Died on This Day (17-May)
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Herman Wouk | Herman Wouk was an American author best known for historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny which won the Pulitzer Prize. | American author | 103 | 1 |
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Rhodri Morgan | Hywel Rhodri Morgan was a Welsh Labour politician who was the First Minister of Wales and the Leader of the Welsh Labour Party from 2000 to 2009. | First Minister of Wales | 77 | 3 |
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Jorge Rafael Videla | Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo was a General Commander of the Army, member of military junta and dictator of Argentina for five years. | President of Argentina | 87 | 7 |
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Harmon Killebrew | Harmon Clayton Killebrew Jr. , nicknamed ’The Killer’ and ’Hammerin' Harmon’, was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder. | Professional baseball player | 74 | 9 |
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Frank Gorshin | Frank John Gorshin Jr. was an American character actor, impressionist, and comedian. | Actor/comedian | 72 | 15 |
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Gerhard Schöpfel | Gerhard Schöpfel was a German World War II Luftwaffe 45-victory flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . | German flying ace | 90 | 17 |
| Geoffrey Dickens | Geoffrey Kenneth Dickens was a British Conservative politician. | British Conservative MP | 63 | 25 | |
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Teddy Shapou | Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Shapou was an American fighter pilot of World War II. | American aviator | 66 | 35 |
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Sven Erixson | Sven "X-et" Leonard Erixson , was a Swedish painter and sculptor. | Swedish painter | 70 | 50 |
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Ferenc Bihar | Ferenc Bihar de Barabásszeg was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence between 1905 and 1906, during the Hungarian Constitutional Crisis of 1905. | Hungarian politician | 72 | 100 |
| Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniversary | |
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Richard Pipes | Richard Edgar Pipes was an American academic who specialized in Russian history, particularly with respect to the Soviet Union, who espoused a strong anti-communist point of view throughout his career. | Polish-American historian | 94 | 2 |
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Guy Clark | Guy Charles Clark was an American folk and country singer-songwriter and luthier. | American folk and country singer | 74 | 4 |
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Donna Summer | {{Infobox musical artist| name = Donna Summer| image = Donna Summer . | American singer-songwriter | 63 | 8 |
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Richard Gregory | Richard Langton Gregory was a British psychologist and Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol. | British psychologist | 86 | 10 |
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Tony Randall | Anthony Leonard Randall was an American actor, comedian and singer. | Actor | 84 | 16 |
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Donald Coggan | Frederick Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan, was the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury from 1974 to 1980. | Archbishop of Canterbury | 90 | 20 |
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Manuel Anatol | Manuel Anatol Aristegi was a naturalized French professional football player. | Footballer | 87 | 30 |
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Erling Brene | Niels Erling Emmanuel Brene was a Danish composer. | Danish composer | 83 | 40 |
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Robert 'Wheezer' Hutchins | Robert E. Hutchins was an American child actor who was a regular in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927 to 1933. | American child actor | 20 | 75 |
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Peter Hardeman Burnett | Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and the first elected governor of California, serving from December 20, 1849, to January 9, 1851, and the first to resign from office. | Governor of California | 87 | 125 |