Updated July 16, 2012, 2:28 pm
On July 17, 1975, an Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in the first superpower linkup of its kind.
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On July 17, 1899, James Cagney, the Academy-Award winning American film actor, was born. Following his death on March 30, 1986, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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Historic Birthdays
James Cagney 7/17/1899 – 3/30/1986 American motion-picture actor.Go to obituary »
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William Gargan 7/17/1905 – 2/16/1979
American motion-picture and television actor |
| 71 |
Georges Lemaitre 7/17/1894 – 6/20/1966
Belgian astronomer and cosmologist |
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Erle Stanley Gardner 7/17/1889 – 3/11/1970
American mystery novelist and lawyer |
| 81 |
S. Y. Agnon 7/17/1888 – 2/17/1970
Israeli novelist and short-story writer |
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Ernest Rhys 7/17/1859 – 5/25/1946
English editor |
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Sir Erskine Holland 7/17/1835 – 5/24/1926
English legal scholar |
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John Jacob Astor 7/17/1763 – 3/29/1848
German-born American founder of the Astor dynasty |
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Elbridge Gerry 7/17/1744 – 11/23/1814
American Revolutionary leader and U.S. vice president (1813-14) |
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Alexander Baumgarten 7/17/1714 – 5/26/1762
German philosopher and educator |
