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February 17th

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Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday)

Day of feasting and celebration before the Christian fasting season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.

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590 Notable birthdays

Simon Martirosyan

Armenian weightlifter.

Born February 17th, 1997 (age 29 years) in Haykashen. [ref]

Abraham Fraenkel

Israeli mathematician (1891-1965).

Born February 17th, 1891 in Munich.

Died October 15th, 1965 at 74 years old in Jerusalem.

Kyle Ebecilio

Dutch footballer.

Born February 17th, 1994 (age 32 years) in Rotterdam.

André Maginot

French minister of war (1922 - '24; 1929 - '32).

Born February 17th, 1877 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.

Died January 7th, 1932 at 54 years old in Paris (typhoid fever).

Anton Vaino

Russian diplomat and politician of estonian origin (born 1972).

Born February 17th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Tallinn. [ref]

Bao Chunlai

Chinese badminton player.

Born February 17th, 1983 (age 43 years) in Changsha. [ref]

Marjorie Lawrence

Australian singer.

Born February 17th, 1909 in Victoria.

Died January 13th, 1979 at 69 years old in Little Rock (heart failure).

Marco D'Alessandro

Italian footballer.

Born February 17th, 1991 (age 35 years) in Rome.

Kristjan Čeh

Slovenian discus thrower.

Born February 17th, 1999 (age 27 years) in Ptuj. [ref]

Nora Fingscheidt

German film director, screenwriter and actress.

Born February 17th, 1983 (age 43 years) in Brunswick. [ref]

Martha Henry

American-born canadian actress (1938–2021).

Born February 17th, 1938 in Detroit.

Died October 21st, 2021 at 83 years old in Stratford. [ref]

Attila Fiola

Hungarian association football player.

Born February 17th, 1990 (age 36 years) in Szekszárd.

Seiji Sakaguchi

Japanese professional wrestler and judoka.

Born February 17th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Kurume.

Stephen Mirrione

American film editor.

Born February 17th, 1969 (age 57 years) in Santa Clara County. [ref]

Dennis Johnsen

Norwegian association football player.

Born February 17th, 1998 (age 28 years) in Skien.

Andrey Korotayev

Russian anthropologist, economic historian, comparative political scientist, and sociologist.

Born February 17th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Moscow.

Anders Åslund

Swedish economist.

Born February 17th, 1952 (age 74 years) in Karlskoga.

Émile Nouguier

French civil engineer and architect (1841–1897).

Born February 17th, 1841 in Paris.

Died November 13th, 1897 at 56 years old in Argenteuil. [ref]

Buddy DeFranco

American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1923–2014).

Born February 17th, 1923 in Camden.

Died December 24th, 2014 at 91 years old in Panama City.

Gertrude Abercrombie

American painter (1909-1977).

Born February 17th, 1909 in Austin.

Died July 3rd, 1977 at 68 years old in Chicago.

David Douillet

French judoka and politician.

Born February 17th, 1969 (age 57 years) in Rouen.

Goran Bunjevčević

Serbian footballer (1973-2018).

Born February 17th, 1973 in Karlovac.

Died June 28th, 2018 at 45 years old in Belgrade (stroke). [ref]

Ruth Clifford

American actress (1900–1998).

Born February 17th, 1900 in Pawtucket.

Died November 30th, 1998 at 98 years old in Woodland Hills.

William L. Dayton

American politician (1807–1864).

Born February 17th, 1807 in Basking Ridge.

Died December 1st, 1864 at 57 years old in Paris.

Mike Coughlan

British formula one designer.

Born February 17th, 1959 (age 67 years) in London Borough of Ealing.

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