February 17 in history
Events on February 17
Notable events that happened on February 17 in past years.
- 2016
Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.
Wikipedia article: February 2016 Ankara bombing - 2008
Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
Wikipedia article: Kosovo - 1996
NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.
Wikipedia article: NASA - 1991
Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 crashes during takeoff from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, killing both pilots, the aircraft's only occupants.
Wikipedia article: Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 - 1978
The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants.
Wikipedia article: The Troubles - 1969
American aquanaut Berry L. Cannon dies of carbon dioxide poisoning while attempting to repair a leak in the SEALAB III underwater habitat. The SEALAB project was subsequently abandoned.
Wikipedia article: Berry L. Cannon - 1964
In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
Wikipedia article: Wesberry v. Sanders - 1949
Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
Wikipedia article: Chaim Weizmann - 1919
The Ukrainian People's Republic asks the Entente and the United States for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
Wikipedia article: Ukrainian People's Republic - 1865
American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
Wikipedia article: Columbia, South Carolina - 1854
The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
Wikipedia article: Orange Free State - 1814
War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Mormant.
Wikipedia article: War of the Sixth Coalition - 1676
Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are lost at Evangelistas Islets at the western end of the Strait of Magellan.
Wikipedia article: Antonio de Vea expedition - 1616
Nurhaci proclaims himself Khan of the Later Jin, precursor to the Qing Dynasty.
- 1370
Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.
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