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Pages in category "Lists of musicians by birthday" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 365 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [ O.S. January 6, 1705] [Note 1] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. [1] Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the ...
April 17 is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 258 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
Known also as Murad Reis, originally Dutch, he was a fighter in Morocco who converted to Islam after being captured by a Moorish state in 1618. He began serving as a Navy fighter, one of the most famous of the 17th-century "Salé Rovers" Zheng Jing: 1643–1682 1662–1682 China Chinese pirate and warlord.
Four presidents died in office of natural causes (William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated ( Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy ), and one resigned ( Richard Nixon, facing impeachment and removal from office). [9]
Bill Viola, 73, American video artist, complications from Alzheimer's disease. [58] Ruth Westheimer, 96, German-American sex therapist and Holocaust survivor. [59] Evan Wright, 59, American journalist and author ( Generation Kill, Hella Nation, American Desperado ), suicide by gunshot.
The group is also extended to include some early colonial American ministers and important lay-leaders. The majority of people in this list were mainstream Puritans, adhering strictly to the doctrine of Predestination. The more moderate ones, who tended towards Arminianism, have the label "Arminian" behind their names.
1928 - Death of Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1868) 1934 - Birth of Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician (d. 2007) 1995 - Death of Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist (b. 1908) April 3: 1529 - Birth of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)