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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