Events of the day 17 August
Celebrations 17 August
1963:
Was born Ruxandra Cesereanu.
1949:
Was born Ion Hadârcă.
1872:
Was born Traian Vuia.
1941:
Was born Ibrahim Babangida.
1943:
Was born Robert De Niro.
1960:
Was born Sean Penn.
1882:
Was born Samuel Goldwyn.
1893:
Was born Mae West.
1930:
Was born Ted Hughes.
1938:
Was born Andrei Burac.
1986:
Was born Miruna Vlada.
Commemorations 17 August
1925:
Has died Ioan Slavici.
1676:
Has died Hans Jacob von Grimmelshausen.
1969:
Has died Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
1973:
Has died Conrad Aiken.
1983: