A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on February 17 throughout history.
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Treaty of Adrianople: Representatives of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Ottoman Sultan Selim II agree to a peace plan ending the war between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire; Maximilian agrees to provide a cash "present" and ruling authority is granted to the Ottomans in Transylvan
Union forces led by William T. Sherman capture the state capital of Columbia, South Carolina. The city is ablaze by nightfall, fanned by high winds devastating much of the city. It is not known which side started the fires.
Sardines first canned by Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957, aiming to foster economic integration among its member states.
Discovery of a new mostly underwater continent, Zealandia, in the South Pacific is announced in the research journal "GSA Today"
First public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV occurs in London
Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
American golfer Mike Souchak sets a PGA 72-hole record of 257, which remains unbroken until 2001
Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de Wégimont
26th US President Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House
British naturalist and future broadcaster David Attenborough (24) weds British classmate and cook Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel, until her death in 1997
The Battle of Rudau (German: Schlacht bei Rudau, Lithuanian: Rūdavos mūšis) was a medieval pitched battle fought between the Teutonic Knights and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania on 17 or 18 February...
Battle of Hemmingstedt: German peasant army of Dithmarschen repels King John of Denmark and his brother Duke Frederick's army of Schleswig and Holstein
Boris Godunov chosen as Tsar of Russia
Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, convicted of heresy by the Roman Inquisition [1]
Puritan author William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti", criticising the theatre
The Treaty of Dover, also known as the Secret Treaty of Dover, was an agreement between Louis XIV of France and Charles II of England signed at Dover on 1 June 1670.
Ambon earthquake and megatsunami kills at least 2322 people in the Maluku Islands (modern Indonesia), tsunami reaches height of 100 meters (330 ft) [1]
Thomas Neale (1641–1699) was an English project-manager and politician who was also the first person to hold a position equivalent to postmaster-general of the North American colonies. Neale was a...
The First Partition of Poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that eventually ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795.
The Battle of Mormant (17 February 1814) was fought during the War of the Sixth Coalition between an Imperial French army under Emperor Napoleon I and a division of Russians under Count Peter...
Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents the "draisine," an early bicycle
Tuscany gets liberal Constitution
The Orange Free State was a landlocked independent Boer republic in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the...
Confederate submarine CSS H.L. Hunley sinks Union ship USS Housatonic at Charleston, South Carolina in the world's first successful submarine attack; crews of both vessels were killed [1]
-18] Battle of Charleston, South Carolina
Hungary in its modern (post-1946) borders roughly corresponds to the Great Hungarian Plain (the Carpathian Basin) in Central Europe. During the Iron Age, it was located at the crossroads between the...
First sardines canned in US are sold by Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine
1st telephone exchange in San Francisco, California opens with 18 phones
Australian cricket opening bowlers Joey Palmer (7/68) and Edwin Evans (3/64) dismiss England for 133 in 2nd Test; first Test match played at Sydney Cricket Ground
Arthur Ashwell patents 'vacant/engaged' toilet lock in London, England
Caesar Franck's "Symphony in D minor" premieres at the Paris Conservatory, with a performance by L'Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire, led by Jules Garcin
Muzzling Order on the London County Council enforced
A general strike in Barcelona and nearby towns leads to government-troop reprisals that leave 40 dead
American educator and women's suffragist Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall in the US Capital building, Washington, D.C.
(Glenn Curtiss demonstrates his Triad hydroplane's flight to and from a ship, landing alongside USS Pennsylvania, and having the craft lifted aboard by crane in San Diego Bay, California: after lunch, the plane was returned to the water and took off for land [1]
Edward Stone, 1st US combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded
In Australia, Nationalist Party takes over a coalition government
Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch, Bingham, Utah; 40 die
Deems Taylor's opera "The King's Henchman", with libretto by Edna St. Vincent Millay, premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, NYC
American brothers, Jennison and John Heaton fight out the top placings in the cresta (now known as skeleton) at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics; Jennison takes the gold by 1.0s
French government of André Tardieu falls for the first time
The Hershey Bears are a professional ice hockey team based in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine based in New York City. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widely distributed during the 20th century and has had many notable...
1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Pennsylvania)
-58°F (-50°C), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record)
Katwijk soccer team forms in the Netherlands
Altmark Incident: Crew of the British destroyer "Cossack" board German "Altmark" in Jøssingfjord, Norway, releasing 299 British prisoners after hand-to-hand fighting with bayonets and the last recorded Royal Naval action with cutlass
Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam
Dutch RC bishops publish manifest against "godless communism"
Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( KYME WYTES-mən; 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the Zionist Organization...
