* In 1967 then prime minister Harold Holt disappeared while swimming on 17 December and was declared presumed dead on 19 December.

* March 17 – Harold Harefoot, King of England

** The Labour Party under Harold Wilson wins the British General Election, gaining a 96-seat majority which is a great improvement upon the five-seat majority gained at the election 17 months ago.

* December 17 – Harold Holt, Australian prime minister, disappears when swimming at a beach 60 km from Melbourne.

* May 17 – The U. S. Army aviation pioneer Major Harold Geiger dies in the crash of his Airco DH. 4 de Havilland plane, at Olmsted Field, Pennsylvania.

After more speeches against the Bill during early 1969 and with left-wing Labour MPs against Lords reform as well ( they wanted its abolition ), Harold Wilson announced on 17 April that the Bill was being rescinded.

Harold Harefoot or Harold I ( c. 1015 – 17 March 1040 ) was King of England from 1035 to 1040.

Harold died at Oxford on 17 March 1040, just as Harthacnut was preparing an invasion force of Danes, and was buried at Westminster Abbey.

On the way, just outside the monastery of Mont Saint-Michel, the army become mired in quicksand and Harold saves two Norman soldiers .< sup >( scene 17 )</ sup > William's army chases Conan from Dol de Bretagne to Rennes, and Conan finally surrenders at Dinan .< sup >( scene 20 )</ sup > William gives Harold arms and armour ( possibly knighting him ) and Harold takes an oath on saintly relics .< sup >( scene 23 )</ sup > Although the writing on the tapestry explicitly states an oath is taken there is no clue as to what is being promised.

Harold Holt disappeared while swimming on 17 December 1967 and was declared presumed drowned two days later.

On September 17, 2003, Harold Kilpatrick Jr. took 18 people hostage in a classroom at Dyersburg State Community College.

Premium Bonds were first introduced by Harold Macmillan in his budget of 17 April 1956, with the aim of controlling inflation and to encourage people to save in the period after the war.

* August 17 – Harold Adamson ( 73 ), lyricist

Rock Hudson ( born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr., November 17, 1925October 2, 1985 ), was an American film and television actor.

Sir Harold Delf Gillies ( 17 June 1882 – 10 September 1960 ) was a New Zealand-born, and later London-based, otolaryngologist who is widely considered the father of plastic surgery.

Harold Bennett ( 17 September 1899 – 15 September 1981 ) was an English actor best remembered for having played ' Young Mr. Grace ' in the 1970s British sitcom Are You Being Served ?.

Harold Patrick " Pete " Reiser ( March 17, 1919 – October 25, 1981 ), nicknamed " Pistol Pete ," was an outfielder in Major League Baseball during the 1940s and early 1950s.

* 2004 – The Dumb Waiter and Other Pieces by Harold Pinter, directed by Douglas Hodge ( in his directorial debut ) and starring Toby Jones as Gus and Jason Watkins as Ben, at The Oxford Playhouse, in Oxford, from 17 to 28 February 2004.

* On November 17, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced “ charges concerning undisclosed market timing against Harold J. Baxter and Gary L. Pilgrim in the Commissions ’ pending action in federal district court in Philadelphia .” Based on these charges, Baxter and Pilgrim agreed to “ pay $ 80 million – $ 60 million in disgorgement and $ 20 million in civil penalties .”

In a memorandum sent to President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on September 17, 1958, he argued for the creation of a tripartite directorate that would put France on an equal footing with the United States and the United Kingdom, and also for the expansion of NATO's coverage to include geographical areas of interest to France, most notably French Algeria, where France was waging a counter-insurgency and sought NATO assistance.

On 17 December 1967, Prime Minister Harold Holt went swimming at Cheviot Beach on what is now Point Nepean National Park.

Robert Dundas married, first, on 17 October 1741, Henrietta Baillie, daughter of Sir James Carmichael Baillie of Lamington and Bonnytoun, who died on 3 May 1755 ; and, secondly, in September 1756, Jean, daughter of William Grant, Lord Prestongrange.

* # 17 Randy Gatewood WR / DB-May 9, 2008

One of the talents he coached at Colorado State was WR Greg Primus ( 3, 096 yards and 17 TD in 3 years ).

BUGGS, Danny ( WR )-18 / 17

GORDON, Jerry ( WR )-18 / 17

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The exile government took oath on 17 April 1971 at Mujib Nagar, within East Pakistan territory of Kustia district and formally formed the government.

Apollo flights 18 and 19 were cancelled in September 1970, but Schmitt was assigned in August 1971 to fly on the last lunar mission, Apollo 17, replacing Joe Engle as Lunar Module Pilot.

Amid charges of corruption and malfeasance against the royal family and poor economic conditions created by the severe 1971 – 72 drought, former Prime Minister Mohammad Sardar Daoud Khan seized power in a non-violent coup on July 17, 1973, while Zahir Shah was receiving treatment for eye problems and therapy for lumbago in Italy.

On June 17, 1971, at the age of 24, he was killed in an automobile accident.

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Robert James " Bob " Ritchie ( born January 17, 1971 ), known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations.

Robert James " Bob " Ritchie was born on January 17, 1971 in Romeo, Michigan to William " Bill " Ritchie, a car dealer who owned several local dealerships, and Susan Ritchie.

The Lunar Roving Vehicle ( LRV ) or lunar rover was a battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program ( 15, 16, and 17 ) during 1971 and 1972.

Marília Meteorite, a chondrite H4, which fell in Marília, São Paulo state, Brazil, on October 5, 1971, at 17: 00

The band was fronted by Egyptian singer Kyra Pharao ( born 17 January 1971 ) and the American rapper Deon Blue ( born 20 January 1970 ).

On 17 September 1971, NBC's Huntley-Brinkley Report read a news bulletin issued by the RCA Board of Directors just minutes before the broadcast, announcing the Board's decision to cease operation of its general-purpose computer systems division ( RCA-CSD ).

The game was played on January 17, 1971, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, the first Super Bowl game played on artificial turf.

There was no catastrophic epidemic or famine in England or Scotland in the 19th century – it was the first century in which a major epidemic did not occur throughout the whole country, with deaths per 1000 of population per year in England and Wales dropping from 21. 9 from 1848 – 54 to 17 in 1901 ( contrasting with, for instance, 5. 4 in 1971 ).

* March 17 – Bobby Jones, American golfer ( d. 1971 )

* April 17 – Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, Soviet politician ( d. 1971 )

She was the second daughter of José Maria Pinto da Cunha ( 17 February 1887 – 21 June 1938 ) and Maria Emília Miranda ( 10 March 1886 – Rio de Janeiro, 9 November 1971 ).

Leonov stated in an interview at the Chilean Center of Public Studies ( CEP ) that the Soviet economic support included over $ 100 million in credit, three fishing ships ( that distributed 17, 000 tons of frozen fish to the population ), factories ( as help after the 1971 earthquake ), 3, 100 tractors, 74, 000 tons of wheat and more than a million tins of condensed milk.

The May 17, 1971 episode saw two major changes on the show: The Treasure House was renovated and renamed " The Captain's Place " and the Captain replaced his black coat with a red coat.

Married on 17 March 1971, they divorced in 1987.

* Transit Agreement from December 17, 1971

A 58-year-old former mathematics student living underground since 1971, Alexandros Giotopoulos, was identified as the group leader and was arrested on 17 July 2002 on the island of Lipsi.

# Louisiana ( April 17, 1971 )

The school had as many as 3, 360 students in the 1971 – 72 school year, necessitating 17 portable classrooms in the front and rear courtyards.