Explore 1917 historical events from 2000–2009.
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers…
The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the…
James Graham Ballard was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between…
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Feroz Khan was an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director best known for his work in Indian cinema. He appeared in over 60 films throughout his career and became one of Bo…
Feroz Khan (actor), Indian Actor, Film Director & Producer (born 1939)
Ekaterina Sergeyevna Maximova was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. She was a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi…
Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina and actress (born 1939)
Major General Sir William Dudley Duncan Refshauge, was an Australian soldier and public health administrator. He was Honorary Physician to Queen Elizabeth II (1955–64), director-ge…
William Refshauge, Australian soldier and physician (born 1913)
Paul William Sharratt, was an English-born Australian entertainer and television personality, and later an American television producer.
Paul Sharratt, English-American television host (born 1933)
Otto Torsten Andersson was a Swedish modernist painter, best known for his theme of the realistic depiction of abstract sculptures, and two-dimensional exploration of three-dimensi…
Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator (born 1926)
Aino Maria Susanna Haapoja was a Finnish politician in the Centre Party. Haapoja was born in Kauhava and became a Member of Parliament in 2003 and was elected for a second term in …
Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (born 1966)
Jack French Kemp was an American politician, professional football player, and U.S. Army veteran who served as the ninth U.S. secretary of housing and urban development in the admi…
Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (born 1
Dominick DeLuise was an American actor, comedian, director, musician, chef, and author. Known primarily for comedic roles, he rose to fame in the 1970s as a frequent guest on telev…
Dom DeLuise, American actor, director, and producer (born 1933)
Abel Nguéndé Goumba was a Central African politician. During the late 1950s, he headed the government in the period prior to independence from France, and following independence he…
Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1926)
Claudio Huepe García was a Chilean politician, engineer and economist, member of the Christian Democrat party, who occupied several government and political positions. During his c…
Claudio Huepe, Chilean economist and politician, Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government (born 1939)
Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas "Charles" Nanda, PVSM, AVSM was an Indian Navy admiral who served as the 6th Chief of the Naval Staff from 1 March 1970 until 28 February 1973. He led …
Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, Indian admiral (born 1915)
Roderick Anthony Burton II better known by his stage name Dolla, was an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Burton embarked on his music career in 2003, with hip hop group Da Ra…
Dolla, American rapper (born 1987)
Ephraim Katzir was an Israeli biophysicist and Labor Party politician. He was the president of Israel from 1973 until 1978.
Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (born 1916)
Danny La Rue was an entertainer best known for on-stage theatrical productions, television shows and films where he customarily performed as a female impersonator.
Danny La Rue, Irish-British drag queen performer and singer (born 1927)
George Richard Tiller was an American physician and abortion provider from Wichita, Kansas. He gained national attention as the medical director of Women's Health Care Services, wh…
George Tiller, American physician (born 1941)
David Carroll Eddings was an American fantasy writer. With his wife Leigh, he authored several best-selling epic fantasy novel series, including The Belgariad (1982–84), The Mallor…
David Eddings, American author (born 1931)
Wayne Anthony Allwine was an American voice actor, sound effects editor, and foley artist. He was best remembered as the third official voice of Mickey Mouse and the first official…
Wayne Allwine, American voice actor, sound effects editor and Foley artist (born 1947)
Velupillai Prabhakaran was an Eelam Tamil revolutionary, guerrilla leader and a major figure of Tamil nationalism, being the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ee…
Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (born 1954)
Arthur Charles Erickson was a Canadian architect and urban planner. He studied at the University of British Columbia and, in 1950, received his B.Arch. (Honours) from McGill Univer…
Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect and urban planner, designed Roy Thomson Hall (born 1924)
Sir Clive William John Granger was a British econometrician known for his contributions to nonlinear time series analysis. He taught in Britain, at the University of Nottingham and…
Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)
Michael Vincent O'Brien was an Irish race horse trainer from Churchtown, County Cork, Ireland. In 2003 he was voted the greatest influence in horse racing history in a worldwide p…
Vincent O'Brien, Irish horse trainer (born 1917)
David Carradine was an American actor, director, and producer, whose career included over 200 major and minor roles in film, television and on stage. He was widely known to televis…
David Carradine, American actor (born 1936)