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What Happened on February 17th This Day in History

Year	Name
2016	Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.
2015	Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti.
2011	Arab Spring: Libyan protests against Muammar Gaddafi's regime begin.
2011	Arab Spring: In Bahrain, security forces launch a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama; the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday.
2008	Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
2006	A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
1996	In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
1996	NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.
1996	The 8.2 Mw  Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving one-hundred sixty-six people dead or missing and 423 injured.
1995	The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN.
1992	First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops massacre more than 20 Azerbaijani civilians during the Capture of Garadaghly.
1991	Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 crashes during takeoff from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, killing both pilots, the aircraft's only occupants.
1980	First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
1979	The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
1978	The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants.
1974	Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
1972	Cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model T.
1970	Jeffrey R. MacDonald, United States Army captain, is charged with murder of his pregnant wife and two daughters.
1969	American aquanaut Berry L. Cannon dies of carbon dioxide poisoning while attempting to repair a leak in the SEALAB III underwater habitat. The SEALAB project was subsequently abandoned.
1965	Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
1964	In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
1964	Gabonese president Léon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.
1959	Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
1959	A Turkish Airlines Vickers Viscount crashes near Gatwick Airport, killing 14; Turkish prime minister Adnan Menderes survives the crash.
1949	Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
1944	World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
1944	World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
1919	The Ukrainian People's Republic asks the Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
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.
1867	The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
1865	American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
1864	American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.
1863	A group of citizens of Geneva found an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
1859	Cochinchina Campaign: The French Navy captures the Citadel of Saigon, a fortress manned by 1,000 Nguyễn dynasty soldiers, en route to conquering Saigon and other regions of southern Viet Nam.
1854	The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
1838	Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
1819	The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.
1814	War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Mormant.
1801	1800 United States presidential election: An tie in the Electoral College 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.
1753	In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
1739	The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
1676	Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are lost at Evangelistas Islets at the western end of the Strait of Magellan.
1674	An earthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Ambon. It triggers a 100 m (330 ft) megatsunami which drowns over 2,300 people.
1621	Myles Standish is appointed as first military commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America.
1600	On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.
1500	Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
1411	Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of Bayezid I, becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire with the support of Mircea I of Wallachia.
1370	Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.

Famous People Born on February 17

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Year	Name
1961	Andrey Korotayev, Russian anthropologist, historian, and sociologist
1974	Kaoru, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1949	Dennis Green, American football player and coach (d. 2016)
1900	Ruth Clifford, American actress (d. 1998)
1922	Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1969)
1982	Adriano, Brazilian footballer
1942	Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (d. 1989)
1843	Aaron Montgomery Ward, American businessman, founded Montgomery Ward (d. 1913)
1899	Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author (d. 1954)
1972	Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater

Famous People Deaths On February 17

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Date	Name
1982	Nestor Chylak, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1922)
1998	Ernst Jünger, German soldier, philosopher, and author (b. 1895)
1371	Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
1715	Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)
2015	John Barrow, American-Canadian football player and manager (b. 1935)
2004	José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 51st President of Mexico (b. 1920)
440	Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, linguist, and theologian (b. 360)
1919	Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
1989	Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)
1994	Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (b. 1951)