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What happened in history on this day: November 17?
On November 17 in ...
- 2003 - 21 year-old Britney Spears becomes the youngest singer to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Births on November 17
- 1937 - Birth of Gerry McGee; guitarist (The Ventures - Walk Don't Run").
- 1938 - Birth of Gordon Lightfoot in Ontario, Canada; folksinger ("Sundown").
- 1941 - Birth of Gene Clark in rural Missouri, USA; guitarist/songwriter (The Byrds, New Christy Minstrels).
- 1946 - Birth of Martin Barre; rock guitarist (Jethro Tull - "Aqualung").
- 1955 - Birth of Peter Cox; rocker (Go West - "Call Me", "Don't Look Down").
- 1967 - Birth of Ben Wilson; rock musician (Blues Traveler).
- 1967 - Birth of Ronald DaVoe; rocker (New Edition - "Heart Break", Bell Biv DeVoe).
- 1968 - Birth of Jeff Allen; rhythm-and-blues musician (Mint Condition).
- 1980 - Birth of Clarke Isaac Hanson in Tulsa, Oklahoma; American guitarist (Hanson - "MMMBop").
- 1981 - Birth of Sarah Harding; British singer (Girls Aloud).
Deaths on November 17
- 1981 - Death of Bob Eberly of a heart attack at age 65; big band singer (Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra, "Green Eyes", "Tangerine and Amapola", "The Breeze and I", "Besame Mucho").
- 1987 - Death of Irene Wicker at age 81; singer/actress (Singing Lady).
- 2003 - Death of Don Gibson at age 75 of natural causes; American country music legend ("Oh, Lonesome Me", "Sea of Heartbreak").
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