August 17 – A Day as Today - Historical Facts and Curiosities!

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In the Gregorian Calendar, August 17 is the 229th
(Two-hundredth twentieth ninth) day of the year.

There are 136 days left until the end of 2021!

Quote of the Day…

The library destined for universal education is more powerful than our armies.

— José de San Martín
Spanish-Argentine Revolutionary (died August 17, 1850)

Events that Happened “A Day as Today”

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August 17 – A Day as Today – Events

986: in the battle of Trajan’s Gate, the Bulgarians – under the command of Samuel and Aaron of Bulgaria – destroy the Byzantine army – under the command of Basil II, who manages to escape.
1424: near the village of Vernuil (France) ―in the framework of the Hundred Years War―, the French troops (who had taken the town) are defeated in the battle of Verneuil by the English army, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the English longbow.
1462: the Taking of Gibraltar begins by which the Castilian-Leonese kingdom will conquer Gibraltar from the Nasrid.
1668: in Anatolia (Turkey) an earthquake of magnitude 8 on the magnitude scale at the moment leaves 8,000 dead.
1689: The “Glorious Return” (in French “Glorieuse rentrée”) begins, thus known as the episode of the return of the Waldensians to the valleys of the Alps in Piedmont, where they had lived for centuries and from which they had been expelled three years earlier. .
1740: in Rome, Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini is elected pope and takes the name of Benedict XIV.
1756: in Padua (Italy) a tornado is registered (possibly an F3).
1813: the combat of Quirihue takes place between the royalist forces of the Chilean Juan Antonio Olate and the Chilean patriotic forces under the command of José Joaquín Prieto.
1831: in Mataojo, near the mouth of the Arapey River, the Uruguayan soldier Bernabé Rivera (1795-1832) with about 1,200 white soldiers attacked several Uruguayan artiguista families by surprise, killing about 15 people. The survivors are sold as slaves in Montevideo.
1850: to the northeast of the Yucatan peninsula (Mexico), several fishing families founded the village of Dolores, today known as Isla Mujeres.
1853: in Mexico, President Santa Anna issues a decree to establish the First Veterinary School.
1862: in the United States – in the framework of the Civil War – General J. E. B. Stuart is appointed commander-in-chief of the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
1865: in the vicinity of the Argentine town of Paso de los Libres (province of Corrientes) the troops of the Triple Alliance (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay) fight the battle of Yatay against the Paraguayan troops.
1883: the national anthem of the Dominican Republic is presented.
1908: Fantasmagorie, the first animated film, created by Émile Cohl, is presented in Paris.
1914: near Nesterov (Russia) – in the framework of the First World War (1914-1918), German forces (commanded by General Hermann von François) defeat Russian forces (commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf) in battle of Stallupönen.
1916: the Treaty of Bucharest is signed; Romania enters the First World War.
1917: The film The Soul Herder, directed by Jack Ford and starring Harry Carey, is released.
1918: in the Soviet Union, the Bolshevik leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
1918: The first American Martin MB-1 bomber makes its first flight.
1930: in the city of San Sebastián the Pact of San Sebastián is signed in which all the Spanish republican parties agree on the strategy to end the monarchy of Alfonso XIII and proclaim the Second Spanish Republic.
1936: in the framework of the Spanish Civil War, the battle of Sierra Guadalupe begins, for which the republican army suffers a new defeat in the area of Guadalupe, Trujillo and Navalmoral de la Mata.
1939: in Germany – in the framework of the Second World War (1939-1945) – the 206th Infantry Division is formed.
1942: in the Gilbert Islands (belonging to Kiribati) US marines land on the island of Makin (Butaritari).
1943: in Sicily – in the framework of World War II – the 7th United States Army under the command of General George S. Patton arrives in Messina. A few hours later, General Bernard Montgomery’s 8th British Army would arrive, completing Operation Husky, the Allied conquest of Sicily.
1943: Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and William Lyon Mackenzie King meet in Quebec (Canada) –in the framework of World War II.
1945: George Orwell publishes his novel Farm Rebellion.
1945: another neocolonial stronghold falls: the Indonesians drive out the Dutch invaders. Sukarno becomes president of the republic (Indonesian Declaration of Independence). The Dutch government did not recognize independence until 1949.
1947: The Radcliffe Line, the border between India and Pakistan, is created.
1949: in Santiago de Chile, Carabineros represses a demonstration that had been taking place the day before (Revuelta de la Chaucha).
1958: Pioneer 0 marks the first attempt at launching a lunar rocket.
1959: in the state of Montana (United States) an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 shakes Yellowstone National Park, creating Lake Quake.
1960: in Africa, Gabon becomes independent from France.
1960: Edgardo Manuel Tro in a student act at the Colegio Nacional Sarmiento, in Buenos Aires (Argentina) Lnik, a 15-year-old student, is wounded by bullets from an anti-Semitic attack in retaliation for the capture of the Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
1970: the Soviet Union launches the Venera 7 space probe to the planet Venus, which will land and transmit data from its surface.
1977: the film That Dark Object of Desire, by Luis Buñuel, is released in France.
1982: the compact disc (CD) begins to be marketed in Germany.
1988: President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, American Ambassador Arnold Raphel and General Herbert Wassom (director of the military mission) die in a plane crash in Bahawalpur (Pakistan).
1989: Argentina enacts the State Reform Law, which begins a privatization process in the country.
1993: the Spanish Latin pop singer Alejandro Sanz, launches his album entitled Si tú me miras.
1998: In the United States, President Bill Clinton admits in testimony to having had “improper physical relations” with White House fellow Monica Lewinsky (Lewinsky case).
2002: in the city of Dresden (Germany), the overflow of the Elbe river reaches the same level as the historical flood of March 31, 1845.
2004: César Costa is appointed UNICEF ambassador for Mexico.
2016: Patrick Nogueira murders his two uncles and his two cousins in the town of Pioz, Guadalajara, Spain in the chalet where the family lived
2017: in Barcelona and Cambrils (Spain) there are two terrorist attacks that kill 16 people, in addition to numerous injuries.
2018: Ariana Grande releases her fourth studio album, Sweetener.
2020: Paraguay goes through 160 days in smart quarantine within the framework of CoVid-19.

Who was Born “A Day as Today”?

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August 17 – A Day as Today – Births

1465: Filibertoy I, Savoyard aristocrat (d. 1482).
1473: Richard of Shrewsbury, English aristocrat (d. 1483).
1578: Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660).
1586: Johannes Valentinus Andreae, German theologian (d. 1654).
1592: Arnaud Oihenart, French politician and jurist (d. 1667).
1601: Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (d. 1665).
1603: Lennart Torstenson, Swedish military man and engineer (d. 1651).
1629: John III Sobieski, Polish King (d. 1696).
1656: Mary Magdalene of Habsburg, Austrian aristocrat (d. 1669).
1686: Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768).
1699: Bernard de Jussieu, French physician and botanist (d. 1777).
1710: Louis Coulon de Villiers, French military man (d. 1757).
1718: Francis Willis, British physician (d. 1807).
1737: Antoine Parmentier, French agronomist (d. 1813).
1743: Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, German zoologist and philosopher (d. 1815).
1753: Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828).
1753: Matvei Platov, Russian military man (d. 1818).
1755 – Thomas Stothard, British painter (d. 1834).
1760: Luis Antonio Flores y Pereyra, Spanish sailor (d. 1816).
1761 – William Carey, British missionary (d. 1834).
1768: Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (d. 1800).
1769: Damián de la Santa, Spanish politician (d. 1835).
1778: Godofredo Engelmann, French writer (d. 1839).
1778: John Varley, British painter and astrologer (d. 1842).
1786: David Crockett, American hunter, politician and hero (d. 1836).
1787: Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, princess of Saxony (d. 1861).
1796: Manuel Varela Limia, Spanish military (d. 1853).
1798 – Thomas Hodgkin, British physician (d. 1866).
1799: José Luis Gómez Sánchez, Peruvian jurist and politician (d. 1881).
1800: Charles Rogier, Belgian journalist and politician (d. 1885).
1801: Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and activist (d. 1865).
1806: Johann Kaspar Mertz, Austrian composer and guitarist (d. 1856).
1807: Andrés Ibarra, Venezuelan politician (d. 1875).
1810: Mariano Saavedra, Argentine politician (d. 1883).
1811: Johannes Henricus Scholten, Dutch theologian (d. 1885).
1812: Mariano Roca de Togores y Carrasco, Spanish aristocrat, writer and politician (d. 1889).
1817: Manuel García Barzanallana, Spanish politician (d. 1892).
1828: Maria Deraismes, French activist (d. 1894).
1828: Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist (d. 1897).
1830: Richard Volkmann, German surgeon and writer (d. 1889).
1833: Joaquín Eguía Lis, Mexican professor (d. 1913).
1843: Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro, Italian priest (d. 1913).
1844: Menelik II, Ethiopian Emperor (d. 1913).
1845: Luis Roca y Boloña, Peruvian politician (d. 1902).
1852: Harald Jerichau, Danish painter (d. 1878).
1861: Ludwig von Hofmann, German painter (d. 1945).
1862: Lorenzo Siegerist, Swiss architect (d. 1938).
1864: Librado Rivera, Mexican politician and journalist (d. 1932).
1870: Liberato Marcial Rojas, Paraguayan president (d. 1922).
1872: Joaquín Xaudaró, Spanish cartoonist (d. 1933).
1875: Alejandro Vega Matus, Nicaraguan composer (d. 1937).
1876: Henri Winkelman, Dutch military man (d. 1952).
1876: Eduardo González de Hurtebise, historian and archivist of the Crown of Aragon (d. 1921).
1877: Matilda of Bavaria, German aristocrat (d. 1906).
1877: Eduardo López Ochoa, Spanish military (d. 1936).
1878: Julio Benítez Benítez, Spanish military (d. 1921).
1878: Paul Ludwig Troost, German architect (d. 1934).
1879: Samuel Goldwyn, American film producer (d. 1974).
1881: Piet Kramer, Dutch architect (d. 1961).
1886: Carlos Alberto Leumann, Argentine journalist and poet (d. 1952).
1887: Carlos I of Austria and IV of Hungary (d. 1922).
1887: Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist (d. 1940).
1888: Monty Woolley, American actor (d. 1963).
1889: Agustín Nieto Caballero, Colombian writer and psychologist (d. 1975).
1890: Harry Hopkins, American politician (d. 1946).
1891: Oliverio Girondo, Argentine poet (d. 1967).
1893: Walter Noddack, German chemist (d. 1960).
1893: Mae West, American actress (d. 1980).
1896: Hendrik de Vries, Dutch painter and writer (d. 1989).
1896: Leslie Groves, American military man (d. 1970).
1896: Lotte Jacobi, American photographer (d. 1990).
1896: Tina Modotti, Italian photographer (d. 1942).
1897: António Botto, Portuguese poet (d. 1959).
1897: Crescencia Pérez, Argentine nun (d. 1932).
1898: Matvei Zajárov, Soviet military man (d. 1972).
1899: Pepita Muñoz, Argentine actress (d. 1984).
1899: Ramón Ocando Pérez, founder of the Scout movement in Argentina (d. 1995).
1902: Ángel J. Battistessa, professor and philologist (f. 1993).
1902: Margaret Leahy, British actress (d. 1967).
1904: Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer (d. 1991).
1905: Ada Falcón, Argentine tango singer (f. 2002).
1906: José Baviera, Spanish actor (d. 1981).
1910: Roberto Kinsky, Hungarian-Argentine conductor and pianist (d. 1977).
1911: Mikhail Botvínnik, Russian chess player (d. 1995).
1912: Francesco Imberti, Italian footballer (d. 2008).
1913: Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (f. 1989).
1913: W. Mark Felt (Deep Throat), US FBI agent, informant in the Watergate scandal (d. 2008).
1913: Manuel Maciá Sempere, Spanish footballer (d. 1990).
1914: Raúl H. Castagnino, Argentine writer and critic (d. 1999).
1914: Julio Sánchez Vargas, Mexican politician (d. 2005).
1916: Pancho Córdova, Mexican actor and filmmaker (d. 1990).
1918: Evelyn Ankers, Chilean actress of American origin (d. 1985).
1919: Rafael Alfonzo Ravard, Venezuelan soldier and businessman (d. 2006).
1920: George Duvivier, American double bass player and composer (d. 1985).
1920: Maureen O’Hara, Irish actress (d. 2015).
1921: Juan Carlos Lazzarino, Uruguayan musicologist (d. 2007).
1922: Susana Guízar, Mexican actress (f. 1997).
1923: Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan plastic artist (f. 2019).
1923: Larry Rivers, American artist (d. 2002).
1924: Stanley L. Jaki, Hungarian priest (d. 2009).
1924: Paul Noel, American basketball player (d. 2005).
1924: Alfred of Prussia Saxony Altenburg, German aristocrat (d. 2013).
1926: George Melly, British singer (d. 2007).
1926: Jean Poiret, French actor and filmmaker (d. 1992).
1926: Jiang Zemin, Chinese politician, president of China between 1993 and 2003.
1927: Tomás Polanco Alcántara, Venezuelan writer and politician (f. 2002).
1927: Keith Whinnom, British historian (d. 1986).
1929: Francis Gary Powers, American pilot (d. 1977).
1930: Ted Hughes, British writer (d. 1998).
1930: Cristina Morán, Uruguayan announcer and actress.
1931: Tito García, Spanish actor (f. 2003).
1931: Antonio Enríquez Savignac, Mexican politician (d. 2007).
1932: Vincent Batbedat, French sculptor (d. 2010).
1932: Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, British writer, 2001 Nobel Prize winner for literature (d. 2018).
1932: Jean-Jacques Sempé, Belgian cartoonist.
1933: Ken Sears, American basketball player.
1933: Glenn Corbett, American actor (d. 1993).
1933: Gene Kranz, American engineer, director of NASA.
1934: Miguel Primo de Rivera y Urquijo, Spanish lawyer and politician.
1934: Ricard Salvat, Spanish playwright and director (d. 2009).
1936: Henri De Wolf, Belgian cyclist.
1936: Marysole Wörner Baz, Mexican plastic artist.
1936: Margaret Hamilton, American mathematical and computational scientist. She had an essential role during the Apollo Space Program.
1937: Germán Pomares, Nicaraguan revolutionary (d. 1979).
1937: Diego Seguí, Cuban baseball player.
1938: Manuel Vega-Arango, Spanish footballer.
1939: Ed Sanders, American writer, singer and activist.
1940: Alberto Cid, Uruguayan doctor and politician.
1940: Eduardo Mignogna, Argentine filmmaker (d. 2006).
1940: Juan Castro Nalli, Peruvian composer.
1941: Ibrahim Babangida, politician and 8th Nigerian president.
1941: Lothar Bisky, German politician.
1941: Agapito Ramos, Spanish politician.
1941: Germán Riesco Zañartu, Chilean politician.
1942: Roy Chaderton, Venezuelan politician.
1942: Federico Granja Ricalde, Mexican politician.
1942: José María Muriá, Mexican historian.
1943: Robert De Niro, American actor.
1943: Juan María Medina Ayllón, Spanish sculptor.
1943: Nikolai Shmatko, Ukrainian sculptor.
1944: Carlos Heriberto Astudillo, Argentine guerrilla (f. 1972).
1944: Larry Ellison, American magnate.
1944: Bobby Murdoch, Scottish footballer and coach (d. 2001).
1946: Patrick Manning, politician and 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
1946: Ángel Romero, Spanish guitarist.
1946: Miguel José Yacamán, Mexican physicist.
1947: Mohamed Abdelaziz, Saharawi politician (d. 2016).
1947: Blanca Ibáñez, Venezuelan politician.
1947: Sylvia Nasar, German-American economist.
1947: Pedro Ruiz, humorist, artist and Spanish television presenter.
1948: Enrique Accorsi, Chilean politician and doctor.
1948: José María Araquistáin, Spanish footballer.
1948: Marco Antonio Vargas Díaz, Costa Rican economist and politician.
1949: Norm Coleman, American politician.
1949: Claudia Dammert, Peruvian actress.
1949: Julian Fellowes, British actor, director and writer.
1949: Xesús Palmou, Galician politician.
1950: Luis Eduardo Arango, Colombian actor.
1951: Mario Callejo, Argentine aviator.
1951: Richard Hunt, American puppeteer, from The Muppets (d. 1992).
1951: Robert Joy, Canadian actor.
1952: Heiner Goebbels, German composer.
1952: Nelson Piquet, Brazilian Formula 1 driver.
1952: Mario Theissen, director of the German automobile team.
1952: Guillermo Vilas, Argentine tennis player.
1953: Herta Müller, Romanian-German writer, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009.
1953: María del Socorro González Elizondo, Mexican botanist.
1954: Ingrid Daubechies, Belgian mathematician.
1954: Eric Johnson, American guitarist.
1954: Dragan Kićanović, Serbian basketball player.
1954: Edgardo Luis Paruzzo, Argentine footballer.
1954: Andrés Pastrana, president of Colombia, between 1998 and 2002.
1954: Antonio Ríos, Argentine musician.
1955: Richard Hilton, American businessman.
1955: Roberto Sepúlveda, Chilean doctor.
1956: Fabio Armiliato, Italian tenor.
1956: Mario Mazzitelli, Argentine politician.
1956: Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist.
1957: Franché Coma, American guitarist, of the band The Misfits.
1957: Rabih Abou-Khalil, Lebanese singer-songwriter.
1957: Javier López de Guereña, Spanish musician and composer.