The Long Island Rail Road (reporting mark LI), or LIRR, is a railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S.
Montreal Canadiens center Elmer Lach picks up his 354th career assist in a 3-2 loss at the NY Rangers to become NHL's all-time assists leader; passes Bill Cowley's mark
DSB soccer team forms in Eindhoven (now PSV Eindhoven), Netherlands
WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast
Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB
The Warrenton Nursing Home fire took place at the Katie Jane Memorial Home for the Aged in Warrenton, Missouri, on February 17, 1957, and killed 72 people.
Comic strip "BC" 1st appears
1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg
Storm in Hamburg kills 265
Japanese runner Toru Terasawa runs a world record marathon (2:15:15.8) at the Beppu Marathon on the island of Kyushu, Japan
Lucius Benjamin Appling (April 2, 1907 – January 3, 1991), nicknamed "Old Aches and Pains", was an American professional baseball shortstop who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball for the...
British folk-pop duo Chad and Jeremy guest star in "Patty Pits Wits, Two Brits Hits" episode of American TV sitcom "The Patty Duke Show"
French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
Soyuz 1 was a crewed spaceflight of the Soviet space program. Launched into orbit on 23 April 1967 carrying cosmonaut colonel Vladimir Komarov, Soyuz 1 was the first crewed flight of the Soyuz...
Frenchman Jean Claude-Killy completes a clean sweep of the alpine skiing events at the Grenoble Winter Olympics when he wins the slalom; also takes out the downhill and giant slalom
"Cloud Nine" 9th studio album by The Temptations is released (Grammy Award Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group 1969, Billboard Album of the Year 1969)
Robert Marasco's "Child's Play" premieres in NYC
Rodney Ernest Redmond is a New Zealand former international cricketer. He is the father of Aaron Redmond, also a New Zealand international.
Macau was under Portuguese rule from the establishment of the first official Portuguese settlement in 1557 until its handover to China in 1999.
11 civilians and 1 RUC officer are killed and 30 wounded by a Provisional Irish Republican Army incendiary bomb at the La Mon Restaurant near Belfast
FCA US, LLC, doing business as Stellantis North America and known historically as Chrysler ( KRY-slər), is one of the "Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in...
Test cricket is a format of the sport of cricket, considered the game's most prestigious and traditional form.
Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot
Biathletes Eirik Kvalfoss of Norway and West German Peter Angerer finish 2nd & 3rd respectively in the relay at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; both have complete sets of medals from biathlon events at the Games
1st class postage rises from 20 cents to 22 cents
1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles
William Richard Higgins (January 15, 1945 – July 31, 1989) was a United States Marine Corps colonel who was captured in Lebanon in 1988 while serving on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission.
Ozone depletion consists of two related events observed since the late 1970s: a lowered total amount of ozone in Earth's upper atmosphere, and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone...
33rd Daytona 500: Ernie Irvan, driving for Morgan-McClure Motorsports coasts to win after challengers crash on finals laps
The sinking of the ferry Neptune, a commercial ship which regularly carried people and cargo between the Haitian cities of Jérémie to Port-au-Prince, occurred on the night of February 16, 1993.
The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired five seasons from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC.
Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sexually abused his daughter
Larry Wayne Harris & Bill Levitt arrested for possession of anthrax
The London congestion charge is a fee charged on most cars and motor vehicles being driven within the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ) in Central London between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm Monday to Friday, and...
A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines, killing 1,126 people
50th Daytona 500: Ryan Newman wins shootout going into the final turn from Tony Stewart, and the Busch brothers, Kurt and Kyle
Approximately 70 ancient Olympic artifacts are stolen from the Archaeological Museum of Greece
37 people are killed and 130 are injured in a series of Baghdad car bombings
Car bomb attack on military convoy in Ankara, Turkey, by Kurdish militant eaves 28 dead
10k freestyle cross country champion Ragnhild Haga and 30k classical winner Marit Bjørgen win their 2nd Olympic gold medal in Pyeongchang as part of Norway's 4 x 5k relay team
3 suicide bombers kill 18 in Konduga, north-east Nigeria
62nd Daytona 500: Denny Hamlin wins second straight title by 0.014 seconds over Ryan Blaney on the second restart in overtime; his third Daytona victory
South Africa, Africa's worst-affected country begins COVID-19 vaccinations with the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Cape Town
28,000 women apply for 30 jobs driving trains after they are advertised for women in Saudi Arabia for the first time [1]
WorldPride is a series of international LGBT pride events coordinated by InterPride; they are hosted in conjunction with local LGBT pride festivals, with host cities selected via bids voted on during...
