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February 17 Events in History - February 17 Birthdays - February 17 Deaths
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February 17, 1998 Diane Zamora, 20, Naval Academy cadet convicted of capital murder February 17, 1998 Larry Wayne Harris and Bill Levitt arrested for possession of anthrax February 17, 1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Pasadena California February 17, 1997 Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sex abused his daughter February 17, 1996 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. NZ, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47 February 17, 1995 11th Soap Opera Digest Awards February 17, 1995 Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the LIRR in NY February 17, 1995 Tiger manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike February 17, 1995 Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming U.S. tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive and manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked February 17, 1993 Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die February 17, 1993 Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec) February 17, 1991 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge February 17, 1989 6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole" February 17, 1989 Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash February 17, 1989 Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya form common market February 17, 1989 Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract February 17, 1989 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. February 17, 1989 Whitesnake's rocker David Coverdale weds actress Tawny Kitaen February 17, 1988 Lebanese terrorists kidnap United Nations truce observer Lt Col William Higgins February 17, 1988 U.S. Lt. Col Wm Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists and later killed February 17, 1987 Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year) February 17, 1987 Michelle Renee Royer, 21, (Texas), crowned 36th Miss USA February 17, 1986 1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles February 17, 1986 Howard Stern radio show returns to New York City morning radio (WXRK 92.3 FM) February 17, 1986 Johnson and Johnson announces it no longer sell capsule drugs February 17, 1986 Libyan bombers attack N'djamena Airport in Chad February 17, 1985 1st class postage rises from 20 cents to 22 cents February 17, 1985 1st day/night game at the MCG, Australia vs. England February 17, 1985 3rd person to receive an artificial heart (Murray Haydon) February 17, 1985 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater February 17, 1985 Laffit Pincay, Jr. is third to ride 6,000th winners at Santa Anita February 17, 1983 Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot February 17, 1983 Netherlands adopts constitution February 17, 1983 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site February 17, 1982 Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, vs. England February 17, 1981 Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in U.S. history February 17, 1980 Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6 MPH/285.8 kph) February 17, 1980 Dot Germain wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic February 17, 1979 China invades Vietnam February 17, 1979 Eric Heiden equals skating world record 1000m (1:14.99) February 17, 1976 "Rockabye Hamlet" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 7 performances February 17, 1976 Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau) February 17, 1976 NZ scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, vs. India February 17, 1976 Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 vs. India, his 1st match-winning spell February 17, 1974 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt February 17, 1974 Carol Mann wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic February 17, 1973 Rodney Redmond scores 107 on debut vs. Pakistan, his only Test Cricket February 17, 1972 British Parliament votes to join European Common Market February 17, 1972 President Nixon leaves Washington D.C. for China February 17, 1971 England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win February 17, 1970 Jeffrey McDonald slices up his wife and daughter February 17, 1970 Joni Mitchell's final concert at Royal Albert Hall February 17, 1970 Robert Marasco's "Child's Play," premieres in New York City February 17, 1969 Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record an album (never released) February 17, 1969 Golda Meir sworn in as Israel's 1st female prime minister February 17, 1968 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Massachusetts, opens February 17, 1967 Beatles release "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields" February 17, 1967 Kosmos 140 (Soyuz Test) launches into Earth orbit February 17, 1966 French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit February 17, 1965 U.S. Ranger 8 launched, will transmit 7,137 lunar pictures February 17, 1965 U.S. - Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute February 17, 1964 101st member elected to baseball's hall of fame (Luke Appling) February 17, 1964 U.S. House of Representatives accept Law on the civil rights February 17, 1964 U.S. Supreme Court rules - 1 man 1 vote (Westberry vs. Sanders) February 17, 1964 WMEM TV channel 10 in Presque Isle, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting February 17, 1963 Toru Terasawa runs world record marathon (2:15:15.8 February 17, 1962 Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin" February 17, 1962 Storm in Hamburg, kills 265 February 17, 1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs St. Louis February 17, 1959 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg February 17, 1958 Comic strip "BC" 1st appears February 17, 1958 WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting February 17, 1957 Fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72 February 17, 1957 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open February 17, 1957 Suez Canal reopens February 17, 1956 Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB February 17, 1956 Ice Pairs Championship at Garmisch won by Schwarz and Oppelt of AUT February 17, 1956 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by Carol Heiss USA February 17, 1956 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by H A Jenkins USA February 17, 1955 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna Austria won by J Westwood/Demmy GRB February 17, 1955 Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Frances Dafoe and Bowden of CAN February 17, 1955 KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks, AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting February 17, 1955 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Tenley Albright U.S. February 17, 1955 Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257 February 17, 1953 Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea February 17, 1953 DSB soccer team forms in Eindhoven February 17, 1950 31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center, New York February 17, 1949 Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel February 17, 1949 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kekesy/Ede Kiraly of HUN February 17, 1949 Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Paris won by Alena Vrzanova of CZE February 17, 1949 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA February 17, 1949 Richard Button retains world figure skating championship in Paris February 17, 1947 Dutch RC bishops publish manifest against "godless communism" February 17, 1947 Voice of America begins broadcasting to U.S.S.R. February 17, 1946 Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam February 17, 1944 Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins; U.S. victory on Feb 22 February 17, 1944 U.S. begins night bombing of Truk February 17, 1943 Hitler visits fieldmarshal von Mansteins hq in Zaporozje February 17, 1943 Dutch churches protest at Seyss-Inquart against persecution of Jews February 17, 1943 Gen-major Bradley flies to Washington D.C. February 17, 1943 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio, enlists into the U.S. army February 17, 1941 Joe Louis KOs Gus Dorazio in 2 for heavyweight boxing title February 17, 1940 Bradman scores 135 in a non-Shield match for SA vs. West Australia February 17, 1940 British destroyers board German Altmark off Norway February 17, 1939 Katwijk soccer team forms February 17, 1938 1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV in London February 17, 1936 "Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts February 17, 1936 -58 degrees F (-50 degrees C), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record) February 17, 1936 SN Behrmann's "End of Summer," premieres in New York City February 17, 1934 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn) February 17, 1933 1st issue of Newsweek magazine published February 17, 1933 Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead in the comic Blondie February 17, 1933 Marinus van der Lubbe arrives in Glindow, at Potsdam February 17, 1933 U.S. Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition February 17, 1932 Irving Berlin's musical "Face the Music," premieres in New York City February 17, 1931 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball) February 17, 1931 Hockey's Hershey Bears (now with AHL) 1st game February 17, 1930 French government of Tardieu falls February 17, 1926 Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die February 17, 1926 Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match February 17, 1924 Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds) February 17, 1923 Ottawa Senator Cy Denneny becomes NHL's all time scorer (143 goals) February 17, 1921 Arthur Honegger's "Pastorale D'ete," premieres February 17, 1916 Romberg/Hanley/Atteridge/Smith' musical premieres in New York City February 17, 1915 Edward Stone, 1st U.S. combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded February 17, 1913 1st minimum wage law in U.S. takes effect in Oregon February 17, 1913 New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to U.S. public February 17, 1911 1st hydroplane flight to and from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego) February 17, 1906 Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House February 17, 1905 Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall February 17, 1904 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan February 17, 1897 National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association) February 17, 1896 London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective February 17, 1885 Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa February 17, 1883 A. Ashwell patents free-toilet in London February 17, 1882 1st Test Cricket match played at Sydney Cricket Ground February 17, 1880 Tsar Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt February 17, 1878 1st telephone exchange in San Francisco opens with 18 phones February 17, 1876 Sardines 1st canned by Julius Wolff-Eastport, Maine February 17, 1870 Esther Morris appointed 1st female judge February 17, 1870 Mississippi becomes 9th state readmitted to U.S. after Civil War February 17, 1867 1st ship passes through Suez Canal February 17, 1867 Gyula Andressy becomes premier of Hungary February 17, 1865 Battle of Charleston South Carolina February 17, 1865 Columbia South Carolina burns down during Civil War February 17, 1864 Confederate sub "HL Hunley" sinks Union ship "Housatonic" February 17, 1859 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli February 17, 1854 British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa) February 17, 1848 Toscane gets liberal Constitution February 17, 1841 Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de Wegimont February 17, 1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania February 17, 1818 Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle) February 17, 1817 Baltimore is the 1st U.S. city lit by gas February 17, 1801 House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson President over Burr February 17, 1795 Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England February 17, 1791 Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra) February 17, 1776 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of Roman Empire" published February 17, 1772 1st partition of Poland-Russia and Prussia, joined later by Austria February 17, 1714 Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree February 17, 1691 Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service February 17, 1676 Kings Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty February 17, 1670 France and Bavaria sign military assistance treaty February 17, 1634 William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti" February 17, 1621 Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony February 17, 1598 Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia February 17, 1568 Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace February 17, 1370 Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania |