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What happend on 17. February in History
In our data base we found 326 events happened on 17. February:
• 364: Jovian, Roman Emperor (b. 331) [category: Deaths]
• 364: Emperor Jovian dies after a reign of eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana (Asia Minor) en route back to Constantinople in suspicious circumstances. [category: Events]
• 440: Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk and linguist (b. 360) [category: Deaths]
• 624: Wu Zetian, Empress of the Zhou Dynasty of China (d. 705) [category: Births]
• 1339: Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) [category: Deaths]
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• 1370: Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. [category: Events]
• 1371: Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria [category: Deaths]
• 1490: Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (d. 1527) [category: Births]
• 1500: Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt. [category: Events]
• 1519: Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) [category: Births]
• 1524: Charles of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1574) [category: Births]
• 1581: Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) [category: Births]
• 1596: Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) [category: Deaths]
• 1600: Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. 1548) [category: Deaths]
• 1600: The philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive, for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome. [category: Events]
• 1609: Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) [category: Deaths]
• 1621: Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth colony. [category: Events]
• 1624: Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536) [category: Deaths]
• 1646: Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) [category: Births]
• 1653: Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (d. 1713) [category: Births]
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• 1659: Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593) [category: Deaths]
• 1673: Molière, French playwright (b. 1622) [category: Deaths]
• 1680: Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (b. 1599) [category: Deaths]
• 1680: Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist (b. 1637) [category: Deaths]
• 1715: Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (b. 1646) [category: Deaths]
• 1718: Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1723: Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (d. 1762) [category: Births]
• 1732: Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (b. 1669) [category: Deaths]
• 1740: Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and founder of alpinism (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1752: Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1753: In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. [category: Events]
• 1754: Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803) [category: Births]
• 1768: Arthur Onslow, English politician (b. 1691) [category: Deaths]
• 1780: Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b. 1706) [category: Deaths]
• 1781: René Laënnec, French physician (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1792: Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1796: Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1801: An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives. [category: Events]
• 1814: War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Mormans. [category: Events]
• 1816: Haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1819: The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1820: Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1820: Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1821: Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861) [category: Births]
• 1836: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1838: Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus. [category: Events]
• 1841: Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist (b. 1770) [category: Deaths]
• 1844: Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1848: Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner, the last to carry out capital punishment in Sweden (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1848: Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1854: Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1854: John Martin, English painter (b. 1789) [category: Deaths]
• 1854: The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State. [category: Events]
• 1856: Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1860: Tom Seeberg, Norwegian rifle shooter (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1861: Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1862: Eugen Schmidt, Danish athlete (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1862: Mori Ōgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1863: Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1864: Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1864: Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic. [category: Events]
• 1865: American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces. [category: Events]
• 1871: The victorious Prussian Army parades though Paris, France after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. [category: Events]
• 1874: Thomas J. Watson, American computer manufacturer (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1874: Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (b. 1796) [category: Deaths]
• 1877: André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1877: Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1877: Isidora Sekulić, Serbian prose writer, novelist and essayist (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1880: Ernest Linton, Canadian football player (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1883: George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1883: Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1887: Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1888: Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1890: Sir Ronald Fisher, English statistician and geneticist (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1890: Christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: Abraham Fraenkel, German-born Israeli mathematician and recipient of the Israel Prize (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1893: Wally Pipp, American baseball player (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1903: Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian writer (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1904: Hans Morgenthau, German political philosopher (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1904: Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan. [category: Events]
• 1905: William Bickerton, Mormon prophet (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1908: Red Barber, American baseball announcer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1909: Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1911: Orrin Tucker, American bandleader and composer (d.2011) [category: Births]
• 1911: Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born American literary scholar (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1912: Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1912: Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: Jean Le Moyne, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1913: The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century. [category: Events]
