Born:
Henk J Hoekstra, president, Dutch Communist Party
More Notable Birthdays on June 17:
1980 - Venus Williams, born in Lynwood, California, tennis star
1946 - Barry Manilow, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/pianist, Mandy, I Write the Songs
1943 - Newt Gingrich, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Georgia 1979 - 1999, Speaker of House 1995 - 1997
1907 - Charles Eames, American Designer
1882 - Igor Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer, Rite of Spring,
