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| August 17th, 2007 (August 17 2007) | Death | Bill Deedes, British journalist and politician (born in 1913) | |
| August 17th, 2007 (August 17 2007) | Death | Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (born in 1982) | |
| August 17th, 1987 (August 17 1987) | Death | Rudolf Hess, Nazi deputy (born in 1894) | Rudolf Hess Quotes |
| August 17th, 1987 (August 17 1987) | Death | Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor (born in 1929) | |
| August 17th, 1977 (August 17 1977) | Birth | Thierry Henry, French footballer | |
| August 17th, 1977 (August 17 1977) | Birth | Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer | |
| August 17th, 1977 (August 17 1977) | Birth | William Gallas, French footballer | |
| August 17th, 1967 (August 17 1967) | Birth | Kevin Max, American singer (dc_talk) | |
| August 17th, 1957 (August 17 1957) | Birth | Robin Cousins, British figure skater | |
| August 17th, 1947 (August 17 1947) | Event | The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed. | |
| August 17th, 1947 (August 17 1947) | Birth | Gary Talley, American guitarist (Box Tops) | |
| August 17th, 1947 (August 17 1947) | Birth | Sylvia Nasar, German-born American economist and author | |
| August 17th, 1907 (August 17 1907) | Event | Pike Place Market, the longest continuously-running public farmers market in the US, opened in Seattle. | |
| August 17th, 1887 (August 17 1887) | Birth | Marcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black rights activist (died in 1940) | |
| August 17th, 1887 (August 17 1887) | Birth | Charles I of Austria (died in 1922) | |
| August 17th, 1807 (August 17 1807) | Event | Robert Fulton s first American steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world. | |
| August 17th, 1657 (August 17 1657) | Death | Robert Blake, British admiral (born in 1599) | |
