Discover what happened on 8 January 1917 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Births
- Clemente Isnard (Catholic bishop (1917–2011))
- Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor (American writer (1917–1994))
- George Forsythe (Stanford University computer scientist (1917-1972))
- Henry Mark (American interior designer)
- Richard Schwab (German association football player (1917–1981))
- Len Younce (American football player (1917-2000))
- Mahmoud Riad (Egyptian diplomat and 3rd Secretary-General of the Arab League (1917–1992))
- Jacqueline Marbaux (French actress (1917–1999))
- Zagir Ismagilov (Bashkir composer (1916–2003))
- Igor Skorin (Russian writer (1917-1998))
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- Rudolf Abelin
- Aḥmad Gulčīn Maʿānī (Iranian poet (1917-2000))
- Leonard Gillman (American mathematician and classical pianist)
- Stanley Prager (American actor, TV show producer, theatrical director (1917-1972))
- Sylvia Agnes Sophia Tait (English biochemist and endocrinologist (1917–2003))
- Gerardo Melo Mourão (Brazilian writer and poet (1917-2007))
- Ludwig Bertram
- Saburō Tamura (agricultural chemist in Japan)
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- Aleksandra Popova (Soviet actress (1916—2004))
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- Haykaz Mesiayan (Armenian musician, conductor, pedagogue)
- Catina Giulia Dazzini (Italian Esperantist)
- Hasse Billman
- Norman Scott-Young (Australian politician)
- Bosa Stojadinović (Serbian actress)
- Gérard Trinité-Schillemans
- Régulo Burelli Rivas
- Keizou Hoshida
- Eveline Suzanne Hood ((1917-2006))
- Prince Burchard of Prussia ((1917-1988))
- Elspeth Mariot Ironside ((1917-2013))
- Barry Domvile ((1917-1941))
- August Polaczy
- Stanislava Strobachová
- Bohumír Bartoš
- Miroslava Mattušová
- Bohumil Matula (Czechoslovak teacher)
- Wilfred Thorpe (American football guard and linebacker)
- Antonio Andere Dáher (Mexican sports journalist (1917-2004))
- Eric Anderson Turner (Scottish surgeon)
- Eduard Synek (Holocaust victim (born 1917))
- János Szabó (Hungarian basketball coach, sportswriter (1917–1986))
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- János Zsombor (Hungarian journalist, translator)
- William Norman Reed (American fighter pilot (1917–1944))
- Josino de Brito Campos (person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection)
- Antje van Geest (Dutch Righteous Among the Nations)