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February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 317 days remaining (318 in Leap Year s).
Events
- 1500 - Battle Of Hemmingstedt .
- 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno was burnt alive at Campo De' Fiori in Rome , charged of Heresy .
- 1621 - Miles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth Colony .
- 1753 - February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves to the Gregorian from the Julian Calendar .
- 1801 - An Electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President Of The United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House Of Representatives .
- 1814 - Battle Of Mormans
- 1819 - The United States House Of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise .
- 1854 - The British recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State .
- is the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic .
- burns as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
- 1867 - The first ship passes through the Suez Canal .
- 1895 - '' Swan Lake '', with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , is first performed at full length in Saint Petersburg , Russia .
- 1913 - The Armory Show opens in New York City , displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th Century .
- 1924 - In Miami, Florida , Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle Swimming competition with a time of 52-2/5 seconds.
- 1933 - The Magazine '' Newsweek '' is published for the first time.
- 1933 - The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States .
- begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22 .
- begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk ( Chuuk ), Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
- 1947 - The Voice Of America begins to transmit Radio broadcasts into the Soviet Union .
- 1957 - A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton , Missouri kills 72 people.
- 1958 - Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare Of Assisi (1193~1253) the Patron Saint of Television
- 1959 - The first Weather Satellite , Vanguard 2 , was launched to measure Cloud -cover distribution.
- 1962 - A storm kills more than 300 people in Hamburg , West Germany .
- 1964 - In Wesberry V. Sanders the Supreme Court Of The United States rules that Congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
- 1968 - In Springfield, Massachusetts the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame opens.
- 1972 - Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model-T .
- 1974 - Robert K. Preston , a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen Helicopter .
- 1979 - The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
- 1992 - A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentences Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer to life in prison.
- 1995 - Colin Ferguson is convicted of six counts of Murder for the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings and later receives a 200+ year sentence.
- 1995 - The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a Cease-fire brokered by the UN .
- 1996 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue Supercomputer in a Chess match.
- 2003 - Baltimore Orioles pitching prospect Steve Bechler dies in Fort Lauderdale, Florida , one day after collapsing during a spring-training workout; doctors later link the 23-year-old’s sudden death to the dietary supplement Ephedra .
Births
- 1490 - Charles III, Duke Of Bourbon , Constable of France (d. 1527 )
- 1519 - Francis, Duke Of Guise , French soldier and politician (d. 1563 )
- 1524 - Charles Of Guise , French cardinal (d. 1574 )
- 1581 - Fausto Poli , Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653 )
- 1646 - Pierre Le Pesant, Sieur De Boisguilbert , French economist (d. 1714 )
- 1653 - Arcangelo Corelli , Italian composer (d. 1713 )
- 1718 - Matthew Tilghman , American Continental Congressman (d. 1790 )
- 1723 - Tobias Mayer , German astronomer (d. 1762 )
- 1752 - Friedrich Maximilian Klinger , German writer (d. 1831 )
- 1754 - Nicolas Baudin , French explorer (d. 1803 )
- 1766 - Thomas Malthus , English demographer and political economist (d. 1834 )
- 1781 - René Laënnec , French physician (d. 1826 )
- 1792 - Karl Ernst Von Baer , German biologist (d. 1876 )
- 1796 - Philipp Franz Von Siebold , German physician (d. 1866 )
- 1817 - King William III Of The Netherlands (d, 1890 )
- 1820 - Henri Vieuxtemps , Belgian composer (d. 1881 )
- 1821 - Lola Montez , Mexican dancer, actress, friend of monarchs (d. 1861 )
- 1836 - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer , Spanish poet (b. 1870 )
- 1844 - Aaron Montgomery Ward , American department store founder (d. 1913 )
- 1848 - Louisa Lawson , Australian feminist, suffragist, and writer (d. 1920 )
- 1854 - Friedrich Alfred Krupp , German industrialist (d. 1902 )
- 1864 - Banjo Paterson , Australian poet (d. 1941 )
- 1874 - Thomas J. Watson , American computer manufacturer (d. 1956 )
- 1877 - Isabelle Eberhardt , explorer and writer who spent a lot of time in North Africa (d. 1904 )
- 1877 - André Maginot , French politician (d. 1932 )
- 1888 - Otto Stern , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969 )
- 1887 - Leevi Madetoja , Finnish composer (d. 1947 )
- 1908 - Red Barber , baseball announcer (d. 1992 )
- 1910 - Marc Lawrence , American actor (d. 2005 )
- 1911 - Oskar Seidlin , Silesian-born Jewish-American literary scholar (d. 1984 )
- 1912 - Andre Norton , American author (d. 2005 )
- 1914 - Arthur Kennedy , American actor (d. 1990 )
- 1919 - Kathleen Freeman , American actress (d. 2001 )
- 1920 - Ivo Caprino , Norwegian animated film director
- 1922 - Marshall Teague , American race car driver (d. 1959 )
- 1924 - Margaret Truman , American novelist
- 1925 - Ron Goodwin , English composer and conductor (d. 2003 )
- 1925 - Hal Holbrook , American actor
- 1929 - Chaim Potok , American author (d. 2002 )
- 1929 - Patricia Routledge , English actress
- 1930 - Ruth Rendell , English writer
- 1932 - Buck Trent , American banjo player
- 1934 - Alan Bates , English actor (d. 2003 )
- 1934 - Barry Humphries , Australian actor and comedian
- 1935 - Christina Pickles , British actress
- 1936 - Jim Brown , American football player
- 1939 - Mary Ann Mobley , American actress and beauty queen
- 1941 - Gene Pitney , American singer (d. 2006 )
- 1942 - Huey P. Newton , American politicial activist (d. 1989 )
- 1944 - Karl Jenkins , Welsh composer
- 1945 - Zina Bethune , American actress
- 1945 - Brenda Fricker , Irish actress
- 1949 - Fred Frith , British musician
- 1953 - Janice Dickinson , American model
- 1953 - Norman Pace , British actor and comic
- 1954 - Rene Russo , American actress
- 1956 - Richard Karn , American actor
- 1957 - Loreena McKennitt , Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter
- 1958 - Agim Coma , Albanian-Macedonian-American Actor
- 1959 - Aryeh Deri , Israeli rabbi and politician
- 1962 - Alison Hargreaves , British mountaineer (d. 1995 )
- 1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips , American actor
- 1963 - Michael Jordan , American basketball player
- 1963 - Larry The Cable Guy , American Comedian
- 1966 - Luc Robitaille , Canadian Ice Hockey player
- 1967 - Chanté Moore , American singer
- 1969 - Tuesday Knight , American actress
- 1970 - Dominic Purcell , English Born Actor
- 1970 - Tim Mahoney , American musician ( 311 )
- 1971 - Martyn Bennett , Canadian musician and composer (d. 2005 )
- 1971 - Denise Richards , American actress
- 1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong , American singer and musician ( Green Day )
- 1972 - Philippe Candeloro , French figure skater
- 1974 - Jerry O'Connell , American actor
- 1974 - Bryan White , American singer
- 1975 - Wish Bone , American rapper
- 1975 - Niikura Kaoru , Japanese (Zombie Hero) guitarist (Dir en grey)
- 1975 - Vaclav Prospal , Czech hockey player
- 1978 - Jacob Wetterling , American kidnapping victim
- 1980 - Jason Ritter , American actor
- 1981 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt , American actor
- 1981 - Paris Hilton , American actress and heiress
- 1982 - Adriano Leite Ribeiro , Brazilian footballer
- 1989 - Matt Cullingham , chicosexy!!
- 1991 - Bonnie Wright , British child actress
- 1996 - Sasha Pieterse , South African child actress
Deaths
- 197 - Clodius Albinus , Roman usurper (killed in battle)
- 364 - Jovian , Roman Emperor
- 1339 - Duke Otto Of Austria (b. 1301 )
- 1371 - Ivan Alexander Of Bulgaria .
- 1596 - Friedrich Sylburg , German classical scholar (b. 1536 )
- 1600 - Giordano Bruno , Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. 1548 )
- 1609 - Ferdinando I De' Medici, Grand Duke Of Tuscany (b. 1549 )
- 1624 - Juan De Mariana , Spanish historian (b. 1536 )
- 1659 - Abel Servien , French diplomat (b. 1593 )
- 1673 - Molière , French playwright (b. 1622 )
- 1680 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles , English statesman and writer (b. 1599 )
- 1680 - Jan Swammerdam , Dutch scientist (b. 1637 )
- 1715 - Antoine Galland , French archaeologist (b. 1646 )
- 1732 - Louis Marchand , French organist and harpsichordist (b. 1669 )
- 1768 - Arthur Onslow , English politician (b. 1691 )
- 1780 - Andreas Felix Von Oefele , German historian and librarian (b. 1706 )
- 1841 - Ferdinando Carulli , Italian Guitarist
- 1854 - John Martin , English painter (b. 1789 )
- 1856 - Heinrich Heine , German writer (b. 1797 )
- 1883 - Napoleon Coste , French guitarist and composer (b. 1806 )
- 1883 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke , India n revolutionary (b. 1845 )
- 1909 - Geronimo , Apache leader (b. 1829 )
- 1919 - Wilfrid Laurier , seventh Prime Minister Of Canada (b. 1841 )
- 1934 - King Albert I Of Belgium (b. 1875 )
- 1934 - Siegbert Tarrasch , German chess player (b. 1862 )
- 1939 - Willy Hess , German violinist (b. 1859 )
- 1943 - Armand J. Piron , American jazz violinist and composer (b. 1888 )
- 1961 - Nita Naldi , American actress (b. 1897 )
- 1962 - Bruno Walter , German conductor (b. 1876 )
- 1970 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon , Israeli writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888 )
- 1970 - Alfred Newman , American film composer (b. 1901 )
- 1977 - Janani Luwum , Ugandan Archbishop (shot) (b. 1922 )
- 1982 - Thelonious Monk , American jazz pianist (b. 1917 )
- 1982 - Lee Strasberg , Austrian-born actor (b. 1901 )
- 1990 - Erik Rhodes , American actor (b. 1906 )
- 1994 - Randy Shilts , American author and activist (AIDS) (b. 1951 )
- 1998 - Ernst Jünger , German author (b. 1895 )
- 2001 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed , American Nation of Islam spokesman (brain aneurysm) (b. 1948 )
- 2004 - José López Portillo , President Of Mexico (b. 1920 )
- 2005 - Dan O'Herlihy , Irish actor (b. 1919 )
- 2005 - Omar Sivori , Argentine football player (b. 1935 )
- 2006 - Ray Barretto , Puerto Rican musician ( Congas ) (b. 1929 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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