Born:
Robert De Niro, born in New York City, actor, Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver
More Notable Birthdays on August 17:
1970 - Jim Courier, born in Sanford, Florida, tennis champ, 1990, 91 French
1892 - Mae West, Brooklyn, actress, Go Up and See Her Sometime, Klondike Annie
1882 - Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer, MGM
1786 - Davy Crockett, U.S., frontiersman/adventurer/politician, Alamo
