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In the year 1917
608 Notable birthdays
Merle Travis
American country/western singer-songwriter and musician.
Born November 29th, 1917 in Muhlenberg County. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1983 at 65 years old in Tahlequah (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nur Muhammad Taraki
1st general secretary of the people's democratic party of afghanistan.
Born July 15th, 1917 in Nawa District.
Died October 9th, 1979 at 62 years old in Kabul (murder, asphyxia).
Heinrich Böll
German author, novelist, and short story writer.
Born December 21st, 1917 in Cologne. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1985 at 67 years old in Langenbroich. [ref]
John Hart
American motion picture and television actor (1917-2009).
Born December 13th, 1917 in Los Angeles.
Died September 20th, 2009 at 91 years old in Rosarito. [ref]
Maya Deren
American filmmaker (1917-1961).
Born May 12th, 1917 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1961 at 44 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
John Franzese
Underboss of the colombo crime family.
Born February 6th, 1917 in Naples.
Died February 24th, 2020 at 103 years old in New York City.
Irving Penn
American photographer and photojournalist.
Born June 16th, 1917 in Plainfield. [ref]
Died October 7th, 2009 at 92 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
John Kendrew
English biochemist and crystallographer.
Born March 24th, 1917 in Oxford.
Died August 23rd, 1997 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Charlotte Salomon
German-jewish artist and holocaust victim (1917-1943).
Born April 16th, 1917 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1943 at 26 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (asphyxia). [ref]
James Donald
Scottish actor.
Born May 18th, 1917 in Aberdeen. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1993 at 76 years old in Wiltshire (stomach cancer). [ref]
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The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle