polish soldier and pilot (d. 1920)1890 – Harry Hopkins , American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946) 1893 – John Brahm , German-American director and production manager (d. 1982)1893 – Mae West , American actress, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1980) 1894 – William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes , English businessman, founded Rootes Group (d. 1964)1896 – Leslie Groves , American general and engineer (d. 1970)1896 – Tõnis Kint , Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1991) 1896 – Oliver Waterman Larkin , American historian and author (d. 1970) 1900 – Vivienne de Watteville , British travel writer and adventurer (d. 1957)1900 – Pauline A. Young , African-American teacher, historian, aviator and activist (d. 1991) 1904 – Mary Cain , American journalist and politician (d. 1984)1904 – Leopold Nowak , Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991) 1909 – Larry Clinton , American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985)1909 – Wilf Copping , English footballer (d. 1980) 1911 – Mikhail Botvinnik , Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995)1911 – Martin Sandberger , German colonel and lawyer (d. 2010) 1913 – Mark Felt , American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 2008)1913 – Oscar Alfredo Gálvez , Argentinian race car driver (d. 1989) 1913 – Rudy York , American baseball player and manager (d. 1970) 1914 – Bill Downs , American journalist (d. 1978)1914 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. , American lawyer and politician (d. 1988) 1916 – Moses Majekodunmi , Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012)1918 – Evelyn Ankers , British-American actress (d. 1985)1918 – Ike Quebec , American saxophonist and pianist (d. 1963) 1918 – Michael John Wise , English geographer and academic (d. 2015) 1919 – Georgia Gibbs , American singer (d. 2006)1920 – Maureen O'Hara , Irish-American actress and singer (d. 2015)1920 – Lida Moser , American photographer and author (d. 2014) 1921 – Geoffrey Elton , German-English historian and academic (d. 1994)1922 – Roy Tattersall , English cricketer (d. 2011)1923 – Carlos Cruz-Diez , Venezuelan artist (d. 2019)1923 – Larry Rivers , American painter and sculptor (d. 2002) 1924 – Evan S. Connell , American novelist, poet, and short story writer (d. 2013)1926 – Valerie Eliot , English businesswoman (d. 2012)1926 – Jiang Zemin , Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and 5th President of China 1927 – Sam Butera , American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2009)1927 – F. Ray Keyser Jr. , American lawyer and politician, 72nd Governor of Vermont (d. 2015) 1928 – T. J. Anderson , American composer, conductor, and educator1928 – Willem Duys , Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (d. 2011) 1929 – Francis Gary Powers , American captain and pilot (d. 1977)1930 – Harve Bennett , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)1930 – Ted Hughes , English poet and playwright (d. 1998) 1931 – Tony Wrigley , English historian, demographer, and academic1932 – V. S. Naipaul , Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)1932 – Duke Pearson , American pianist and composer (d. 1980) 1932 – Jean-Jacques Sempé , French cartoonist 1933 – Mark Dinning , American pop singer (d. 1986)1934 – João Donato , Brazilian pianist and composer1934 – Ron Henry , English footballer (d. 2014) 1936 – Seamus Mallon , Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland 1936 – Margaret Heafield Hamilton , American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner. 1938 – Theodoros Pangalos , Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece 1939 – Luther Allison , American blues guitarist and singer (d. 1997)1940 – Eduardo Mignogna , Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2006)1940 – Barry Sheerman , English academic and politician 1941 – Lothar Bisky , German businessman and politician (d. 2013)1941 – Jean Pierre Lefebvre , Canadian director and screenwriter 1942 – Shane Porteous , Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter1943 – Edward Cowie , English composer, painter, and author1943 – Robert De Niro , American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer 1943 – John Humphrys , Welsh journalist and author 1943 – Dave "Snaker" Ray , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) 1944 – Larry Ellison , American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation 1944 – Jean-Bernard Pommier , French pianist and conductor 1945 – Rachel Pollack , American author, poet, and educator1946 – Hugh Baiocchi , South African golfer1946 – Martha Coolidge , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1946 – Patrick Manning , Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2016) 1947 – Mohamed Abdelaziz , President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976-2016) (d. 2016)1947 – Gary Talley , American guitarist (The Box Tops ), singer-songwriter, and author 1948 – Alexander Ivashkin , Russian-English cellist and conductor (d. 2014)1949 – Norm Coleman , American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul 1949 – Sue Draheim , American fiddler and composer (d. 2013) 1949 – Julian Fellowes , English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician 1949 – Sib Hashian , American rock drummer (Boston ) (d. 2017) 1951 – Richard Hunt , American Muppet performer (d. 1992)1952 – Aleksandr Maksimenkov , Russian footballer and coach (d. 2012)1952 – Nelson Piquet , Brazilian race car driver and businessman 1952 – Mario Theissen , German engineer and businessman 1952 – Guillermo Vilas , Argentinian tennis player 1953 – Mick Malthouse , Australian footballer and coach1953 – Herta Müller , Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate 1953 – Korrie Layun Rampan , Indonesian author, poet, and critic (d. 2015) 1953 – Kevin Rowland , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1954 – Eric Johnson , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1954 – Andrés Pastrana Arango , Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia 1955 – Colin Moulding , English singer-songwriter and bassist1956 – Gail Berman , American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun 1956 – Álvaro Pino , Spanish cyclist 1957 – Ken Kwapis , American director and screenwriter1957 – Laurence Overmire , American poet, author, and actor 1957 – Robin Cousins , British competitive figure skater 1958 – Belinda Carlisle , American singer-songwriter1958 – Fred Goodwin , Scottish banker and accountant 1958 – Maurizio Sandro Sala , Brazilian race car driver 1959 – Jonathan Franzen , American novelist and essayist1959 – Jacek Kazimierski , Polish footballer 1959 – Eric Schlosser , American journalist and author 1960 – Stephan Eicher , Swiss singer-songwriter1960 – Sean Penn , American actor, director, and political activist 1962 – Gilby Clarke , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1962 – Dan Dakich , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster 1963 – Jon Gruden , American football player, coach, and sportscaster1964 – Colin James , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1964 – Maria McKee , American singer-songwriter 1964 – Dave Penney , English footballer and manager 1965 – Steve Gorman , American drummer1965 – Dottie Pepper , American golfer 1966 – Jüri Luik , Estonian politician and diplomat, 18th Estonian Minister of Defense 1966 – Rodney Mullen , American skateboarder and stuntman 1966 – Don Sweeney , Canadian ice hockey player and manager 1967 – Michael Preetz , German footballer and manager1968 – Andriy Kuzmenko , Ukrainian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)1968 – Ed McCaffrey , American football player and sportscaster 1968 – Helen McCrory , English actress 1969 – Christian Laettner , American basketball player and coach1969 – Donnie Wahlberg , American singer-songwriter, actor and producer 1969 – Kelvin Mercer , American rapper, songwriter and producer 1970 – Jim Courier , American tennis player and sportscaster1970 – Andrus Kivirähk , Estonian author 1970 – Øyvind Leonhardsen , Norwegian footballer and coach 1971 – Uhm Jung-hwa , South Korean singer and actress1971 – Jorge Posada , Puerto Rican-American baseball player 1971 – Shaun Rehn , Australian footballer and coach 1972 – Habibul Bashar , Bangladeshi cricketer1974 – Johannes Maria Staud , Austrian composer1976 – Eric Boulton , Canadian ice hockey player1976 – Geertjan Lassche , Dutch journalist and director 1976 – Serhiy Zakarlyuka , Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014) 1977 – Nathan Deakes , Australian race walker1977 – William Gallas , French footballer 1977 – Thierry Henry , French footballer 1977 – Mike Lewis , Welsh guitarist 1977 – Tarja Turunen , Finnish singer-songwriter and producer 1979 – Antwaan Randle El , American football player and journalist1980 – Keith Dabengwa , Zimbabwean cricketer1980 – Daniel Güiza , Spanish footballer 1980 – Jan Kromkamp , Dutch footballer 1980 – Lene Marlin , Norwegian singer-songwriter 1982 – Phil Jagielka , English footballer1982 – Cheerleader Melissa , American wrestler and manager 1982 – Mark Salling , American actor and musician (d. 2018) 1983 – Dustin Pedroia , American baseball player1984 – Dee Brown , American basketball player1984 – Oksana Domnina , Russian ice dancer 1984 – Garrett Wolfe , American football player 1985 – Yū Aoi , Japanese actress and model1986 – Rudy Gay , American basketball player1986 – Tyrus Thomas , American basketball player 1988 – Natalie Sandtorv , Norwegian singer-songwriter1988 – Jihadi John , Kuwaiti-British member of ISIS (d. 2015) 1988 – Erika Toda , Japanese actress 1992 – Alex Elisala , New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013)1992 – Chanel Mata'utia , Australian rugby league player 1992 – Paige , English wrestler 1993 – Ederson Moraes , Brazilian footballer1993 – Sarah Sjöström , Swedish swimmer 1994 – Phoebe Bridgers , American singer/songwriter1995 – Gracie Gold , American figure skater1995 – Dallin Watene-Zelezniak , New Zealand rugby league player 1996 – Jake Virtanen , Canadian ice hockey player2000 – Lil Pump , American rapper and songwriter754 – Carloman , mayor of the palace of Austrasia 949 – Li Shouzhen , Chinese general and governor1153 – Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (b. 1130)1304 – Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)1324 – Irene of Brunswick (b. 1293)1338 – Nitta Yoshisada , Japanese samurai (b. 1301)1424 – John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (b. c. 1381)1510 – Edmund Dudley , English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1462)1510 – Richard Empson , English statesman 1547 – Katharina von Zimmern , Swiss sovereign abbess (b. 1478)1673 – Regnier de Graaf , Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)1676 – Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen , German author (b. 1621)1720 – Anne Dacier , French scholar and translator (b. 1654)1723 – Joseph Bingham , English scholar and academic (b. 1668)1768 – Vasily Trediakovsky , Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)1785 – Jonathan Trumbull , English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)1786 – Frederick the Great , Prussian king (b. 1712)1809 – Matthew Boulton , English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728)[5] 1814 – John Johnson , English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)1834 – Husein Gradaščević , Ottoman general (b. 1802)1838 – Lorenzo Da Ponte , Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)1850 – José de San Martín , Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)1861 – Alcée Louis la Branche , American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)1870 – Perucho Figueredo , Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)1875 – Wilhelm Bleek , German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)1897 – William