births
August 17, 1896
Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (died 1970)
Leslie Groves
Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II.
August 17
August 17 is the 229th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end of the year.