Events of the day 17 August

Events of the day 16 August

Events of the day 18 August

Celebrations 17 August

1963:

Was born Ruxandra Cesereanu.

I1949:

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.

1843:

Was born Alexandre Lacassagne.

Commemorations 17 August

1925:

Died Ioan Slavici.

1676:

Died Hans Jacob von Grimmelshausen.

1969:

Died Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

1973:

Died Conrad Aiken.

1983:

Died Ira Gershwin.