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April 17th
455 Notable birthdays
Cap Anson
American baseball player.
Born April 17th, 1852 in Marshalltown.
Died April 14th, 1922 at 69 years old in Chicago.
Lindsay Anderson
British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, and film critic (1923-1994).
Born April 17th, 1923 in Bengaluru. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1994 at 71 years old in Angoulême (myocardial infarction). [ref]
George Adamski
American ufologist.
Born April 17th, 1891 in Bydgoszcz. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1965 at 74 years old in Silver Spring (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Don Kirshner
American songwriter, publisher, music producer, manager.
Born April 17th, 1934 in New York City.
Died January 17th, 2011 at 76 years old in Boca Raton (myocardial infarction). [ref]
David Axelrod
American musician, record producer, composer and arranger.
Born April 17th, 1936 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died February 5th, 2017 at 80 years old in Burbank. [ref]
Joachim Kroll
German serial killer.
Born April 17th, 1933 in Zabrze.
Died July 1st, 1991 at 58 years old in Rheinbach, Rheinbach penitentiary (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Martin Samuelsen
Norwegian association football player.
Born April 17th, 1997 (age 28 years) in Haugesund.
Aziz Mian
Pakistani singer (1942-2000).
Born April 17th, 1942 in Delhi.
Died December 6th, 2000 at 58 years old in Tehran.
Harry Reasoner
American journalist.
Born April 17th, 1923 in Dakota City.
Died August 6th, 1991 at 68 years old in Westport (fall).
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