Events on October 17, 2011
Arthur, Jean (Birth Date)Ewing, Buck (Birth Date)
Food and Drug Interaction Education and Awareness Week
Hammon, Jupiter (300th Birth Anniversary)
"The Hollywood Squares" TV Premiere (45th Anniversary)
Jamaica: National Heroes Day
Johnson, Richard Mentor (Birth Date)
Knieval, Robert Craig, Jr (Birth Date)
Miller, Arthur (Birth Date)
Mulligan Day
National Boss Day
National Cake Decorating Day
National School Bus Safety Week
Pope John Paul I (Birth Date)
San Francisco 1989 Earthquake
300 Millionth American Born (5th Anniversary)
United Nations: International Day for the Eradication Of Poverty
Virgin Islands: Hurricane Thanksgiving Day
Birthdays on October 17, 2011
Ernie Els, 42, golfer, born Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct 17, 1969.Eminem, 39, musician, rapper, actor, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III at Kansas City, MO, Oct 17, 1972.
Beverly Garland, 85, actress (“My Three Sons,” “Port Charles”), born Beverly Fessenden at Santa Cruz, CA, Oct 17, 1926.
Mae Jemison, 55, scientist, astronaut, born Decatur, AL, Oct 17, 1956.
Margot Kidder, 63, actress (Superman films, The Amityville Horror), born Yellowknife, NT, Canada, Oct 17, 1948.
Norm Macdonald, 48, comedian, actor (“Saturday Night Live,” “Norm”), born Quebec City, QC, Canada, Oct 17, 1963.
Michael McKean, 64, actor (“Laverne & Shirley,” This Is Spinal Tap), born New York, NY, Oct 17, 1947.
Richard Roeper, 52, newspaper columnist, film reviewer (“Ebert & Roeper and the Movies”), born Chicago, IL, Oct 17, 1959.
George Wendt, 63, actor (“Cheers,” “The Naked Truth”), born Chicago, IL, Oct 17, 1948.
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