The Battle of Avdiivka was a major battle between the Russian and Ukrainian Armed Forces for control of Avdiivka, a city in Donetsk Oblast, during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present).
An airplane crashes and flips over at Toronto airport, injuring 21 people, the fourth major aviation accident in North America in a month [1]
Deadliest avalanche in California’s history in remote part of the Sierra Nevada Mountains leaves 8 dead and 1 missing, with 6 survivors [1]
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, French general and nobleman, known for french general and nobleman, was born on 1490-02-17.
Thomas J. Watson businessman, known for american businessman, was born on 1874-02-17. Thomas John Watson Sr.
Khun Sa, Burmese warlord, known for burmese warlord, was born on 1934-02-17. Khun Sa was an ethnic Han drug lord and warlord.
Huey P. Newton, American founder of the black panther party, known for founder of the black panther party, was born on 1942-02-17.
Mo Yan, Chinese author, known for chinese author, was born on 1955-02-17. Guan Moye (simplified Chinese: 管谟业; traditional Chinese: 管謨業; pinyin: Guǎn Móyè; born 5 March 1955), better known by the pen…
Michael Bay, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1965-02-17. Michael Benjamin Bay is an American film director and producer.
Paris Hilton, American media personality, known for american media personality, was born on 1981-02-17. Paris Whitney Hilton is an American media personality, businesswoman, and socialite.
Bonnie Wright, English actress and filmmaker, known for english actress and filmmaker, was born on 1991-02-17. Bonnie Francesca Wright is an English actress, filmmaker, and environmental activist.
Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician, known for american rock musician, was born on 1972-02-17. Billie Joe Armstrong is an American musician and actor.
Ed Sheeran, English musician, known for english singer-songwriter, was born on 1991-02-17. Edward Christopher Sheeran ( SHEER-ən; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter and musician.
Jim Brown, American athlete, known for american football player and actor, was born on 1936-02-17.
Michael Jordan, American athlete, known for american basketball player and businessman, was born on 1963-02-17.
Geronimo leader of the bedonkohe apache, known for leader of the bedonkohe apache, died on 1909-02-17. Gerónimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé, lit.
Wilfrid Laurier dies
Henry Bacon, American architect, known for american architect, died on 1924-02-17.
Lefty Gomez, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 1989-02-17.
The Battle of Rudau (German: Schlacht bei Rudau, Lithuanian: Rūdavos mūšis) was a medieval pitched battle fought between the Teutonic Knights and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania on 17 or 18 February...
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, French general and nobleman, known for french general and nobleman, was born on 1490-02-17.
Battle of Hemmingstedt: German peasant army of Dithmarschen repels King John of Denmark and his brother Duke Frederick's army of Schleswig and Holstein
Treaty of Adrianople: Representatives of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Ottoman Sultan Selim II agree to a peace plan ending the war between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire; Maximilian agrees to provide a cash "present" and ruling authority is granted to the Ottomans in Transylvan
Boris Godunov chosen as Tsar of Russia
Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, convicted of heresy by the Roman Inquisition [1]
Puritan author William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti", criticising the theatre
The Treaty of Dover, also known as the Secret Treaty of Dover, was an agreement between Louis XIV of France and Charles II of England signed at Dover on 1 June 1670.
Ambon earthquake and megatsunami kills at least 2322 people in the Maluku Islands (modern Indonesia), tsunami reaches height of 100 meters (330 ft) [1]
Thomas Neale (1641–1699) was an English project-manager and politician who was also the first person to hold a position equivalent to postmaster-general of the North American colonies. Neale was a...
The First Partition of Poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that eventually ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795.
The Battle of Mormant (17 February 1814) was fought during the War of the Sixth Coalition between an Imperial French army under Emperor Napoleon I and a division of Russians under Count Peter...
Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents the "draisine," an early bicycle
Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de Wégimont
Tuscany gets liberal Constitution
The Orange Free State was a landlocked independent Boer republic in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the...
Confederate submarine CSS H.L. Hunley sinks Union ship USS Housatonic at Charleston, South Carolina in the world's first successful submarine attack; crews of both vessels were killed [1]
Union forces led by William T. Sherman capture the state capital of Columbia, South Carolina. The city is ablaze by nightfall, fanned by high winds devastating much of the city. It is not known which side started the fires.
-18] Battle of Charleston, South Carolina
Hungary in its modern (post-1946) borders roughly corresponds to the Great Hungarian Plain (the Carpathian Basin) in Central Europe. During the Iron Age, it was located at the crossroads between the...
