Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 17

Births

 * 1487 - Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)
 * 1952 - David Hasselhoff, American actor and musician
 * 1954 - Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany

Deaths

 * 1790 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
 * 1918 (N.S.) - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (pictured)(b. 1868)
 * Tsaritsa Alexandra Fyodorovna (b. 1872)
 * Grand Duchess Olga (b. 1895)
 * Grand Duchess Tatiana (b. 1897)
 * Grand Duchess Maria (b. 1899)
 * Grand Duchess Anastasia (b. 1901)
 * Tsarevich Alexei (b. 1904)
 * 1959 - Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
 * 1961 - Ty Cobb, baseball player (b. 1886)
 * 1967 - John Coltrane, American musician (b. 1926)

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