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What happened in history on this day: January 17?
On January 17 in ...
- 1975 - ABC debuts TV show Baretta, starring Robert Blake.
- 1983 - PBS begins airing the TV series Frontline.
Births on January 17
- 1878 - Birth of Oscar Apfel in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Abraham Lincoln, Inspiration, Before Dawn).
- 1880 - Birth of Mack Sennett; movie creator (Keystone Kops).
- 1882 - Birth of Noah Beery in Smithville, Arkansas, USA; actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf) (dies 1946).
- 1891 - Birth of Marjorie Gateson in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (One Man's Family).
- 1897 - Birth of Nils Asther in Malmö, Sweden; actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster).
- 1903 - Birth of Warren Hull in Gasport, New York, USA; actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World).
- 1904 - Birth of Grant Withers in Pueblo, Colorado, USA; actor (Oklahoma, Annie).
- 1921 - Birth of Dehl Berti in Pueblo, Colorado, USA; actor (John Taylor - Guns of Paradise).
- 1922 - Birth of Betty White in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls, Boston Legal).
- 1923 - Birth of Onno Molenkamp; Dutch actor (Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift).
- 1931 - Birth of James Earl Jones in Mississippi, USA; actor (Darth Vader - Star Wars, Exorcist II, Soul Man, Roots: The Next Generations).
- 1933 - Birth of Sheree North [Dawn Bethel] in Louisiana, USA; actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Breakout, Madigan).
- 1933 - Birth of Yolande Christina Dalida in Cairo, Egypt; actress/singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day).
- 1936 - Birth of Jerry Fogel in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Jerry - Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow).
- 1942 - Birth of Randy Boone in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA; actor (Cimarron Strip, Virginian).
- 1947 - Birth of Jane Elliot in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Baby Boom, General Hospital, Knots Landing).
- 1947 - Birth of Todd Susman in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Goodnight Beantown).
- 1949 - Birth of Andy Kaufman in New York City, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Latka Gravas - Taxi).
- 1949 - Birth of Debbie Watson in La Mirada, California, USA; actress (Karen, Tammy).
- 1956 - Birth of Mitch Vogel in Alhambra, California, USA; actor (Jamie - Bonanza).
- 1959 - Birth of Susanna Hoffs; actress, singer (The Bangles - "Walk Like an Egyptian").
- 1962 - Birth of Jim Carrey in Ontario, Canada; actor (In Living Color, Dumb and Dumber, The Mask, Skip - Duck Factory).
Deaths on January 17
- 1967 - Evelyn Nesbit, actress (Redemption), dies at age 82.
- 1972 - Rochelle Hudson, actress (That's My Boy, Curly Top), dies from pneumonia at age 55.
- 1973 - Fred Essler, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at age 77.
- 1980 - Barbara Britton, actress (Pamela - Mr and Mrs North), dies at age 59.
- 1983 - Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at age 71.
- 1992 - Bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at age 95.
- 1992 - Dorothy Alison, actress (Maggie, Third Key, Long Arm), dies.
- 1998 - Emil Sitka, actor (The Three Stooges), dies of stroke at age 82.
- 2003 - Death of Richard Crenna of pancreatic cancer at age 76; radio actor (Our Miss Brooks, A Date with Judy, The Great Gildersleeve), TV actor (Our Miss Brooks, The Real McCoys, Slattery's People, Judging Amy, The Rape of Richard Beck (Emmy award)).
- 2022 - Death of Yvette Mimieux at age 80 at home in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (The Time Machine movie).
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