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Anniversary on the 17th of August 0617

Anniversary
Date Text
100 years anniversary
17 Aug 1925   John Hawkes: US writer (2nd Skin)
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17 Aug 1925   John Howard Purnell: Scientist
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17 Aug 1925   Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist (b. 1848)
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75 years anniversary
17 Aug 1950   Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
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17 Aug 1950   Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs
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17 Aug 1950   Indonesia gains independence from the Netherlands
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50 years anniversary
17 Aug 1975   Sig Arno: Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80
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17 Aug 1975   Vladimir Kutz: Russian distance runner (1956 Olympics - Gold Medalist) dies at 48
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17 Aug 1975   Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
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17 Aug 1975   Carmina Villaroel, Filipino actress and host
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17 Aug 1975   Giuliana Rancic, Italian-American journalist and actress
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17 Aug 1975   Sig Arno Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80
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25 years anniversary
17 Aug 2000   Jack Walker, English businessman (b. 1929)
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17 Aug 2000   death
Robert Rowe Gilruth
Died 17 Aug 2000 at age 86 (born 8 Oct 1913).
American aerospace scientist, engineer, and a pioneer of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs. He developed the X-1, first plane to break the sound barrier. Gilruth directed Project Mercury, the initial program for achieving manned space flight. Under his leadership, the first American astronaut orbited the Earth only a little over 3 years after NASA was created. In 1961, President Kennedy and the Congress committed the nation to a manned lunar landing within the decade. Gilruth was named the Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center and assigned the responsibility of designing and developing the spacecraft and associated equipment, planning and controlling missions, and training flight crews. He retired from NASA in 1973.
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20 years anniversary
17 Aug 2005   John Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934)
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17 Aug 2005   death
John N. Bahcall
Died 17 Aug 2005 at age 70 (born 30 Dec 1934).

American astrophysicist who pioneered the development of neutrino astrophysics in the early 1960s. He theorized that neutrinos (subatomic particles that have no charge and exceedingly weak interaction with matter) can be used to understanding how stars shine. They are emitted by the sun and stars during the fusion energy creation process, and most are able to pass through the Earth without being stopped. He calculated the expected output of neutrinos from the sun, which created an experimental challenge to explain the unexpected result. He won the National Medal of Science (1998) for both his contributions to the planning and development of the Hubble Space Telescope and his pioneering research in neutrino astrophysics.
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15 years anniversary
17 Aug 2010   Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928)
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