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In the year 1917
608 Notable birthdays
Googie Withers
British actress and entertainer (1917–2011).
Born March 12th, 1917 in Karachi. [ref]
Died July 15th, 2011 at 94 years old in Sydney. [ref]
Jesse White
American actor.
Born January 3rd, 1917 in Buffalo.
Died January 9th, 1997 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Robert Conquest
British historian and poet.
Born July 15th, 1917 in Malvern.
Died August 3rd, 2015 at 98 years old in Palo Alto (pneumonia). [ref]
Herta Ware
American actress.
Born June 9th, 1917 in Wilmington.
Died August 15th, 2005 at 88 years old in Los Angeles (Parkinson's disease).
Max Showalter
American actor (1917-2000).
Born June 2nd, 1917 in Caldwell.
Died July 30th, 2000 at 83 years old in Middletown (cancer).
Fernando Rey
Spanish actor (1917–1994).
Born September 20th, 1917 in A Coruña. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1994 at 76 years old in Madrid (bladder cancer). [ref]
Kenan Evren
Turkish general (1917-2015).
Died May 9th, 2015 at 97 years old in Ankara (organ dysfunction). [ref]
Ilya Prigogine
Russian-belgian physical chemist.
Born January 25th, 1917 in Moscow. [ref]
Died May 28th, 2003 at 86 years old in Brussels metropolitan area. [ref]
Arthur M. Schlesinger
American historian, social critic, and public intellectual.
Born October 15th, 1917 in Columbus. [ref]
Died February 28th, 2007 at 89 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Faye Emerson
American actress (1917-1983).
Born July 8th, 1917 in Elizabeth.
Died March 9th, 1983 at 65 years old in Deià (cancer).
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