February 17
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Art and culture
- 1913 - The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
Births
- 1766 - Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (d. 1834)
- 1821 - Lola Montez, Mexican dancer (d. 1861)
- 1863 - Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)
- 1934 - Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003)
- 1942 - Huey P. Newton, American political activist (d. 1989)
- 1971 - Denise Richards, American actress
- 1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress
Deaths
- 1600 - Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. 1548)
- 1673 - Molière, French playwright (b. 1622)
- 1715 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (b. 1646)
- 1856 - Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. 1797)
- 1961 - Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1897)
- 1982 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917)
- 1996 - Hervé Bazin, French writer (b. 1911)
- 1997 - Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter
- 1998 - Ernst Jünger, German author (b. 1895)
- 1998 - Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (b. 1921)
- 2001 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (b. 1948)
- 2001 - Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (b. 1933)
- 2004 - José López Portillo, President of Mexico (b. 1920)
- 2005 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919)
- 2005 - Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
- 2006 - Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)
- 2006 - Harold Hunter, American professional skateboarder (b. 1974)
- 2006 - Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948)
- 2007 - Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
- 2007 - Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
- 2007 - Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
- 2007 - Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1910)
Notes
Becquer
Heinrich Heine
Giordano Bruno
Armory Show
Emmy Hennings
Lola Montez
Autonomia Operaia
Jean Servais
Nita Naldi
Berlin International Film Festival
Molière
Antoine Galland
Black Panthers (film)
Huey P. Newton
Ernst Jünger
Julien Torma
Norris Embry
A l'Etoile scellée
Paris Hilton
Hervé Bazin
Hans Hofmann
Alan Bates
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