Explore 1917 historical events from 2000–2009.
Yevgeny Romanovich Grishin was a Soviet and Russian speedskater. Grishin trained for the largest part of his speedskating career at CSKA Moscow. A four-time Olympian, he became Eur…
Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (born 1931)
Alexandre Dimitri Shibicky was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League from 1935 to 1946.
Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1914)
Philip Nicholson, known by his pen name A. J. Quinnell, was an English novelist. He is best known for his novel Man on Fire, which has been adapted to film twice and a television s…
A. J. Quinnell, English author (born 1940)
Gretchen Gordon Franklin was an English actress and dancer with a career in show business spanning over 70 years. She played Ethel Skinner in the long-running BBC1 soap opera EastE…
Gretchen Franklin, English actress and dancer (born 1911)
Shinya Hashimoto was a Japanese professional wrestler, promoter and actor. Along with Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh, Hashimoto was dubbed one of the "Three Musketeers" that began…
Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1965)
Jesús Ricardo Iglesias, was a racing driver from Argentina. He initially competed with some success in long distance races in Argentina with a Chevrolet Special, before being invit…
Jesús Iglesias, Argentinian racing driver (born 1922)
Frances Langford was an American singer and actress who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and made film and television appearances for over two decades.
Frances Langford, American actress and singer (born 1913)
John Leonard King, Baron King of Wartnaby was a British businessman, who was noted for leading British Airways. He was also directly involved with the "dirty tricks" campaign waged…
John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, English businessman (born 1917)
Robert Edward Ogren was an American zoologist.
Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist (born 1922)
Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders was an English nurse, social worker, physician and writer. She is noted for her work in terminal care research and her role in the birth of the hos…
Cicely Saunders, English hospice founder (born 1918)
Pietro Consagra was an Italian sculptor. In 1947 he was among the founding members of the Forma 1 group of artists, who advocated both Marxism and structured abstraction.
Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (born 1920)
Camillo Jean Nicolas Felgen was a Luxembourgish singer, lyricist, disc jockey, and television presenter, who represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 and in 1962.
Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter and radio host (born 1920)
Geraldine Mary Wilma Fitzgerald was an Irish American actress. She received the Daytime Emmy Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony A…
Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (born 1913)
Sir Edward Richard George Heath was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party fro…
Edward Heath, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1916)
Joe Vialls was an Australian conspiracy theorist and internet journalist based in Perth, Western Australia. His claims that major incidents such as the Port Arthur massacre, terror…
Joe Vialls, Australian journalist and theorist (born 1944)
Amy Elizabeth Gillett was an Australian track cyclist and rower who represented Australia in both sports. She was killed when a driver crashed into the Australian squad of cyclists…
Amy Gillett, Australian cyclist and rower (born 1976)
William Childs Westmoreland was a United States Army general, most notably the commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968. He later served as Chief …
William Westmoreland, American general (born 1914)
Edward Heward Bunker was an American author of crime fiction, screenwriter, and actor. He wrote numerous books, some of which have been adapted into films. He wrote the scripts for…
Edward Bunker, American author and screenwriter (born 1933)
James Montgomery Doohan was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Doohan's characterization of the Sco…
James Doohan, Canadian-American actor (born 1920)
Finn Gustavsen was a Norwegian socialist politician active from 1945 to the late 1970s. He was noted for his uncompromising style and willingness to take contrarian stands.
Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian journalist and politician (born 1926)
Kayo Hatta was an American filmmaker, writer, and community activist. She directed and co-wrote the independent dramatic feature-length film Picture Bride, which won the Sundance F…
Kayo Hatta, American director and cinematographer (born 1958)
Alfred George James Hayes was an English professional wrestler, manager and commentator, best known for his appearances in the United States with the World Wrestling Federation bet…
Lord Alfred Hayes, English-American wrestler and manager (born 1928)
Eugene Booker Record was an American singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the Chicago-based vocal group The Chi-Lites. He ha…
Eugene Record, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940)
John William "Long John" Baldry was a British and Canadian musician and actor. In the 1960s, he was one of the first British vocalists to sing the blues in clubs and shared the sta…
Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer and actor (born 1941)