History for August 17 - On-This-Day.com
Davy Crockett 1786 - Frontiersman, soldier and politician. He died at the Battle of the Alamo, Samuel Goldwyn (Samuel Goldfish) 1882 - Film producer, Mae West 1893 - Actress, singer, playwrite, screenwriter
Robert De Niro 1943 - Actor ("Bang Drum Slowly," "Goodfellas," "Cape Fear"), Belinda Carlisle 1958 - Singer (Go-Go's), Sean Penn 1960 - Actor, screenwriter, director
1790 - The capital city of the U.S. moved to Philadelphia from New York City.
1903 - Joseph Pulitzer donated a million dollars to Columbia University. This started the Pulitzer Prizes in his name.
1961 - The Communist East German government completed the construction of the Berlin Wall.
1978 - Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman became the first to land after a successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight. The voyage began in Presque Isle, ME and ended in Miserey, France.
1998 - U.S. President Clinton admitted to having an improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.
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