Gotta start off Hump day properly!
132,103 People
February 17, 1972
Unusual Deaths in 1972
Leslie harvey, guitarist of stone the crows was electrocuted on stage by a live microphone.
Natural disasters in 1972
1972 Portland-Vancouver Tornado
People who died on February 17 (various years)
2007 - Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator
2007 - Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter
2007 - Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler
2007 - Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer
2006 - Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills)
2006 - Harold Hunter, American professional skateboarder
2006 - Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician
2005 - Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer
2005 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor
2004 - José López Portillo, President of Mexico
2001 - Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager
2001 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman
1998 - Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist
1998 - Ernst Jünger, German author
1997 - Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter
1996 - Hervé Bazin, French writer
1994 - Randy Shilts, American author and activist
1990 - Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1990 - Erik Rhodes, American actor
1989 - Lefty Gomez, American baseball player
1982 - Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor
1982 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist
1982 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire
1977 - Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop
1970 - Alfred Newman, American film composer
1970 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel laureate
1962 - Bruno Walter, German conductor
1961 - Nita Naldi, American actress
1958 - Hugh McCrae, Australian writer
1943 - Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter
1943 - Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer
1939 - Willy Hess, German violinist
1934 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player
1934 - King Albert I of Belgium
1919 - Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada
1912 - Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer
1909 - Geronimo, Apache leader
1890 - Christopher Sholes, American inventor
1883 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary
1883 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer
1874 - Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician
1856 - Heinrich Heine, German writer
1854 - John Martin, English painter
1841 - Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist
1780 - Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian
1768 - Arthur Onslow, English politician
1732 - Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist
1715 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist
1680 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist
1680 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer
1673 - Molière, French playwright
1659 - Abel Servien, French diplomat
1624 - Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian
1609 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
1600 - Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake)
1596 - Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar
1371 - Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
1339 - Otto, Duke of Austria
440 - Mesrop Mashtots
364 - Jovian, Roman Emperor
197 - Clodius Albinus, Roman usurper (killed in battle)
February 17, 1972
Unusual Deaths in 1972
Leslie harvey, guitarist of stone the crows was electrocuted on stage by a live microphone.
Natural disasters in 1972
1972 Portland-Vancouver Tornado
People who died on February 17 (various years)
2007 - Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator
2007 - Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter
2007 - Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler
2007 - Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer
2006 - Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills)
2006 - Harold Hunter, American professional skateboarder
2006 - Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician
2005 - Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer
2005 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor
2004 - José López Portillo, President of Mexico
2001 - Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager
2001 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman
1998 - Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist
1998 - Ernst Jünger, German author
1997 - Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter
1996 - Hervé Bazin, French writer
1994 - Randy Shilts, American author and activist
1990 - Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1990 - Erik Rhodes, American actor
1989 - Lefty Gomez, American baseball player
1982 - Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor
1982 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist
1982 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire
1977 - Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop
1970 - Alfred Newman, American film composer
1970 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel laureate
1962 - Bruno Walter, German conductor
1961 - Nita Naldi, American actress
1958 - Hugh McCrae, Australian writer
1943 - Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter
1943 - Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer
1939 - Willy Hess, German violinist
1934 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player
1934 - King Albert I of Belgium
1919 - Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada
1912 - Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer
1909 - Geronimo, Apache leader
1890 - Christopher Sholes, American inventor
1883 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary
1883 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer
1874 - Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician
1856 - Heinrich Heine, German writer
1854 - John Martin, English painter
1841 - Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist
1780 - Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian
1768 - Arthur Onslow, English politician
1732 - Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist
1715 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist
1680 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist
1680 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer
1673 - Molière, French playwright
1659 - Abel Servien, French diplomat
1624 - Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian
1609 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
1600 - Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake)
1596 - Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar
1371 - Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
1339 - Otto, Duke of Austria
440 - Mesrop Mashtots
364 - Jovian, Roman Emperor
197 - Clodius Albinus, Roman usurper (killed in battle)