Explore 1917 historical events from 2000–2009.
Glenda Emilie Adams was an Australian novelist and short story writer, probably best known as the winner of the 1987 Miles Franklin Award for Dancing on Coral. She was a teacher of…
Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (born 1939)
Alfonso López Michelsen was a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the 25th President of Colombia from 1974 to 1978. He was nicknamed "El Pollo", a popular Colombian idiom…
Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Colombia (born 1913)
Robert Solli Burås was a Norwegian musician and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for the rock band Madrugada. He was also the frontman and guitarist for the rock band My Mid…
Robert Burås, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1975)
Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson was the first lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 as the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. She had previo…
Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 43rd First Lady of the United States (born 1912)
Yehuda Edwin "Honest Ed" Mirvish, was an American-Canadian businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario who lived in Toronto, Ontario. He is known for his flagship busines…
Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded Honest Ed's (born 1914)
Stan Zemanek was an Australian shock jock, radio broadcaster, television presenter, radio producer and author who presented a night-time show on 2UE in Sydney and which was network…
Stan Zemanek, Australian radio and television host (born 1947)
Michael Reardon was an American professional free solo climber, filmmaker, motivational speaker and writer. Reardon died at age 42, after being swept to sea by a rogue wave, shortl…
Michael Reardon, American mountaineer (born 1965)
Caterina Bueno was an Italian singer and folk music historian.
Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and historian (born 1943)
Grant Forsberg was an American actor, born in Holden, Massachusetts.
Grant Forsberg, American actor and businessman (born 1959)
Júlio César Redecker was a Brazilian politician and a member of the opposition party, Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). Redecker was the leader of the minority in the Brazil…
Júlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (born 1956)
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by TAM Airlines from Porto Alegre to São Paulo, Brazil. On the evening of 17 July 2007, the Ai…
Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza, Brazilian lawyer and businessman (born 1945)
Jerry Hadley was an American operatic tenor. He received three Grammy Awards for his vocal performances in the recordings of Jenůfa, Susannah, and Candide. Hadley was a leading Ame…
Jerry Hadley, American tenor (born 1952)
Kenji Miyamoto was a Japanese communist politician. He was the leader of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) from 1958 to 1977.
Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (born 1908)
Abul Kalam Faezul Huq was a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer, and columnist. He was first elected as a member of the Pakistan National Assembly from the Nazirpur-Banaripara-Sharupkat…
A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1945)
Tamara Faye Messner was an American evangelist. She co-founded the televangelist program The PTL Club with her then-husband Jim Bakker in 1974. They had hosted their own puppet-sho…
Tammy Faye Messner, American Christian evangelist and talk show host (born 1942)
Roberto Alfredo Fontanarrosa, popularly known as El Negro Fontanarrosa, was an Argentine cartoonist, comics artist and writer. During his extended career, Fontanarrosa became one o…
Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentinian cartoonist (born 1944)
Dubravko Škiljan was a Croatian linguist known for his work on Classical philology and semiotics.
Dubravko Škiljan, Croatian linguist and academic (born 1949)
Michael Robert Coolbaugh was an American baseball player and coach. Born in Binghamton, New York, he was the brother of major leaguer Scott Coolbaugh. Coolbaugh died after being hi…
Mike Coolbaugh, American baseball player and coach (born 1972)
Jarrod Cunningham was a New Zealand rugby union fullback. Born in Hawke's Bay, Cunningham played for his home town rugby club from 1990 to 1997, during which time he was trialed fo…
Jarrod Cunningham, New Zealand rugby player (born 1968)
László Kovács ASC was a Hungarian-American cinematographer, known for his influential work in the development of the American New Wave of films in the 1970s, he collaborated with m…
László Kovács, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (born 1933)
Rolland Mays Stiles was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns from 1930 to 1933. Born in Ratcliff, Arkansas, he batted and t…
Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (born 1906)
Ronald Norman Miller was an American popular songwriter and record producer who wrote for Motown artists in the 1960s and 1970s and attained many Top 10 hits. Some of his songs, su…
Ron Miller, American songwriter and producer (born 1933)
Mohammad Zahir Shah was the last king of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. Ruling for almost 40 years, Zahir Shah was the longest-ser…
Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (born 1914)
Albert Ellis was an American psychologist and psychotherapist who founded rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). He held MA and PhD degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia …
Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author (born 1913)