other b'days for 8/17/05

shouldda known someone would let me know, "Davy Crockett's not the ONLY important person born on 8/17"...sheesh. So here you go all you nitpickers :)

Born on August 17
1786 Davy Crockett
1882 Samuel Goldwyn
1887 Marcus Garvey
1892 Mae West
1943 Robert DeNiro

Important historical events (and yes, there are events left out...)
1590 John White returns from England to Roanoke Island to discover the settlement deserted.
1870 First Ascent of Mount Rainier [maybe I'll summit if I ever get a new knee...]

1896 Gold discovered in the Klondike River
1939 The Wizard of Oz opens in NYC @ the Loew's Theatre.