More Notable Birthdays on August 17:
1943 - Robert De Niro, born in New York City, actor, Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver
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