Jervois , English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)1901 – Edmond Audran , French organist and composer (b. 1842)1903 – Hans Gude , Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)1908 – Radoje Domanović , Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)1909 – Madan Lal Dhingra , Indian activist (b. 1883)1918 – Moisei Uritsky , Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)1920 – Ray Chapman , American baseball player (b. 1891)1924 – Tom Kendall , English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)1925 – Ioan Slavici , Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)1935 – Adam Gunn , American decathlete (b. 1872)1935 – Charlotte Perkins Gilman , American sociologist and author (b. 1860) 1936 – José María of Manila , Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)1940 – Billy Fiske , American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)1945 – Reidar Haaland , Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)1949 – Gregorio Perfecto , Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)1958 – Arthur Fox , English-American fencer (b. 1878)1966 – Ken Miles , English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)1969 – Otto Stern , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)1970 – Rattana Pestonji , Thai director and producer (b. 1908)1971 – Maedayama Eigorō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)1971 – Wilhelm List , German field marshal (b. 1880) 1973 – Conrad Aiken , American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)1973 – Jean Barraqué , French pianist and composer (b. 1928) 1973 – Paul Williams , American singer and choreographer (b. 1939) 1977 – Delmer Daves , American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1904)1979 – John C. Allen , American roller coaster designer (b. 1907)1979 – Vivian Vance , American actress and singer (b. 1909) 1983 – Ira Gershwin , American songwriter (b. 1896)1987 – Gary Chester , Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924)1987 – Rudolf Hess , German soldier and politician (b. 1894) 1987 – Shaike Ophir , Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) 1988 – Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)1988 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. , American lawyer and politician (b. 1914) 1988 – Victoria Shaw , Australian-American actress (b. 1935) 1990 – Pearl Bailey , American actress and singer (b. 1918)1993 – Feng Kang , Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)1994 – Luigi Chinetti , Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901)1994 – Jack Sharkey , American boxer and referee (b. 1902) 1995 – Howard E. Koch , American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)1995 – Ted Whitten , Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933) 1998 – Władysław Komar , Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940)1998 – Tadeusz Ślusarski , Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950) 2000 – Jack Walker , English businessman (b. 1929)2004 – Thea Astley , Australian author and educator (b. 1925)2005 – John N. Bahcall , American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934)2006 – Shamsur Rahman , Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929)2007 – Bill Deedes , English journalist and politician (b. 1913)2007 – Eddie Griffin , American basketball player (b. 1982) 2008 – Franco Sensi , Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926)2010 – Francesco Cossiga , Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928)2012 – Aase Bjerkholt , Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915)2012 – Victor Poor , American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (b. 1933) 2012 – Patrick Ricard , French businessman (b. 1945) 2012 – John Lynch-Staunton , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930) 2013 – Odilia Dank , American educator and politician (b. 1938)2013 – Jack Harshman , American baseball player (b. 1927) 2013 – John Hollander , American poet and critic (b. 1929) 2013 – Frank Martínez , American painter (b. 1924) 2013 – Gus Winckel , Dutch lieutenant and pilot (b. 1912) 2014 – Børre Knudsen , Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937)2014 – Wolfgang Leonhard , German historian and author (b. 1921) 2014 – Sophie Masloff , American civil servant and politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1917) 2014 – Miodrag Pavlović , Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928) 2014 – Pierre Vassiliu , French singer-songwriter (b. 1937) 2015 – Yvonne Craig , American ballet dancer and actress (b. 1937)2015 – Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder , German businessman (b. 1933) 2015 – László Paskai , Hungarian cardinal (b. 1927) 2016 – Arthur Hiller , Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)Holidays and observances [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Gordon E. Dunn; Walter R. Davis; Paul L. Moore (December 1955). "Hurricanes of 1955" (PDF) . Monthly Weather Review . United States Weather Bureau. 83 (12): 319. Bibcode :1955MWRv...83..315D . doi :10.1175/1520-0493(1955)083<0315:HO>2.0.CO;2 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2013-02-13 . ^ Edward N. Rappaport; Jose Fernandez-Partagas; Jack Beven (1997-04-22). "Appendix 1: Cyclones with 25+ deaths" . The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492– 1996 (Report). National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 2013-02-03 . ^ "Bomb blast at wedding party in Kabul, Afghanistan kills 63 and injures 182 more" . Sky News . 18 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019 .^ "Bremer, Fredrika" , 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 4, retrieved 2019-01-29 ^ Uglow, Jenny (2002), The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World 495 , ISBN 978-0-374-19440-6 External links [ edit ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to August 17
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