1957: Ricardo Mollo, Argentine singer and guitarist, of the band Divididos.
1958: Michael Brooks, American basketball player.
1958: Belinda Carlisle, American singer.
1959: Jonathan Franzen, American writer.
1959: José De Gregorio, Chilean economist.
1959: David Koresh, American religious leader (d. 1993).
1959: Kate McNeil, American actress.
1959: Rafael Menjívar Ochoa, Salvadoran writer (d. 2011).
1960: Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer, of the band Grauzone.
1960: Miquel Iceta, Spanish politician.
1960: Jorge Mori Igoa, Spanish politician.
1960: Héctor de Malba, Colombian actor and director.
1960: Sean Penn, American actor and filmmaker.
1961: Eugenio Weinbaum, Argentine television presenter.
1962: Gilby Clarke, American musician, of the band Guns N ‘Roses.
1962: Pedro Gomez, American sports journalist (d. 2021).
1963: Jan Heintze, Danish footballer.
1963: Maritza Martén, Cuban athlete.
1964: Salvatore Mancuso, Colombian paramilitary and drug trafficker.
1964: Jorginho, Brazilian soccer player and coach.
1965: Sergio Vargas Buscalia, Chilean footballer.
1966: Rodney Mullen, American skater.
1967: Pilar Cabero, Spanish writer.
1967: David Conrad, American actor.
1967: Toby Jones, British actor.
1968: José Luis Ballester Tuliesa, Spanish sailor.
1968: Miriam Cruz, Dominican singer of merengue music.
1968: Andrew Koenig, American actor, director and writer (d. 2010).
1968: Helen McCrory, British actress.
1968: Enrique Ocrospoma Pella, Peruvian politician.
1968: Roberto Vallejos, Argentine actor.
1968: Anthony E. Zuiker, American television producer.
1969: Daniela Castro, Mexican actress and singer.
1969: Christian Laettner, American basketball player.
1969: Antonio Sanint, Colombian humorist.
1969: Massimo Strazzer, Swiss cyclist.
1969: Donnie Wahlberg, American actor and singer, of the band New Kids on the Block.
1970: Maru Botana, cook and Argentine television presenter.
1970: Carlos Alberto Castro, Colombian footballer.
1970: Jim Courier, American tennis player.
1970: Øyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer.
1970: Gian Marco, Peruvian singer.
1971: Ed Motta, Brazilian musician.
1971: Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican baseball player.
1971: Filippo Simeoni, Italian cyclist.
1972: Chiquinquirá Delgado, Venezuelan presenter.
1972: Ken Ryker, American pornographic actor.
1973: Cristina Pérez, Argentine journalist.
1974: Joel Sánchez Ramos, Mexican soccer player.
1974: Giuliana Rancic, Italian television presenter.
1975: İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer.
1976: Scott Halberstadt, American actor.
1976: Jhovan Tomasevich, Peruvian musician.
1977: William Gallas, French footballer.
1977: Thierry Henry, French footballer.
1977: Tarja Turunen, Finnish soprano.
1978: Jelena Karleuša, Serbian singer.
1978: Enrique de Lucas, Spanish footballer.
1978: Karena Lam, Hong Kong actress.
1978: Jaani Peuhu, Finnish composer and producer.
1978: Vibeke Stene, Norwegian singer, of the band Tristania.
1979: Julien Escudé, French footballer.
1979: Leo Jiménez, Spanish singer, of the bands Stravaganzza and Saratoga.
1979: Gabriel Sánchez Toledo, Cuban painter.
1980: Daniel Güiza, Spanish footballer.
1980: Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer.
1980: Mábel Lara, Colombian journalist.
1980: Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer-songwriter.
1981: Helen Lindes, Spanish model.
1981: Jayna Oso, American porn actress.
1982: Melissa Anderson, American fighter.
1982: Phil Jagielka, British footballer.
1982: Hugo Lusardi, Paraguayan soccer player.
1982: Mark Salling, American actor and singer.
1982: Karim Ziani, French footballer.
1982: Hassan Abdel-Fattah, Jordanian footballer.
1983: Miguel Caneo, Argentine footballer.
1983: Martín Minadevino, Argentine footballer.
1983: Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player.
1984: Dee Brown, American basketball player.
1984: Rodri, Spanish footballer.
1985: Yū Aoi, Japanese actress.
1985: Wendy González, Mexican actress.
1986: Marcus Berg, Swedish footballer.
1986: Rudy Gay, American basketball player.
1986: Luis Fernando Mosquera, Colombian footballer.
1986: Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player.
1986: Fareed Majeed Ghadban, Iraqi footballer.
1987: Cristhian Lagos, Costa Rican soccer player.
1988: Brady Corbet, American actor.
1988: José San Román, Argentine footballer.
1988: Erika Toda, Japanese actress.
1989: Frederick Lau, German actor.
1989: Chan Yung-jan, Chinese tennis player.
1989: Marin Aničić, Bosnian footballer.
1990: Felipe Pardo, Colombian soccer player.
1990: Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress.
1991: Austin Butler, American actor.
1991: Steven Zuber, Swiss footballer.
1991: Richardson Fernandes dos Santos, Brazilian soccer player.
1992: Edgar Salli, Cameroonian footballer.
1992: Paige, British professional wrestler.
1992: Diogo Barbosa, Brazilian soccer player.
1993: Tape Laura, German-Indonesian actress and singer.
1993: Yoo Seung-ho, South Korean actor and model.
1993: Fabian Herbers, German footballer.
1993: Matteo Politano, Italian footballer.
1993: Rodrigo Caio, Brazilian soccer player.
1994: Taissa Farmiga, American actress.
1997: Javier Avilés Cortés, Spanish footballer.
2000: Lil Pump, American rapper and singer of Colombian origin.
2009: Lexy Kolker, American child actress.

