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Wednesday 17 February 2016

Today In History [17th February, 2016]


A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
February 17
1454
At a grand feast, Philip the Good of Burgundy takes the “vow of the pheasant,” by which he swears to fight the Turks.
1598
Boris Godunov, the boyar of Tarar origin, is elected czar in succession to his brother-in-law Fydor.
1720
Spain signs the Treaty of the Hague with the Quadruple Alliance ending a war that was begun in 1718.
1801
The House of Representatives breaks an electoral college tie and chooses Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr.
1864
The Confederate submarine Hunley sinks the USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
1865
The South Carolina capital city, Columbia, is destroyed by fire as Major General William Tecumseh Sherman marches through.
1909
Apache chief Geronimo dies of pneumonia at age 80, while still in captivity at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
1919
Germany signs an armistice giving up territory in Poland.
1925
The first issue of Harold Ross’ magazine, The New Yorker, hits the stands, selling for 15 cents a copy.
1933
The League of Nations censures Japan in a worldwide broadcast.
1935
Thirty-one prisoners escape an Oklahoma prison after murdering a guard.
1938
The first color television is demonstrated at the Dominion Theatre in London.
1944
U.S forces land on Eniwetok atoll in the South Pacific.
1945
Gen. MacArthur’s troops land on Corregidor in the Philippines.
1951
Packard introduces its “250” Chassis Convertible.
1955
Britain announces its ability to make hydrogen bombs.
1959
The United States launches its first weather station in space, Vanguard II.
1960
Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested in the Alabama bus boycott.
1963
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visits the Berlin Wall.
1969
Russia and Peru sign their first trade accord.
1973
President Richard Nixon names Patrick Gray director of the FBI.
1975
Art by Cezanne, Gauguin, Renoir, and van Gough, valued at $5 million, is stolen from the Municipal Museum in Milan.
1979
China begins a “pedagogical” war against Vietnam. It will last until March.
1985
Murray Haydon becomes the third person to receive an artificial heart.
Born on February 17
1774
Raphaelle Peale, U.S. painter
1864
A(ndrew) B(arton) “Banjo” Paterson, Australian poet and journalist.
1874
Thomas J. Watson Sr., U.S. industrialist.
1902
Marian Anderson, American singer.
1908
Walter Lanier “Red” Barber, baseball announcer for the Cincinnati Reds, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees.
1929
Chaim Potok, novelist (The Chosen, The Promise).

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