Sept. 17- Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis 1676-1744- explorer, soldier, was born on this day at Beauport, Quebec, in 1676; died June 11, 1744 at Natchitoches, Louisiana . Saint-Denis led a 1714 expedition from French-held Natchitoches, in Louisiana Territory, to the Spanish town of San Juan Bautista (modern Villahermosa) on the Rio Grande. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sept. 17 - George Cleveland 1885-1957 actor, was born on this day at Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1885; dies July 15, 1957; best known for his TV role as Lassie's Gramps Miller. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---