Who Left Us “A Day as Today”?

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August 17 – A Day as Today – Deaths

309: Saint Eusebius, Catholic Pope (n. ¿?).
754: Carloman, palace steward of Austrasia (b. 715).
1304 – Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243).
1510: Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII of England (b.1462).
1553: Carlos III of Savoy (b.1486).
1574: Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera, Spanish conqueror (b. 1520).
1604: Alonso de Barros, Spanish writer (b. 1552).
1631: Gonzalo Correas, Spanish philologist (b. 1571).
1642: Frederick Kettler, German aristocrat (b. 1569).
1657: Robert Blake, British admiral (b. 1599).
1673: Regnier de Graaf, German physicist and anatomist (b. 1641).
1676: Hans Jakob Christoph Von Grimmelshausen, German writer (b.1621).
1720: Anne Dacier, French philologist (b. 1654).
1723: Joseph Bingham, British scholar and writer (b.1668).
1728: José Brasanelli, Italian architect and artist (b. 1659).
1736: Juana Delanoue, French saint (b.1666).
1768: Vasili Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b.1703).
1786: Frederick II the Great, Prussian King (b. 1712).
1802: José Esteve Bonet, Spanish sculptor (b. 1741).
1807: Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1736).
1832: Pierre Daumesnil, French military man (b. 1776).
1834: Husein Gradaščević, Bosnian rebel (b.1802).
1838: José Miguel Pey, Colombian politician (b. 1763).
1838: Lorenzo da Ponte, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1749).
1848: Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779).
1850: José de San Martín, Argentine military and liberator (b. 1778).
1857: Petrona Carrera, First Lady for Life of Guatemala (b. 1817).
1864: Christopher Fratin, French sculptor (b.1801).
1869 – Andrew Jackson Grayson, American military man, artist, and ornithologist (b. 1819).
1869: Wenceslao Urrutia, Venezuelan politician (b. 1795).
1870: Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet, musician and activist (b. 1818).
1875: Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b.1827).
1880: Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (b.1810).
1886: Aleksandr Bútlerov, Russian chemist (b. 1828).
1896: Élie-Abel Carrière, French botanist (b.1818).
1899: Manuel Vicente de las Casas, Venezuelan military man (b. 1811).
1899: William Simpson, Scottish painter (b.1823).
1900: Raimundo Andueza Palacio, 24th president of Venezuela (b. 1846).
1900: Thomas Faed, Scottish painter (b.1826).
1901: Edmond Audran, French composer (b. 1842).
1903: Hans Gude, Norwegian painter (b. 1825).
1904: Luis González Balcarce, Argentine civil servant (b. 1831).
1904: Ramón Martínez Vigil, Spanish bishop (b. 1840).
1911: Martín Malharro, Argentine painter (b. 1865).
1918: Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist (b.1873).
1920: Indalecio Gómez, Argentine jurist (b. 1850).
1922: Belisario Roldán, Argentine politician and journalist (b. 1873).
1924: Paul Natorpm German philosopher (b.1854).
1924: Pável Urysón, Russian mathematician (b. 1898).
1935: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American activist and writer (b.1860).
1935 – Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b.1872).
1936: Rafael Aparicio de Arcos, Spanish politician (b. 1889).
1936: Julio Bidart, Mexican soccer player (b. 1893).
1936: Alexandre Bóveda, Galician politician (b.1903).
1936: Gonzalo Bulnes, Chilean politician (b. 1851).
1936: Adolfo Fernández-Moreda, Spanish magistrate (b. 1890).
1936: Joaquín Fanjul, Spanish military man (b. 1880).
1936: Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (b.1900).
1936: Ramón de la Sota, Spanish politician and businessman (b. 1857).
1937: Vicente Medina, Spanish writer (b. 1866).
1942: Irène Némirovsky, Ukrainian writer (b.1903).
1944: Eugénio de Castro, Portuguese writer (b. 1869).
1944: Francisco Ponzán, Spanish anarchist (b.1911).
1947: Eugene Napoleon of Sweden, Prince of Sweden and Norway (b. 1865).
1949: Julio Ugarte y Ugarte, Peruvian occult writer (b. 1890).
1949: Luis de Vargas y Soto, Spanish playwright (b. 1891).
1950: Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño, Ecuadorian historian and politician (b. 1890).
1952: Romano Calò, Italian actor (b. 1883).
1957: Pedro Padilla, Salvadoran writer (b. 1931).
1958: John Marshall, British archaeologist (b. 1876).
1958: Florent Schmitt, French composer (b. 1870).
