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What happened in history on this day: October 17?
On October 17 in ...
- 1888 - Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
- 1966 - NBC-TV debuts Hollywood Squares game show.
- 2000 - In Hollywood, Don Rickles receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 2007 - Whitehaven, England becomes the first place in the United Kingdom to have one of its analog terrestrial television signals switched off as part of digital switchover.
Births on October 17
- 1886 - Birth of Spring Byington in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; actress (Lily Ruskin - December Bride).
- 1917 - Birth of Marsha Hunt in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Jennifer - Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw).
- 1918 - Birth of Rita Hayworth in New York, USA; actress (Gilda, Pal Joey) (dies 1987, Alzheimer victim).
- 1920 - Birth of Montgomery Clift; actor (From Here to Eternity).
- 1921 - Birth of Tom Poston in Columbus, Ohio, USA; actor (Steve Allen Show, Newhart).
- 1925 - Birth of Jack Wagner in California, USA; actor, radio personality, announcer of many Disneyland attractions since 1970, retired 1991, named Disney Legend 2005.
- 1926 - Birth of Beverly Garland in Santa Cruz, California, USA; actress (My Three Sons).
- 1926 - Birth of Julie Adams in Waterloo, Iowa, USA; actress (Yancy Derringer, Code Red).
- 1928 - Birth of Julie Adams in Iowa, USA; actress (Away All Boats, Black Rose).
- 1944 - Birth of Carol Cole in West Medford, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Ellie - Grady).
- 1946 - Birth of Bob Seagren in Pomona, California, USA; actor (Soap), pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-1968).
- 1947 - Birth of Michael McKean in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Lenny - Laverne and Shirley, Grand).
- 1948 - Birth of George Wendt in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Norm - Cheers).
- 1948 - Birth of Margot Kidder in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada; actress (Lois Lane - Superman, Amityville Horror).
- 1949 - Birth of Bill Hudson in Portland, Oregon, USA; comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show).
- 1949 - Birth of Timothy Bottoms in Santa Barbara, California, USA; actor (Adam - East of Eden).
- 1952 - Birth of Howard E Rollins Junior in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (Bannister - Wildside).
- 1955 - Birth of Sam Bottoms; actor (Prime Risk, Savages).
- 1957 - Birth of Vincent Van Patten in Belrose, New York, USA; actor (Apple's Way, Three for the Road).
- 1959 - Birth of Dolph Lundgren; actor (Rocky IV, Masters of the Universe).
- 1965 - Birth of Connie Ann Hearn in Anchorage, Alaska, USA; actress (New Kind of Family).
Deaths on October 17
- 2001 - Death of Jay Livingston at age 86; songwriter ("Mona Lisa", "Que Sera, Sera", "Buttons and Bows", "Silver Bells", "Bonanza" TV show theme, "Mr. Ed" TV show theme).
- 2006 - Death of Christopher Glenn at age 68 of liver cancer; CBS Radio newsman (CBS World News Roundup radio show).
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