Explore 1917 historical events from 2000–2009.
Dorian Elizabeth Leigh Parker, known professionally as Dorian Leigh, was an American model and one of the earliest modeling icons of the fashion industry. She is considered one of …
Dorian Leigh, American model (born 1917)
Sir John Marks Templeton was an American-born British investor, banker, fund manager, and philanthropist. In 1954, he entered the mutual fund market and created the Templeton Growt…
John Templeton, American-born British businessman and philanthropist (born 1912)
Hiroaki Aoki , better known as Rocky Aoki, was a Japanese-American restaurateur, professional offshore powerboat racer and amateur wrestler. He was the founder of the Japanese cuis…
Hiroaki Aoki, Japanese-American wrestler and businessman, founded Benihana (born 1938)
Michael Souchak was an American professional golfer. He won fifteen events on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s and represented the United States for the Ryder Cup in 1959 and 19…
Mike Souchak, American golfer (born 1927)
Séamus Brennan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism from 2007 to 2008, Minister for Social and Family Affairs from 2004 to 2007, M…
Séamus Brennan, Irish accountant and politician, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (born 1948)
Michael Ellis DeBakey was an American general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator who became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor…
Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (born 1908)
Bobby Ray Murcer was an American professional baseball outfielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1965 and 1983. He played the majority of his career f…
Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1946)
Robert Anthony Snow was an American journalist, political commentator, anchor, columnist, musician, and the 25th White House press secretary under President George W. Bush, from Ma…
Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (born 1955)
Bronisław Geremek was a Polish social historian and politician. He was an opposition activist in the Polish People's Republic and participated in the Polish Round Table Agreement.
Bronisław Geremek, Polish historian and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1932)
György "Kolo" Kolonics was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who won two gold and two bronze medals at four Summer Olympics. He also won a record fifteen gold medals at the ICF Canoe Spr…
György Kolonics, Hungarian canoe racer (born 1972)
Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American traditional pop singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Admired for the purity of her voice, she ori…
Jo Stafford, American singer (born 1917)
Lindsay Hamilton Simpson Thompson AO, CMG was an Australian politician and army officer who served as the 40th premier of Victoria from 1981 to 1982. He previously served as the 19…
Lindsay Thompson, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Victoria (born 1923)
Dolores Gonçalves Costa, known by her stage name Dercy Gonçalves, was a Brazilian actress, comedian and singer. In her 86-year-long career, she worked in the theater, revues, film,…
Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedian and actress (born 1907)
Dinko Šakić was a Croatian Ustaše official, and convicted war criminal, who commanded the Jasenovac concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from April to Novem…
Dinko Šakić, Croatian concentration camp commander (born 1921)
Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes was an English industrialist. He was the head of British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC) from 1968 to 1975.
Donald Stokes, English businessman (born 1914)
Kurt Furgler was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1972–1986).
Kurt Furgler, Swiss lawyer and politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1924)
Arthur Roy Traum was an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. Traum's work appeared on more than 35 albums. He produced and recorded with The Band, Arlen Roth, Warren Bernh…
Artie Traum, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1943)
Estelle Gettleman, known professionally as Estelle Getty, was an American actress and comedian. She was best known for her portrayal of Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls (1985–19…
Estelle Getty, American actress (born 1923)
Norman Dello Joio was an American composer active for over half a century. Best known for his choral music, he won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1957.
Norman Dello Joio, American pianist and composer (born 1913)
Jeff Fehring was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League from 1977 to 1981.
Jeff Fehring, Australian footballer (born 1955)
Howard Tracy Hall was an American physical chemist and one of the early pioneers in the research of synthetic diamonds, using a press of his own design.
Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic (born 1919)
Randolph Frederick Pausch was an American educator, a professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Penns…
Randy Pausch, American computer scientist and educator (born 1960)
Youssef Chahine was an Egyptian film director. He was active in the Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death in 2008. He directed twelve films included in a list of Top 100…
Youssef Chahine, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)
Horst Walter Stein was a German conductor.
Horst Stein, German-born Swiss conductor (born 1928)