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.
| 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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