• 1914: Arthur Kennedy, American actor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1914: Wayne Morris, American actor (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1916: Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and Rugby Union footballer (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1916: Raf Vallone, Italian actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1917: Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1917: Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1918: Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Ukrainian politician (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1918: Milan Neralić, Croatian fencer (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: J.M.S. Careless, Canadian historian (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1919: Kathleen Freeman, American actress (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1919: Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1922: Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1922: Tommy Edwards, American singer (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1922: Valentino Mazzia, American forensic anesthesiologist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1923: John Marco Allegro, English scholar (d. same day 1988) [category: Births]
• 1924: Margaret Truman, American novelist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1925: Hal Holbrook, American actor [category: Births]
• 1925: Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1928: Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress & singer [category: Births]
• 1929: Chaim Potok, American author (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1929: Nicholas Ridley, British politician (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1929: Patricia Routledge, English actress [category: Births]
• 1929: Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1930: Roger Craig, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1930: Ruth Rendell, English writer [category: Births]
• 1931: Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1933: Bobby Lewis, American singer [category: Births]
• 1933: Craig L. Thomas, American politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1933: Larry Jennings, American magician (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1933: The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1934: Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1934: Barry Humphries, Australian actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1934: King Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress [category: Births]
• 1936: Jim Brown, American football player [category: Births]
• 1938: Buck Trent, American banjo player [category: Births]
• 1938: Martha Henry, American/Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1938: Yvonne Romain, British film and television actress [category: Births]
• 1939: Clément Richard, Canadian businessman and politician [category: Births]
• 1939: John Leyton, British singer [category: Births]
• 1939: Mary Ann Mobley, American actress and beauty queen [category: Births]
• 1939: Willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Gene Pitney, American singer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1941: Julia McKenzie, English actress and theatre director [category: Births]
• 1942: Huey P. Newton, American political activist (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1943: Claire Malis, American actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1943: Costas Azariadis, Greek economist [category: Births]
• 1943: Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: Operation Hailstone begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22. [category: Events]
• 1945: Brenda Fricker, Irish actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Zina Bethune, American actress and dancer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1946: Dodie Stevens, American singer [category: Births]
• 1946: Dorothy Gibson, American actress and RMS Titanic survivor (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Don Scardino, American television director and actor [category: Births]
• 1948: José José, Mexican singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Rick Majerus, American basketball coach (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1949: Fred Frith, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew) [category: Births]
• 1950: William Dickey, American diver (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Rashid Minhas, Pilot officer in Pakistan Air Force during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1952: Karin Janz, East German gymnast [category: Births]
• 1952: Vladimír Padrůněk, Czech rock bass guitar player (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1953: Norman Pace, British actor and comic [category: Births]
• 1954: Rene Russo, American actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Mo Yan, Chinese author, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1956: Richard Karn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician [category: Births]
• 1958: Alan Wiggins, American baseball player (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1958: Steve Fox, English footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1958: Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Neil Lomax, American football player [category: Births]
• 1959: Rowdy Gaines, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1959: Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 – The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution. [category: Events]
• 1961: Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1962: Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Samuel Bayer, American music video director [category: Births]
• 1962: Bruno Walter, German conductor (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1963: Jen-Hsun Huang, American entrepreneur and businessman [category: Births]
• 1963: Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Michael Jordan, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Rene Syler, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1964: Buster Olney, American sports columnist [category: Births]
• 1964: Gabonese president Leon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place. [category: Events]
• 1964: In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population. [category: Events]
• 1965: Michael Bay, American film director [category: Births]
• 1965: Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. [category: Events]
• 1966: Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1966: Michael Lepond, American musician (Symphony X) [category: Births]
• 1966: Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1967: Chanté Moore, American singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Bryan Cox, American football player [category: Births]
• 1968: Marquard Schwarz, American freestyle swimmer (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens. [category: Events]
• 1969: David Douillet, French judoka [category: Births]
• 1969: Tuesday Knight, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Willi Kronhardt, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Dominic Purcell, English/Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Tommy Moe, American skier [category: Births]
