February 17th
- 1923 – Jun Fukuda was born.
- 1947 – M. P. Shiel died, age 81.
- 1954 – Don Coscarelli was born.
- 1959 – House on Haunted Hill went to theaters.
- 1962 – Lou Diamond Phillips was born.
- 1965 – Jonathan Breck was born.
- 1966 – Zombo first aired on television.
- 1967 – Dark Shadows, Episode 170 first aired on television.
- 1978 – Night Shift by Stephen King was published.
- 1991 – Talk Nice to Me first aired on television.
- 2012 – Repo Man first aired on television.