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What Happened On 17th August 1971 In History

August 17th (1971) was a Tuesday. It's the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 136 days left to the end of the year.

Famous Birthdays on August 17 in 1971

  • » Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza, Mexican drug lord (d. 2013)
  • » Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
  • » Ed Motta, Brazilian singer and keyboard player
  • » Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican baseball player
  • » Shaun Rehn, Australian footballer and coach

August 17th Famous Deaths for 1971

  • » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Makuuchi Yokozuna known as Yokozuna (b. 1914)
  • » Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)

August 17th Holidays in History

  • » Christian Calendar of saints or Feast Day:
  • » Clare of Montefalco known as Clare of the Cross
  • » Hyacinth of Poland
  • » Johann Gerhard (Lutheran)
  • » Mammes of Caesarea (Catholic Church)
  • » Samuel Johnson, Timothy Cutler (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • » August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » List of national independence days called Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.
  • » Portunes called Portunalia (Roman Empire)
  • » Public holidays in Slovenia e.g Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)

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World History for the 17th August