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Birthdays occurring on April, 17
| 1885 |
Isak Dinesen was born on April 17, 1885
pseudonym of Baroness Karen Blixen. Danish writer (Out of Africa, 7 Gothic Tales), 1885-1962Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever... More quotations from Isak Dinesen |  |
| 1897 |
Thornton Wilder was born on April 17, 1897
American writer of innovative plays and novels, 1897-1975When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift. There is no happiness save in understanding the whole. More quotations from Thornton Wilder | 
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Deaths occurring on April, 17
| 1990 |
Ralph Abernathy died on April 17, 1990
Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national guards. But let the record show we ain't going to be turned around. More quotations from Ralph Abernathy |
| 1991 |
Jack Yellen died on April 17, 1991
Happy days are here again! The skies above are clear again. Let us sing a song of cheer again, happy days are here again! More quotations from Jack Yellen |
| 1997 |
Chaim Herzog died on April 17, 1997
I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget. More quotations from Chaim Herzog |  |
| 2005 |
James Houston died on April 17, 2005
When they eventually ran out of food, some but not all resorted to eating the flesh of those who'd died. This story has mythic power in large part as a testimony to what people are capable of when pushed to the extremes of human experience. Some become savages. Some become heroes. More quotations from James Houston |
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