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August 17 Events in History - August 17 Birthdays - August 17 Deaths
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August 17, 2000 The Democratic party nominates Al Gore to run for president August 17, 1999 Earthquake kills 17,000 in northwest Turkey August 17, 1998 President Bill Clinton testifies before a grand jury investigating his conduct (first president to do so), and admits an 'inappropriate relationship' with Monica Lewinsky August 17, 1997 79th PGA Championship: Davis Love III shoots a 269 at Winged Foot GC August 17, 1997 First of America Senior Golf Classic August 17, 1997 Macy's Tap-o-mania August 17, 1997 Weetabix Women's British LPGA Open August 17, 1996 Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit August 17, 1995 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC August 17, 1994 Lesotho king Letsie II fires premier Ntsu Mokhehle August 17, 1994 New York Central park reservior officially named after Jackie Kennedy Onasis August 17, 1992 Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, a 2-0 August 17, 1991 Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league HR since 1983 August 17, 1990 Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th HR August 17, 1990 Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment August 17, 1989 32nd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 12 -11 August 17, 1989 Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken moves into 3rd place (1,208th cons game) August 17, 1988 Butch Reynolds runs world record 400m (43.29) August 17, 1988 LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991 August 17, 1988 New York City 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy) August 17, 1988 Republicans nominate George H. 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Bush for president August 17, 1988 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 17, 1987 Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games August 17, 1987 Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57) August 17, 1987 Mohammad Ali elected to "Ring" magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame August 17, 1986 Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market August 17, 1986 Cindy Mackey wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am August 17, 1986 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship August 17, 1986 Rioting at DMC concert, 40 injured August 17, 1986 Red Sox trade shortstop Rey Quinones and pitcher Mike Trujillo to Mariners for shortstop Spike Owen and outfielder Dave Henderson August 17, 1985 1,400 meatpackers walk off the job at a Geo A Hormel and Co plant August 17, 1985 Dave Kingman hits his 400th HR August 17, 1985 Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India August 17, 1985 Sara Trollinger forms House of Hope in Orlando August 17, 1984 Pete Rose returns to Cin Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits) August 17, 1983 Hurricane Alicia, kills 17 in Texas August 17, 1982 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18) August 17, 1982 South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin August 17, 1980 "Blackstone" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 104 performances August 17, 1980 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic August 17, 1980 George Brett goes 4-for-4, raising his batting average to .401 August 17, 1979 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed August 17, 1979 Monty Python's "Life of Brian" premieres August 17, 1978 1st successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon (3 Americans) August 17, 1977 Russian nuclear sub "Artika" is 1st to North Pole August 17, 1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. August 17, 1977 Thomas Wessinghage/Harald Hudak/Michael Lederer/Karl Fleschen walk world record 4x1500m (14:38.8) August 17, 1976 An earthquake and tidal wave in the Philippines kills up to 8,000 August 17, 1976 Big win for WI at The Oval Michael Holding 14-149 for match August 17, 1975 Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic August 17, 1973 Lee Trevino's 1st hole-in-one August 17, 1973 Willie Mays hits 660th and last HR (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati) August 17, 1972 Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game August 17, 1970 Venera 7 launched, makes 1st softlanding on Venus August 17, 1969 Hurricane Camille, kills 256 in Miss and Louisiana August 17, 1969 51st PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 276 at NCR GC Dayton Ohio August 17, 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Southgate Ladies' Golf Open August 17, 1969 New York Jets beat New York Giants 37-14 in their 1st meeting (pre season) August 17, 1968 Dick Beyers (Dr. X) beats Verne Gagne, to become NWA champ August 17, 1966 Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit August 17, 1966 Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time HR list August 17, 1964 Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket century, 113 vs. Aust at the Oval August 17, 1963 Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit for cycle August 17, 1963 Oriole's Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief August 17, 1962 Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr August 17, 1962 E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector August 17, 1961 Building of Berlin Wall begins August 17, 1961 Kennedy administration establishes Alliance for Progress August 17, 1960 Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow August 17, 1960 Gabon gains independence from France, National Day August 17, 1960 Indonesia drops diplomatic relations with Netherlands August 17, 1959 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park August 17, 1959 U.S.S.R. and Iraq signs contract for building Iraqi nuclear reactor August 17, 1958 Bonnie Hoffman wins LPGA Kansas City Golf Open August 17, 1958 World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec August 17, 1957 Richie Ashburn, fouls hit fan Alice Roth twice in same at bat 1st one breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher August 17, 1956 Bundesverfassungsgericht bans KPD in West Germany August 17, 1955 Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage August 17, 1952 Betty Jameson wins LPGA World Golf Championship August 17, 1951 18th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 33, All-Stars 0 (92,180) August 17, 1951 Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica August 17, 1950 Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands August 17, 1950 Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs August 17, 1948 Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent August 17, 1948 Phillies commit 8 errors in a game August 17, 1948 Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season August 17, 1946 Arthur Honegger's 3rd Symphony "Liturgique," premieres August 17, 1945 Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands August 17, 1945 Koreas divided on 38th parallel with U.S. occupying the southern area August 17, 1944 4th Canadian Armour division occupiers Trun Normandy August 17, 1944 Canadian 2nd division conquerors Falaise Normandy August 17, 1944 German fieldmarshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy August 17, 1944 Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border August 17, 1944 U.S. 12 Army corp occupies Orleans August 17, 1944 U.S. 320th regiment infantry occupies Chateaudun August 17, 1944 Yanks Johnny Lindell ties record with 4 consecutive doubles in a game August 17, 1943 498 British bombers attack Peenemunde August 17, 1943 Gen Patton enters Messina, completing conquest of Sicily by Allies August 17, 1943 U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17O at attack on Regensburg/Schweinfurt August 17, 1942 1st European bombing run undertaken by U.S. forces August 17, 1942 1st US/8th Air Force bombs Europe August 17, 1942 Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under adm George Murray on Hornet August 17, 1942 Transport nr 20 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany August 17, 1942 U.S. bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France August 17, 1941 German raider attacks Dutch SS Kota Nopan August 17, 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian PM William M King agree to joint defense commission August 17, 1940 Hitler orders total blockade of Great-Britain August 17, 1939 "Wizard of Oz" opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in NY August 17, 1938 1st aircraft owned by Forest Service in service (Oakland) August 17, 1938 Henry Armstrong won his 3rd concurrent boxing championship August 17, 1933 Lou Gehrig breaks record by playing in his 1,308th straight game August 17, 1933 Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308th consecutive game August 17, 1933 Soviet Union test GIRD-R1 rocket ("Object 09") August 17, 1926 Greek-Serbian/Croatian/Slavs peace treaty signed August 17, 1924 French-German trade agreement signed August 17, 1920 In memory of Ray Chapman (died Aug 16), Yanks cancel game with Indians August 17, 1918 British troops attack Baku Azerbaijan August 17, 1918 Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000 August 17, 1918 Turkish troops overthrow Caukasus August 17, 1917 Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey August 17, 1916 Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia August 17, 1915 German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana August 17, 1915 Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas (275 killed) August 17, 1915 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life August 17, 1914 French troops under gen de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins August 17, 1914 Lithuiana surrenders to Germans August 17, 1908 B Tarkington and HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in New York City August 17, 1908 Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay and Montgomery August 17, 1907 Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union August 17, 1905 Dutch government of De Master begins August 17, 1904 Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0 August 17, 1903 Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U and begins Pulitzer Prizes August 17, 1897 W B Purvis patents electric railway switch August 17, 1896 George Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon August 17, 1894 Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4 August 17, 1892 Russian/French generals Obruchev/Boisdeffre signs Duple Alliance August 17, 1891 1st public bathhouse with showers opens in New York City (People's Bath) August 17, 1891 Electric self-starter for automobile patented August 17, 1879 Ferdinand de Lesseps forms French Panama Canal Company August 17, 1877 Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos August 17, 1877 Phobos (Martian satellite) discovered (A Hall) August 17, 1876 Opera "Gotterdammerung" premieres in Bayreuth August 17, 1870 1st ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington August 17, 1869 1st international boat race (Thames River, Oxford beats Harvard) August 17, 1866 Bathe and Prussia signs peace treaty August 17, 1863 Federal batteries and ships attacked Fort Sumter in SC August 17, 1863 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee August 17, 1862 Confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky August 17, 1859 1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind August 17, 1858 1st bank in Hawaii opens August 17, 1846 US fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California August 17, 1836 British parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death August 17, 1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-America for last time August 17, 1835 Solymon Merrick patents wrench August 17, 1834 Charles Darwins reaches top of Campana Chile August 17, 1827 Dutch King Willem I/Pope Leo XII sign concord August 17, 1808 Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain August 17, 1807 Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River August 17, 1796 English beat Bataafs Navy in Saldanha Bay August 17, 1788 Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded August 17, 1787 Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups August 17, 1743 Sweden and Russia sign peace treaty August 17, 1717 France, Russia and Prussia sign agreement August 17, 1648 Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish August 17, 1585 Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma August 17, 1579 Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I August 17, 1577 Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots August 17, 1563 King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult August 17, 1544 Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France August 17, 1498 Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows and office to marry a French princess August 17, 1180 Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira August 17, 682 St. Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope |