Explore 1917 historical events from 2000–2009.
Howard Jerome Morris was an American actor, comedian, and director. He was best known for his role in The Andy Griffith Show as Ernest T. Bass, and as "Uncle Goopy" in a celebrated…
Howard Morris, American actor and director (born 1919)
Charilaos Florakis was a leader of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (born 1914)
Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft was an American actor and bass singer best known for providing the voice of Tony the Tiger in Kellogg's Frosted Flakes commercials from the 1950s until his…
Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (born 1914)
Carl Amery, the pen name of Christian Anton Mayer, was a German writer and environmental activist. Born in Munich, he studied at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU). H…
Carl Amery, German activist and author (born 1922)
Baron Arthur Haulot was a Belgian journalist, humanist and poet who served, during World War II as an active member of the Belgian resistance. As president of the Jeunes Socialiste…
Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (born 1913)
Guy Tardif was a Canadian politician. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of René L…
Guy Tardif, Canadian academic and politician (born 1935)
Sunil Dutt was an Indian actor, film producer, director, and politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He acted in more than 80 films over a career spanning five decades and w…
Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (born 1929)
Robert Jankel was a British designer of limousines, armoured cars, and other speciality vehicles. He also founded the automotive company Panther Westwinds.
Robert Jankel, English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (born 1938)
Graham Cyril Kennedy AO was an Australian entertainer, comedian and variety performer, radio and television host as well as a personality and actor of theatre, television and film.…
Graham Kennedy, Australian television host and actor (born 1934)
Ismail Merchant was an Indian film producer. He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included film director James Ivory as well as screenwri…
Ismail Merchant, Indian-born film producer and director (born 1936)
Zoran Mušič, baptised as Anton Zoran Musič, was a Slovene painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He was the only painter of Slovene descent who managed to establish himself in the e…
Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator (born 1909)
Edward Albert Heimberger was an American actor. He is known for his roles on stage and screen and received nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe A…
Eddie Albert, American actor (born 1906)
Alfonso Carrasquel Colón, better known as Chico Carrasquel, was a Venezuelan professional baseball player, coach, scout and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a s…
Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (born 1928)
Ruth Laredo was an American classical pianist.
Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator (born 1937)
Leslie Charles Smith, OBE, was a co-founder of Lesney Products, the company famous for making Matchbox cars.
Leslie Smith, English businessman, co-founded Lesney Products (born 1918)
John David D'Amico was a Canadian National Hockey League (NHL) linesman and later supervisor of officials.
John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (born 1937)
Hamilton Naki was a South African laboratory assistant known for his contributions to surgical research and medical training despite having no formal medical training. He worked wi…
Hamilton Naki, South African surgeon (born 1926)
George Rochberg was an American composer of contemporary classical music. Long a serial composer, Rochberg abandoned the technique after his teenage son died in 1964, saying it had…
George Rochberg, American soldier and composer (born 1918)
Gérald Leblanc was an Acadian poet notable for seeking his own Acadian roots and the current voices of Acadian culture. Leblanc was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. He studied at…
Gérald Leblanc, Acadian poet (born 1945)
Tomasz Pacyński was a Polish fantasy and science fiction writer, born in Warsaw. He was one of the creators and, from 2004, the chief editor of Fahrenheit, the first Polish Interne…
Tomasz Pacyński, Polish journalist and author (born 1958)
Alma Ziegler was an infielder and pitcher who played from 1944 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), 125 lb., …
Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and stenographer (born 1918)
Hilda Crosby Standish was a pioneer in the birth control movement in the state of Connecticut. In 1935, she became medical director of the Maternal Health Center in Hartford, the s…
Hilda Crosby Standish, American physician (born 1902)
George Lawrence Mikan Jr., nicknamed "Mr. Basketball", was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League (NBL) and the…
George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (born 1924)
Lucien Cliche was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Abitibi-Est in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and then the Quebec National Assembly from 1960 to 1970 …
Lucien Cliche, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1916)