Explore 1917 historical events from 2000–2009.
Alexander Derek Dougan was a Northern Ireland international footballer, football manager, football chairman, pundit, and writer. He was also known by his nickname, "The Doog". He w…
Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer and manager (born 1938)
Jeeva was an Indian filmmaker, cinematographer and film director in Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam-language cinema. He was an established cinematographer in the late 90s and early 2000…
Jeeva, Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1963)
Anne Elisabeth Jane Claiborne was an American fashion designer and businesswoman. Her success was built upon stylish yet affordable apparel for career women featuring colorfully ta…
Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne (born 1929)
Bernard Sydney "Joey" Sadler was a New Zealand rugby union player who played at halfback for the All Blacks in 1935–36.
Joey Sadler, New Zealand rugby player (born 1914)
William Ian DeWitt Hutt, was a Canadian actor of stage, television and film. Hutt's distinguished career spanned over 50 years and won him many accolades and awards. While his base…
William Hutt, Canadian actor (born 1920)
Eugene Bennett Fluckey, nicknamed "Lucky Fluckey", was a United States Navy rear admiral who received the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses during his service as a submarine com…
Eugene B
Kiichi Miyazawa was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993.
Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1919)
Fred Thomas Saberhagen was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his Berserker series of science fiction short stories and novels.
Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author (born 1930)
Joel Steven Siegel was an American film critic for the ABC morning news show Good Morning America for over 25 years. The winner of multiple Emmy Awards, Siegel also worked as a rad…
Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (born 1943)
Sahib Singh Verma was an Indian politician. He served as the 4th Chief Minister of Delhi (1996–1998) and Union Labour Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. He was a member of 13th …
Sahib Singh Verma, Indian librarian and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Delhi (born 1943)
Beverly Sills was an American operatic soprano whose career peak was between the 1950s and 1970s.
Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano and television personality (born 1929)
Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III was an American musician. His 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax" became the signature tune of The Benny Hill Show. Randolph was a prolific session mus…
Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (born 1927)
Willie "Bill" Pinkney was an American performer and singer. Pinkney was the last surviving original member of The Drifters, who achieved international fame with numerous hit record…
Bill Pinkney, American singer (born 1925)
Alan George Heywood Melly was an English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer, and lecturer. From 1965 to 1973, he was a film and television critic for The Observer; he also lectu…
George Melly, English singer-songwriter and critic (born 1926)
Régine Crespin was a French soprano who had a major international career in opera and on the concert stage between 1950 and 1989. She started her career singing roles in the dramat…
Régine Crespin, French soprano (born 1927)
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss was an American novelist. She pioneered the historical romance genre with the 1972 publication of her novel The Flame and the Flower.
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (born 1939)
Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, was a British scientist who was a leading figure in developmental biology. She paved the way for women in science and her work helped lead to hum…
Anne McLaren, British scientist (born 1927)
Donald Michie was a British researcher in artificial intelligence. During World War II, Michie worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, contributing to t…
Donald Michie, British scientist (born 1923)
Chandra Shekhar Singh, known popularly as Babu Sahab, was an Indian politician and the prime minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. He headed a minority gov…
Chandra Shekhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (born 1927)
Jack B. Sowards was an American screenwriter who wrote Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and the 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Where Silence Has Lease". Sowards creat…
Jack B. Sowards, American screenwriter and producer (born 1929)
Charles Lane was an American character actor and centenarian whose career spanned 76 years.
Charles Lane, American actor (born 1905)
Abdul Rashid Ghazi was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and diplomat-turned Islamist dissident who served as Khatib of Lal Masjid, the Chief Executive of Jamia Faridia University, the C…
Abdul Rashid Ghazi, chancellor of Faridia University. (born 1964)
Douglas Nigel Marlette was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist who, at the time of his death, had also published two novels and was "finding his voice in writing…
Doug Marlette, American cartoonist and author (born 1949)