Thomas J. Watson businessman, known for american businessman, was born on 1874-02-17. Thomas John Watson Sr.
Sardines first canned by Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine
First sardines canned in US are sold by Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine
1st telephone exchange in San Francisco, California opens with 18 phones
Australian cricket opening bowlers Joey Palmer (7/68) and Edwin Evans (3/64) dismiss England for 133 in 2nd Test; first Test match played at Sydney Cricket Ground
Arthur Ashwell patents 'vacant/engaged' toilet lock in London, England
Caesar Franck's "Symphony in D minor" premieres at the Paris Conservatory, with a performance by L'Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire, led by Jules Garcin
Muzzling Order on the London County Council enforced
A general strike in Barcelona and nearby towns leads to government-troop reprisals that leave 40 dead
Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
American educator and women's suffragist Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall in the US Capital building, Washington, D.C.
26th US President Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House
Geronimo leader of the bedonkohe apache, known for leader of the bedonkohe apache, died on 1909-02-17. Gerónimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé, lit.
(Glenn Curtiss demonstrates his Triad hydroplane's flight to and from a ship, landing alongside USS Pennsylvania, and having the craft lifted aboard by crane in San Diego Bay, California: after lunch, the plane was returned to the water and took off for land [1]
Edward Stone, 1st US combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded
In Australia, Nationalist Party takes over a coalition government
Wilfrid Laurier dies
Henry Bacon, American architect, known for american architect, died on 1924-02-17.
Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch, Bingham, Utah; 40 die
Deems Taylor's opera "The King's Henchman", with libretto by Edna St. Vincent Millay, premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, NYC
American brothers, Jennison and John Heaton fight out the top placings in the cresta (now known as skeleton) at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics; Jennison takes the gold by 1.0s
French government of André Tardieu falls for the first time
The Hershey Bears are a professional ice hockey team based in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine based in New York City. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widely distributed during the 20th century and has had many notable...
1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Pennsylvania)
Khun Sa, Burmese warlord, known for burmese warlord, was born on 1934-02-17. Khun Sa was an ethnic Han drug lord and warlord.
-58°F (-50°C), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record)
Jim Brown, American athlete, known for american football player and actor, was born on 1936-02-17.
First public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV occurs in London
Katwijk soccer team forms in the Netherlands
Altmark Incident: Crew of the British destroyer "Cossack" board German "Altmark" in Jøssingfjord, Norway, releasing 299 British prisoners after hand-to-hand fighting with bayonets and the last recorded Royal Naval action with cutlass
Huey P. Newton, American founder of the black panther party, known for founder of the black panther party, was born on 1942-02-17.
Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam
Dutch RC bishops publish manifest against "godless communism"
Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( KYME WYTES-mən; 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the Zionist Organization...
British naturalist and future broadcaster David Attenborough (24) weds British classmate and cook Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel, until her death in 1997
The Long Island Rail Road (reporting mark LI), or LIRR, is a railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S.
Montreal Canadiens center Elmer Lach picks up his 354th career assist in a 3-2 loss at the NY Rangers to become NHL's all-time assists leader; passes Bill Cowley's mark
DSB soccer team forms in Eindhoven (now PSV Eindhoven), Netherlands
WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast
American golfer Mike Souchak sets a PGA 72-hole record of 257, which remains unbroken until 2001
Mo Yan, Chinese author, known for chinese author, was born on 1955-02-17. Guan Moye (simplified Chinese: 管谟业; traditional Chinese: 管謨業; pinyin: Guǎn Móyè; born 5 March 1955), better known by the pen…
Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB
The Warrenton Nursing Home fire took place at the Katie Jane Memorial Home for the Aged in Warrenton, Missouri, on February 17, 1957, and killed 72 people.
Comic strip "BC" 1st appears
1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg
Storm in Hamburg kills 265
Japanese runner Toru Terasawa runs a world record marathon (2:15:15.8) at the Beppu Marathon on the island of Kyushu, Japan
Michael Jordan, American athlete, known for american basketball player and businessman, was born on 1963-02-17.
Lucius Benjamin Appling (April 2, 1907 – January 3, 1991), nicknamed "Old Aches and Pains", was an American professional baseball shortstop who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball for the...
British folk-pop duo Chad and Jeremy guest star in "Patty Pits Wits, Two Brits Hits" episode of American TV sitcom "The Patty Duke Show"
Michael Bay, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1965-02-17. Michael Benjamin Bay is an American film director and producer.
French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
Soyuz 1 was a crewed spaceflight of the Soviet space program. Launched into orbit on 23 April 1967 carrying cosmonaut colonel Vladimir Komarov, Soyuz 1 was the first crewed flight of the Soyuz...
