17 October 19

This tie's mixed-up design of stripes and flowers and scallops is very suitable for a collage of birthdays on 17 October: Irene Ryan, American actress (1902-1973); Arthur Miller, American playwright (1915-2005); Rita Hayworth, American actress (1918-1987); Tom Poston, American actor (1921-2007); Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (1930-2003); Robert "Evel" Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil (1938-2007); Gary Puckett, American vocalist (1942); Margot Kidder, Canadian American actress (1948); Mae Jemison, 1st African American woman in space (1956); Kevin Clash, puppeteer (Elmo on Sesame Street) (1960); Eminem, American rapper (1972). And a host of others!