deaths
August 17, 2007
Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (born 1913)
Bill Deedes
William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, was a British Conservative politician, army officer and journalist. He was the first person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph.
August 17
August 17 is the 229th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end of the year.