The #1 song in the UK on August 17, 1966

Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby By The Beatles

Other #1 songs on August 17, 1966

#1 Hit Song

Summer in the City
The Lovin' Spoonful

#1 R&B Song

Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Temptations

#1 Country Song

Almost Persuaded
David Houston

Notable August 17 birthdays in the 1960s

Christian Laettner

Born August 17, 1969
Ed McCaffrey

Born August 17, 1968
David Conrad

Born August 17, 1967
Steve Gorman

Born August 17, 1965
Colin James

Born August 17, 1964
Jon Gruden

Born August 17, 1963
Gilby Clarke

Born August 17, 1962