Frenchman Jean Claude-Killy completes a clean sweep of the alpine skiing events at the Grenoble Winter Olympics when he wins the slalom; also takes out the downhill and giant slalom
"Cloud Nine" 9th studio album by The Temptations is released (Grammy Award Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group 1969, Billboard Album of the Year 1969)
Robert Marasco's "Child's Play" premieres in NYC
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957, aiming to foster economic integration among its member states.
Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician, known for american rock musician, was born on 1972-02-17. Billie Joe Armstrong is an American musician and actor.
Rodney Ernest Redmond is a New Zealand former international cricketer. He is the father of Aaron Redmond, also a New Zealand international.
Macau was under Portuguese rule from the establishment of the first official Portuguese settlement in 1557 until its handover to China in 1999.
11 civilians and 1 RUC officer are killed and 30 wounded by a Provisional Irish Republican Army incendiary bomb at the La Mon Restaurant near Belfast
FCA US, LLC, doing business as Stellantis North America and known historically as Chrysler ( KRY-slər), is one of the "Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in...
Paris Hilton, American media personality, known for american media personality, was born on 1981-02-17. Paris Whitney Hilton is an American media personality, businesswoman, and socialite.
Test cricket is a format of the sport of cricket, considered the game's most prestigious and traditional form.
Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot
Biathletes Eirik Kvalfoss of Norway and West German Peter Angerer finish 2nd & 3rd respectively in the relay at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; both have complete sets of medals from biathlon events at the Games
1st class postage rises from 20 cents to 22 cents
1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles
William Richard Higgins (January 15, 1945 – July 31, 1989) was a United States Marine Corps colonel who was captured in Lebanon in 1988 while serving on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission.
Ozone depletion consists of two related events observed since the late 1970s: a lowered total amount of ozone in Earth's upper atmosphere, and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone...
Lefty Gomez, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 1989-02-17.
33rd Daytona 500: Ernie Irvan, driving for Morgan-McClure Motorsports coasts to win after challengers crash on finals laps
Bonnie Wright, English actress and filmmaker, known for english actress and filmmaker, was born on 1991-02-17. Bonnie Francesca Wright is an English actress, filmmaker, and environmental activist.
Ed Sheeran, English musician, known for english singer-songwriter, was born on 1991-02-17. Edward Christopher Sheeran ( SHEER-ən; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter and musician.
The sinking of the ferry Neptune, a commercial ship which regularly carried people and cargo between the Haitian cities of Jérémie to Port-au-Prince, occurred on the night of February 16, 1993.
The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired five seasons from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC.
Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sexually abused his daughter
Larry Wayne Harris & Bill Levitt arrested for possession of anthrax
The London congestion charge is a fee charged on most cars and motor vehicles being driven within the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ) in Central London between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm Monday to Friday, and...
A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines, killing 1,126 people
50th Daytona 500: Ryan Newman wins shootout going into the final turn from Tony Stewart, and the Busch brothers, Kurt and Kyle
Approximately 70 ancient Olympic artifacts are stolen from the Archaeological Museum of Greece
37 people are killed and 130 are injured in a series of Baghdad car bombings
Car bomb attack on military convoy in Ankara, Turkey, by Kurdish militant eaves 28 dead
Discovery of a new mostly underwater continent, Zealandia, in the South Pacific is announced in the research journal "GSA Today"
10k freestyle cross country champion Ragnhild Haga and 30k classical winner Marit Bjørgen win their 2nd Olympic gold medal in Pyeongchang as part of Norway's 4 x 5k relay team
3 suicide bombers kill 18 in Konduga, north-east Nigeria
62nd Daytona 500: Denny Hamlin wins second straight title by 0.014 seconds over Ryan Blaney on the second restart in overtime; his third Daytona victory
South Africa, Africa's worst-affected country begins COVID-19 vaccinations with the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Cape Town
28,000 women apply for 30 jobs driving trains after they are advertised for women in Saudi Arabia for the first time [1]
WorldPride is a series of international LGBT pride events coordinated by InterPride; they are hosted in conjunction with local LGBT pride festivals, with host cities selected via bids voted on during...
The Battle of Avdiivka was a major battle between the Russian and Ukrainian Armed Forces for control of Avdiivka, a city in Donetsk Oblast, during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present).
An airplane crashes and flips over at Toronto airport, injuring 21 people, the fourth major aviation accident in North America in a month [1]
Deadliest avalanche in California’s history in remote part of the Sierra Nevada Mountains leaves 8 dead and 1 missing, with 6 survivors [1]