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In the year 1917
635 Notable birthdays
Yahya Khan
Former pakistani president (1917–1980).
Born February 4th, 1917 in Chakwal.
Died August 10th, 1980 at 63 years old in Rawalpindi.
Valerie Hobson
Irish actress.
Born April 14th, 1917 in Larne. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1998 at 81 years old in Westminster (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Herbert Lom
Czech-born film and television actor (1917-2012).
Born September 11th, 1917 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 27th, 2012 at 95 years old in London. [ref]
Leonard Chess
Polish-american record company executive (1917-1969).
Born March 12th, 1917 in Motal. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1969 at 52 years old in Chicago (cardiac arrest).
Celeste Holm
American actress (1917-2012).
Born April 29th, 1917 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 15th, 2012 at 95 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Oliver Tambo
South african anti-apartheid activist and politician (1917–1993).
Born October 27th, 1917 in Nkantolo.
Died April 24th, 1993 at 75 years old in Johannesburg (stroke).
Cyrus Vance
United states secretary of state from 1977 to 1980.
Born March 27th, 1917 in Clarksburg. [ref]
Died January 12th, 2002 at 84 years old in Mount Sinai Hospital (pneumonia). [ref]
Elyse Knox
American actress (1917-2012).
Born December 14th, 1917 in Hartford.
Died February 16th, 2012 at 94 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Eric Hobsbawm
British academic historian and marxist historiographer.
Born June 9th, 1917 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died October 1st, 2012 at 95 years old in London (pneumonia). [ref]
James Jesus Angleton
Chief of the cia's counterintelligence (ci) staff from 1954 to 1975.
Born December 9th, 1917 in Boise.
Died May 12th, 1987 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C..
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