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The
17t o Februar
is the 48t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 317 days ti come (318 in lowp years).
Events
- 364
– Daith o Roman Emperor
Jovian
.
- 1900
–
Wilhelm II, German Emperor
declares Wastren
Samoa
a German protectorate.
- 1904
–
Giacomo Puccini
's Madame Butterfly premieres in
Milan
.
- 1934
–
Leopold III o Belgium
becomes King.
- 1962
– A storm fluid in Northren
Germany
, incluidin
Hamburg
, kills ower 300 fowk.
- 1979
– The
Sino
-
Vietnamese
War stairts.
- 1993
– The
Haitian
ferry "Neptune" sinks, killin up tae 1,500 fowk.
- 1996
– A magnitude 8.2
yirdquauk
strikes Irian Jaya,
Indonesie
.
- 2003
–
Lunnon
's Congestion Charge is introduced.
- 2006
– A landslide in Soothren
Leyte
,
Philippines
, kills ower 1,000 fowk.
- 2008
–
Kosovo
declares unthirldom, which
Serbie
nae recognises.
- 2011
–
Arab Ware
: Protests begin in
Libie
agin its leader, Colonel
Muammar Gaddafi
.
- 2012
– German Preses
Christian Wulff
resigns efter a scandal.
Joachim Gauck
replaces him a month later.
- 2018
–
Great Breetain
haes its maist successu day at a
Winter Olympic Gemmes
, in
Pyeongchang
Sooth Korea
;
Lizzy Yarnold
an
Laura Deas
win gowd an bronze in the
skeleton
an
Izzy Atkin
wins bronze in freestyle
skiin
.
- 2020
–
Kate Forbes
becomes Finance Secretar in the
Scots Govrenment
efter the demission o
Derek Mackay
.
Births
- 1653
-
Arcangelo Corelli
, Italian violinist an composer (d.
1713
)
- 1781
-
Rene Laennec
, French physeecian (d.
1826
)
- 1888
-
Otto Stern
, German-American pheesicist (d.
1969
)
- 1923
-
Hwang Jang-yop
, North Korean politeecian (d.
2010
)
- 1925
-
Hal Holbrook
, American actor (d.
2021
)
- 1929
- Dame
Patricia Routledge
, Inglis actress
- 1930
-
Ruth Rendell
, Inglis writer (d.
2015
)
- 1934
-
Barry Humphries
, Australian actor, comedian an writer
- 1955
-
Mo Yan
, Cheenese writer
- 1961
-
Angela Eagle
, Inglis politeecian
- 1963
-
Michael Jordan
, American basketbaw player
- 1963
-
Larry the Cable Guy
, American actor an comedian
- 1965
-
Michael Bay
, American filmmaker
- 1970
-
Dominic Purcell
, Inglis-born actor
- 1972
-
Billie Joe Armstrong
, American sangster an muisicker (
Green Day
)
- 1972
-
Ralphie May
, American actor an vyce airtist (d.
2017
)
- 1973
-
Shirley Clamp
,
Swadis
sangster
- 1981
-
Paris Hilton
, American celebrity
- 1981
-
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
, American actor
- 1982
-
Nervo
(Miriam an Olivia Nervo), Australian twin sister DJs an muisic producers
- 1989
-
Rebecca Adlington
, Inglis soummer
- 1991
-
Ed Sheeran
, Inglis sangster-sangwriter
Daiths
Halidays