1959: Pedro Humberto Allende, Chilean composer (b. 1885).
1959: Pierre Paulus, French painter (b. 1881).
1959: Juan Ventosa, Spanish politician and economist (b. 1879).
1962: Peter Fechter, victim of the Berlin Wall (b.1944).
1963: Richard Barthelmess, American actor (b.1895).
1964: Agustín Moreno Thief of Guevara, Chilean military man (b. 1879).
1965: Guillermo Fernández-Shaw Iturralde, Spanish lyricist (b. 1893).
1966 – Henry Joseph Round, British inventor (b.1881).
1969: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (b. 1886).
1969: Otto Stern, German-American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1943 (b. 1888).
1971: Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b.1880).
1972: Carol Ruth Karp, American mathematician (b.1926).
1973: Conrad Aiken, American writer (b. 1889).
1973: Zinaida Botschantzeva, Russian botanist (b.1907).
1974: Efrén Núñez Mata, Mexican doctor and writer (b. 1890).
1974: Aldo Palazzeschi, Italian writer (b. 1885).
1975: Georges Dandelot, French composer (b.1895).
1975: Aída Sullivan, Mexican first lady (b.1904).
1976: Maurice Herbert Dobb, British economist (b.1900).
1977: Delmer Daves, American filmmaker (b.1904).
1979: Alf Ross, Danish philosopher (b.1899).
1979: Vivian Vance, American actress (b.1909).
1979: Nicolás Zapata Aguilar, Mexican politician (b.1906).
1980: Juan José Mira, Spanish writer (b.1907).
1982: Rafael de Diego, Spanish soccer player (b.1944).
1982: Héctor Sgarbi, Uruguayan sculptor and politician (b. 1905).
1983: Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (b.1896).
1984: Hammie Nixon, American singer (b.1908).
1987: Rudolf Hess, German politician (b. 1894).
1987: Clarence Brown, American filmmaker (b.1890).
1987: Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (b.1902).
1988: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani military, President of Pakistan between 1978 and 1988 (b.1924).
1990: Óscar Izurieta Molina, Chilean military man (b.1909).
1990: Bruno Lomas, Spanish rock singer (b.1940).
1991: Don Dubbins, American actor (b.1928).
1992: Daniel Mendoza, Argentine journalist (b. 1943).
1992: Al Parker, American porn actor, director and producer (b. 1952).
1993: Albino Barra Villalobos, Chilean politician and trade unionist (b. 1906).
1994: Jack Sharkey, American boxer (b.1902).
1995: Luis Antonio Burón Barba, Spanish jurist (b. 1918).
1995: Wild Bill Davis, American composer and musician (b.1918).
1995: David Warrilow, British actor (b.1934).
1998: Lindsay Pryor, Australian botanist (b.1915).
1998: Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (b.1915).
2000: Franco Donatoni, Italian composer (b.1927).
2000: Robert Gilruth, American astronaut (b.1913).
2002: Alicia Montoya, Mexican actress (b.1920).
2003: Paulo de Carvalho Neto, Brazilian anthropologist and folklorist (b.1923).
2004: Armando Dely Valdés, Panamanian soccer player (b. 1964).
2004: Marosa di Giorgio, Uruguayan writer (b.1932).
2004: Gérard Souzay, French singer (b.1918).
2005: Freddy Alborta, Bolivian photographer (b.1932).
2005: John Bahcall, American astrophysicist (b.1934).
2006: Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b.1929).
2007: Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982).
2007: Eusebio Pérez Martín, prisoner of a Spanish concentration camp (b. 1920).
2008: Carlos Geywitz, Chilean poet (b.1948).
2008: Franco Sensi, Italian magnate (b.1926).
2010: Francesco Cóssiga, Italian politician, prime minister between 1979 and 1980 and president between 1985 and 1992 (b.1928).
2010: Alejandro Maclean, Spanish aerobatic pilot (b. 1969).
2011: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Italian filmmaker and journalist (b.1919).
2011: Ramón Valls Plana, Spanish philosopher (b.1928).
2011: Mijaela Tesleoanu, Romanian dancer and ballet teacher (b.1930).
2012: Pál Bogár, Hungarian basketball player (b.1927).
2012: Martine Franck, Belgian photographer (b.1938).
2012: Lou Martin, American pianist and composer (b.1949).
2012: Victor Poor, American engineer (b.1933).
2012: Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, Spanish filmmaker (b.1921).
2012: Simón Bonifacio Rodríguez y Rodríguez, Spanish magistrate (b.1921).
2012: Cayetano Utrera Ravassa, Spanish politician (b.1938).
2012: Amparo Cuevas, Spanish Catholic seer (b.1931).
2016: Arthur Hiller, Canadian filmmaker (b.1923).
2016: Víctor Mora, Spanish comic book writer and novelist, creator of El Capitán Trueno (b.1931).

