Anniversary on the 17th of January 1011

Anniversary

Date	Type		Text
100 years anniversary
17 Jan 1925	birth		Annie Delorie: Dutch opera singer (Scenes & Arias)	0
17 Jan 1925	birth		Duane Hanson: US sculptor	0
17 Jan 1925	birth		Patricia Owens, Canadian-American actress (d. 2000)	0
17 Jan 1925	birth		Edgar Ray Killen, American Ku Klux Klan organizer	0
17 Jan 1925	birth		Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer and author (d. 1996)	0
17 Jan 1925	birth		Robert Cormier, American author and journalist (d. 2000)	0
17 Jan 1925	history	WW2	Douglas MacArthur was promoted to the rank of major general, making him the youngest at that rank in the US Army.	0
17 Jan 1925	birth		Duane Hanson US sculptor	0
17 Jan 1925	birth		Annie Delorie Dutch opera singer (Scenes & Arias)	0
17 Jan 1925	birth		A H Kardar cricketer (Pakistana 1st Test captain, previously played for India)	0
17 Jan 1925	birth		Rock Hudson Winnetka IL, actor (McMillian & Wife)	0
75 years anniversary
17 Jan 1950	event		"Alive & Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 46 performances	0
17 Jan 1950	event		The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.	0
17 Jan 1950	birth		Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican author and academic	0
17 Jan 1950	event		"Alive & Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY for 46 performances	0
17 Jan 1950	event		11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities	0
50 years anniversary
17 Jan 1975	birth		Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter and producer	0
17 Jan 1975	birth		Freddy Rodriguez, American actor and producer	0
17 Jan 1975	birth		Squarepusher, English singer-songwriter	0
25 years anniversary
17 Jan 2000	death		Ion Rațiu, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1917)	0
17 Jan 2000	death		Philip Jones, English trumpet player (b. 1928)	0
20 years anniversary
17 Jan 2005	death		Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician, 3rd Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1919)	0
17 Jan 2005	death		Albert Schatz, American microbiologist and academic (b. 1920)	0
17 Jan 2005	death		Virginia Mayo, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1920)	0
17 Jan 2005	death		Charlie Bell, Australian businessman (b. 1960)	0
15 years anniversary
17 Jan 2010	event		Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, resulting in at least 200 deaths.	0
17 Jan 2010	death		Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (b. 1937)	0
17 Jan 2010	death		Michalis Papakonstantinou, Greek journalist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1919)	0
17 Jan 2010	death		Daisuke Gōri, Japanese voice actor (b. 1952)	0
17 Jan 2010	death		Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1914)	0
17 Jan 2010	death		Gaines Adams, American football player (b. 1983)	0
10 years anniversary
17 Jan 2015	death		Greg Plitt, American model and actor (b. 1977)	0
17 Jan 2015	death		Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1924)	0
17 Jan 2015	death		Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (b. 1931)	0
17 Jan 2015	death		Ken Furphy, English footballer and manager (b. 1931)	0
17 Jan 2015	death		Origa, Russian-Japanese singer (b. 1970)	0

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