17 August

Events which occurred on the 17th of August.

Events

1879: Movie producer Sam Goldwyn is born.
1887: Civil Rights Movement leader Marcus Garvey is born.
1893: Actress Mae West is born.
1918: Captain Proton radio performer Evelyn Ankers is born. (DS9 short story: "Captain Proton and the Orb of Bajor")
1943: Actor Robert De Niro is born.
1988: According to rumors and reports, Khan Noonien Singh arranges the airplane crash that kills Pakistan leader Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. (TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1)
2152: Chef's menu aboard Enterprise NX-01 this day includes fondue. (ENT episode: "Singularity")
2156: Captain Jonathan Archer laments having missed Enterprise's rescue of M'klexa spacecraft, which occurred the previous night during his sleep cycle. Charles Tucker III (in his identity of Sodok) suspects Terix Val'Danadex Trel tr'Llweii of the Mount Seleya bombing. Vulcan First Minister Silok and First Minister T'Pau ask him to locate and return Terix to Vulcan as a person of interest in the bombing. (ENT - The Romulan War novel: To Brave the Storm)
2234: Leonard McCoy's cousin David McCoy dies. (TOS novel: Ice Trap)

1980: The 50th installment of TOS comic: "Aberration on Abaris" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
1981: The 27th installment of TOS comic: "Quarantine" is published.
1982: The 31st installment of TOS comic: "The Nogura Regatta" is published.
1983: The 3rd installment of TOS comic: "The Retirement of Admiral Kirk" is published.
2016: TOS - Connection comic: "Part 2" and ST reference: 50th Anniversary Cover Celebration are released by IDW Publishing.
2017: Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 17 is released by Eaglemoss Collections.
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