What is Celebrated “A Day as Today”?

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August 17 – A Day as Today – Celebration

Argentina: Day of the Liberator José de San Martín.
Guatemala: Flag Day (since 1871).
Bolivia: Flag Day (since 1825).
Spain: Pinos del Valle, in the Spanish province of Granada, the last day of the patron saint festivities, there is also a fluttering of the flag.
Mexico: National Day of the Veterinary Zootechnician.
Indonesia: Independence Day.
El Salvador: Veterinary Day.

Catholic Santoral “A Day as Today”

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August 17 – A Day as Today – Catholic Santoral

Blessed Élisabeth Turgeon.
Saint Love
Saint Anastasius of Terni.
Saint Beatriz da Silva
Saint Benedicta of Lorraine
Saint Carloman
Saint Cecilia de Lorraine
Saint Clara de Montefalco
Saint Donato de Ripacandida
Saint Drithelm
Saint Elijah the Younger
Saint Eusebius pope
Saint Eusebius of Sicily
Saint Jacinto
St. James the deacon
Saint Jeron of Noordwijk
Saint Juana Delanoue
Saint Juliana of Ptolemiada
Saint Mamés
Saint Myron of Cízico
Saint Paul of Ptolemaida.
Blessed Albert of Siena
Blessed Hugo of Tennenbach
Blessed Jose Maria of Manila
Blessed Leopoldina Naudet
Blessed Natal Hilario Le Conte
Blessed Nicolás Politi.

What Sign of the Zodiac Rules those Born “A Day as Today”?

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August 17 – A Day as Today – Zodiac Sign

♌ Leo:

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Famous & Celebrities People Born “A Day as Today”

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August 17 – A Day as Today – Today’s Famous Birthdays

