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Birthdays occurring on January, 17
| 1899 |
Robert M. Hutchins was born on January 17, 1899
American educator and writer, active in forming the Committee to Frame a World Constitution (1945), led the Commission on Freedom of the Press (1946), and vigorously defended academic freedom, opposing faculty loyalty oaths in the 1950s. 1899-1977It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts…it is to teach them to think. More quotations from Robert M. Hutchins |
| 1899 |
Robert Maynard Hutchins was born on January 17, 1899
American educator, active in forming the Committee to Frame a World Constitution (1945), led the Commission on Freedom of the Press (1946), and vigorously defended academic freedom, opposing faculty loyalty oaths in the 1950s. 1899-1977A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one More quotations from Robert Maynard Hutchins |  |
| 1902 |
Boris Marshalov was born on January 17, 1902
Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens - and then everybody disagrees. More quotations from Boris Marshalov |
| 1922 |
Betty White was born on January 17, 1922
Keep the other person's well being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on More quotations from Betty White |  |
Deaths occurring on January, 17
| 2001 |
Gregory Corso died on January 17, 2001
They, that unnamed "they," they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up-and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me. More quotations from Gregory Corso |  |
| 2005 |
Virginia Mayo died on January 17, 2005
I really wanted to be a dancer, but I ended up as an actress and I got to perform next to some of the greatest actors of our time. More quotations from Virginia Mayo |
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