February 17
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[edit] Births
- 1942- Huey Newton, Black Panther
[edit] Deaths
- 197 - Clodius Albinus, would-be Roman emperor (killed in battle)
- 364 - Jovian, Roman emperor (b. ca. 332)
- 1339 - Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria
- 1600 - Giordano Bruno, Italian religious reformer (burned at the stake) (b. 1548)
- 1673 - Molière, French playwright (b. 1622)
- 1680 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (b. 1637)
- 1854 - John Martin, English painter
- 1856 - Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. 1797)
- 1883 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist, composer (b. 1806)
- 1909 - Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829)
- 1919 - Wilfrid Laurier, seventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
- 1934 - King Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
- 1943 - Armand J. Piron, jazz musician (b. 1888)
- 1962 - Bruno Walter, German conductor (b. 1876)
- 1962 - Joseph Kearns, American actor
- 1970 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer (b. 1888)
- 1982 - Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist (b. 1917)
- 1982 - Lee Strasberg, acting teacher, actor
- 1994 - Randy Shilts, author, AIDS activist
- 1998 - Ernst Jünger, militaristic German author (b. 1895)
- 2001 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed, Nation of Islam spokesman
- 2004 - José López Portillo, former president of Mexico (b. 1920)
- 2005 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish film actor (b. 1919)
- 2005 - Nicephore Soglo, former President of Benin
[edit] Events
- 1972 - U.S. President Richard Nixon visits China.