• 1970: Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Denise Richards, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Jeremy Edwards, British actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1971: SaRenna Lee, American pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician (Green Day) [category: Births]
• 1972: LG Petrov, Swedish singer (Entombed) [category: Births]
• 1972: Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater [category: Births]
• 1972: Ralphie May, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1972: Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters and Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders) [category: Births]
• 1972: Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model [category: Births]
• 1972: Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (Judy and Mary) [category: Births]
• 1972: Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model-T. [category: Events]
• 1973: Drew Barry, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Raphaël Ibañez, French rugby player [category: Births]
• 1974: Bryan White, American singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Jerry O'Connell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Kaoru, Japanese musician (Dir en grey) [category: Births]
• 1974: Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter. [category: Events]
• 1975: Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1975: Todd Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Vaclav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Kelly Carlson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Scott Williamson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: William Roussel, French musician (Mütiilation) [category: Births]
• 1976: Jean Servais, Belgian actor (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Wong Choong Hann, Malaysian badminton player [category: Births]
• 1977: Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim [category: Births]
• 1978: The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30. [category: Events]
• 1979: Dee, Puerto Rican pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Josh Willingham, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: The Sino-Vietnamese War begins. [category: Events]
• 1980: Al Harrington, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Jason Ritter, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Mount Everest, 1st Winter Ascent by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy. [category: Events]
• 1981: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Paris Hilton, American actress, singer, and heiress [category: Births]
• 1982: Adriano, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Brian Bruney, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Daniel Merriweather, Australian singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Gérald Cid, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Kevin Rudolf, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1983: Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer [category: Births]
• 1983: Nguyen Tien Minh, Vietnamese badminton player [category: Births]
• 1984: AB de Villiers, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1984: Drew Miller, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1984: Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and voice actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Sadha, Indian film actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Stefan Jarosch, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian ski jumper [category: Births]
• 1985: Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and model [category: Births]
• 1986: Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Ricardo Rodriguez, American wrestler and ring announcer [category: Births]
• 1986: Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Aseem Trivedi, Indian cartoonist and activist [category: Births]
• 1987: Thomas Ayasse, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim [category: Births]
• 1988: John Marco Allegro, English scholar (b. same day 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Chord Overstreet, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Rebecca Adlington, English swimmer [category: Births]
• 1989: Stacey McClean, British singer (S Club 8) [category: Births]
• 1989: Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Marianne St-Gelais, Canadian short track speed skater [category: Births]
• 1990: Erik Rhodes, American actor (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Ukrainian politician (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Bonnie Wright, English actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Ed Sheeran, English singer [category: Births]
• 1992: Meaghan Jette Martin, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1992: Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijani troops massacre 70–90 Armenian civilians in the village of Qaradağlı [category: Events]
• 1993: AJ Perez, Filipino actor and model (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1993: Marc Marquez, Spanish motorcyclist [category: Births]
• 1993: Nicola Leali, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Philip Wiegratz, German actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Randy Shilts, American author and activist (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN. [category: Events]
• 1996: Sasha Pieterse, South African/American actress [category: Births]
• 1996: Hervé Bazin, French writer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1997: Joe Kieyoomia, Navajo soldier (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Zein Isa, Palestinian militant [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Ernst Jünger, German author (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Sunshine Parker, American actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Barry Burman, English artist (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Steve Bechler, American baseball player (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: The London Congestion Charge scheme begins. [category: Events]
• 2004: José López Portillo, President of Mexico (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126. [category: Events]
• 2007: Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born musician, producer and songwriter (Ryan's Fancy) (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Brian Harris, English footballer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Kosovo declares independence. [category: Events]
• 2009: Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Mike Whitmarsh, American volleyball player (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Kathryn Grayson, American actress and singer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Libyan protests begin. In Bahrain, security forces launched a deadly Pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama, the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday. [category: Events]
• 2012: Ulric Neisser, German-born American cognitive psychologist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• _: Alexis Falconieri [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constabilis [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fintan of Clonenagh [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Kosovo in 2008, still under dispute. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lommán of Trim [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Quirinalia, in honor of Quirinus (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Seven Founders of the Servite Order [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Hachinohe Emburi (Hachinohe) [category: Holidays and observances]