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What happened in history on this day: April 17?
On April 17 in ...
Births on April 17
- 1886 - Birth of Otto Lederer in Prague, Auto-Hungarian Empire; actor (Jazz Singer).
- 1890 - Birth of Art Acord in Glenwood Sevier, Utah, USA; western actor (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists).
- 1895 - Birth of Bert Wheeler; actor (Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers).
- 1905 - Birth of Arthur Lake in Corbin, Kentucky, USA; actor (Dagwood - Blondie).
- 1905 - Birth of Louis Jean Heydt in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; actor (Joe - Waterfront).
- 1913 - Birth of Paul Langton in Salt Lake City, Utah; actor (Leslie - Peyton Place).
- 1913 - Birth of Richard Travis in Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA; actor (Missile to the Moon).
- 1918 - Birth of Anne Shirley in the United Kingdom; actress (Devil and Daniel Webster, Stella Dallas).
- 1918 - Birth of William Franklin Beedle AKA William Holden in O'Fallon, Illinois, USA; actor (Stalag 17, Bridge Over the River Kwai, SOB).
- 1933 - Birth of Monique Van Vooren in Brussels, Belgium; actress (Warhol's Frankenstein).
- 1942 - Birth of Mario Brenta; writer/director (Maicol, Barnabo of the Mountains).
- 1947 - Birth of Charles Frank in Olympia, Washington, USA; actor (The Chisholms, Emerald Point NAS).
- 1951 - Birth of Olivia Hussey in Buenos Aires, Argentina; actress (Romeo and Juliet, Death on the Nile).
- 1954 - Birth of Kim Tyler in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Kyle - Please Don't Eat the Daisies).
- 1957 - Birth of Teresa "Teri" Austin in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Terminal Choice, Knots Landing).
- 1958 - Birth of Byron Cherry in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; actor (Coy - Dukes of Hazzard).
- 1959 - Birth of Elizabeth Lindsey; actress (China Beach).
- 1966 - Birth of Lela Rochon; actress (Waiting to Exhale).
- 1967 - Birth of Leslie Bega in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Maria Tomlinson - Head of the Class).
- 1967 - Birth of Timothy Gibbs in Burbank, California, USA; actor (Father Murphy, Santa Barbara).
- 1979 - Birth of Tram-Anh Tran; actress (Ghostwriters').
Deaths on April 17
- 1977 - Marjorie Gateson, actress (One Man's Family), dies at age 86.
- 1988 - Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at age 90.
- 1994 - Peter Hacker, US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at age 69.
- 2007 - Death of Kitty Carlisle AKA Kitty Carlisle Hart at age 96; actress, singer, panelist (To Tell the Truth TV show).
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