February 17

Birthdays

  • 1723
    Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination
  • 1774
    Raphael Peale, American painter
  • 1781
    Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe Laennec, invented stethoscope
  • 1844
    A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order a nice business
  • 1857
    Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor & publisher
  • 1874
    Thomas J. Watson Sr., founder of IBM
  • 1888
    Otto Stern, physicist (Nobel 1943)
  • 1902
    Marian Anderson, operatic contralto
  • 1908
    Red (Walter L) Barber, sports announcer
  • 1924
    Margaret Truman, daughter of Harry S
  • 1925
    Hal Holbrook, Actor
  • 1929
    Chaim Potok, novelist
  • 1934
    Alan Bates, Actor (Zorba the Greek)
  • 1936
    Jim Brown, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns)
  • 1942
    Huey Newton, Black Panther leader
  • 1945
    Pat Morrow, in Los Angeles - Peyton Place
  • 1947
    Dodie Stevens
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