1943 – Robert De Niro, American actor.
1943 – Juan María Medina Ayllón, Spanish sculptor.
1943 – Nikolai Shmatko, Ukrainian sculptor.
1944 – Carlos Heriberto Astudillo, Argentine guerrilla (f. 1972).
1944 – Larry Ellison, American mogul.
1944 – Bobby Murdoch, Scottish footballer and coach (d. 2001).
1946 – Patrick Manning, politician and 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
1946 – Ángel Romero, Spanish guitarist.
1946 – Miguel José Yacamán, Mexican physicist.
1947 – Mohamed Abdelaziz, Saharawi politician.
1947 – Blanca Ibáñez, Venezuelan politician.
1947 – Sylvia Nasar, German-American economist.
1947 – Pedro Ruiz, Spanish comedian, artist and television presenter.
1948 – Enrique Accorsi, Chilean politician and doctor.
1948 – José María Araquistáin, Spanish footballer.
1948 – Marco Antonio Vargas Díaz, Costa Rican economist and politician.
1949 – Norm Coleman, American politician.
1949 – Claudia Dammert, Peruvian actress.
1949 – Julian Fellowes, British actor, director and writer.
1949 – Xesús Palmou, Galician politician.
1950 – Luis Eduardo Arango, Colombian actor.
1951 – Mario Callejo, Argentine aviator.
1951 – Robert Joy, Canadian actor.
1952 – Heiner Goebbels, German composer.
1952 – Nelson Piquet, Brazilian Formula 1 driver.
1952 – Mario Theissen, German car team manager.
1952 – Guillermo Vilas, Argentine tennis player.
1953 – Herta Müller, Romanian-German writer, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009.
1953 – María del Socorro González Elizondo, Mexican botanist.
1954 – Ingrid Daubechies, Belgian mathematician.
1954 – Eric Johnson, American guitarist.
1954 – Dragan Kićanović, Serbian basketball player.
1954 – Edgardo Luis Paruzzo, Argentine soccer player.
1954 – Andrés Pastrana, president of Colombia, between 1998 and 2002.
1954 – Antonio Ríos, Argentine musician.
1955 – Richard Hilton, American businessman.
1955 – Roberto Sepúlveda, Chilean doctor.
1956 – Fabio Armiliato, Italian tenor.
1956 – Mario Mazzitelli, Argentine politician.
1956 – Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist.
1957 – Franché Coma, American guitarist, of the band The Misfits.
1957 – Rabih Abou-Khalil, Lebanese singer-songwriter.
1957 – Javier López de Guereña, Spanish musician and composer.
1957 – Ricardo Mollo, Argentine singer and guitarist, of the band Divididos.
1958 – Michael Brooks, American basketball player.
1958 – Belinda Carlisle, American singer.
1959 – Jonathan Franzen, American writer.
1959 – José de Gregorio, Chilean economist.
1959 – David Koresh, American religious leader (d. 1993).
1959 – Kate McNeil, American actress.
1959 – Rafael Menjívar Ochoa, Salvadoran writer (d. 2011).
1959 – Chika Sakamoto, Japanese singer.
1960 – Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer, of the band Grauzone.
1960 – Miquel Iceta, Spanish politician.
1960 – Jorge Mori Igoa, Spanish politician.
1960 – Héctor de Malba, Colombian actor and director.
1960 – Sean Penn, American actor.
1961 – Eugenio Weinbaum, Argentine television presenter.
1962 – Gilby Clarke, American musician, of the band Guns N ‘Roses.
1963 – Jan Heintze, Danish footballer.
1963 – Maritza Martén, Cuban athlete.
1964 – Jorginho, Brazilian soccer player and coach.
1965 – Sergio Vargas Buscalia, Chilean soccer player.
1966 – Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder.
1967 – Pilar Cabero, Spanish writer.
1967 – David Conrad, American actor.
1967 – Toby Jones, British actor.
1968 – José Luis Ballester, Spanish sailor.
1968 – Andrew Koenig, American actor, director and writer (d. 2010).
1968 – Helen McCrory, British actress.
1968 – Alberto Moya, Argentine journalist.
1968 – Enrique Ocrospoma Pella, Peruvian politician.
1968 – Roberto Vallejos, Argentine actor.
1968 – Anthony E. Zuiker, American television producer.
1969 – Daniela Castro, Mexican actress and singer.
1969 – Christian Laettner, American basketball player.
1969 – Antonio Sanint, Colombian humorist.
1969 – Massimo Strazzer, Swiss cyclist.
1969 – Donnie Wahlberg, American actor and singer, of the band New Kids on the Block.
1970 – Maru Botana, cook and Argentine television presenter.
1970 – Carlos Alberto Castro, Colombian footballer.
1970 – Jim Courier, American tennis player.
1970 – Øyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer.
1970 – Gian Marco, Peruvian singer.
1971 – Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress.
1971 – Ed Motta, Brazilian musician.
1971 – Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican baseball player.
1971 – Filippo Simeoni, Italian cyclist.
1972 – Chiquinquirá Delgado, Venezuelan presenter.
1972 – Ken Ryker, American pornographic actor.
1973 – Cristina Pérez, Argentine journalist.
1974 – Joel Sánchez Ramos, Mexican soccer player.
1974 – Giuliana Rancic, Italian television presenter.
1975 – İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer.
1976 – Scott Halberstadt, American actor.
1976 – Jhovan Tomasevich, Peruvian musician.
1977 – William Gallas, French footballer.
1977 – Thierry Henry, French footballer.
1977 – Tarja Turunen, Finnish soprano.
1978 – Jelena Karleuša, Serbian singer.
1978 – Enrique de Lucas, Spanish footballer.
1978 – Karena Lam, actress from Hong Kong.
1978 – Jaani Peuhu, Finnish composer and producer.
1978 – Vibeke Stene, Norwegian singer, of the band Tristania.
1979 – Julien Escudé, French footballer.
1979 – Leo Jiménez, Spanish singer, of the bands Stravaganzza and Saratoga.
1979 – Gabriel Sánchez Toledo, Cuban painter.
1980 – Daniel Güiza, Spanish footballer.
1980 – Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer.
1980 – Mábel Lara, Colombian journalist.
1980 – Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer-songwriter.
1981 – Helen Lindes, Spanish model.
1981 – Jayna Oso, American porn actress.
1982 – Melissa Anderson, American wrestler.
1982 – Phil Jagielka, British footballer.
1982 – Hugo Lusardi, Paraguayan soccer player.
1982 – Mark Salling, American actor and singer.
1982 – Karim Ziani, French footballer.
1983 – Miguel Caneo, Argentine soccer player.
1983 – Martín Minadevino, Argentine soccer player.
1983 – Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player.
1984 – Dee Brown, American basketball player.
1984 – Rodri, Spanish footballer.
1985 – Yū Aoi, Japanese actress.
1986 – Marcus Berg, Swedish footballer.
1986 – Ariadne Díaz, Mexican actress.
1986 – Rudy Gay, American basketball player.
1986 – Luis Fernando Mosquera, Colombian footballer.
1986 – Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player.
1987 – Cristhian Lagos, Costa Rican soccer player.
1988 – Brady Corbet, American actor.
1988 – Erika Toda, Japanese actress.
1989 – Frederick Lau, German actor.
1989 – Chan Yung-jan, Chinese tennis player.
1990 – Felipe Pardo, Colombian soccer player.
1990 – Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress.
1991 – Austin Butler, American actor.
1992 – Edgar Salli, Cameroonian footballer.
1993 – Tape Laura, German-Indonesian actress and singer.
1994 – Taissa Farmiga, American actress.