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02/17/1934
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1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn)
Type: Event
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02/17/1934
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Alan Bates, Allestree Engld, actor (Zorba the Greek, Unmarried Woman)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1934
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Barry Humphries, Australia TV host (Dame Edna Everage)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1934
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Buddy Ryan, NFL coach (Phila Eagles, Phoenix Cardinals)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1934
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Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34), dies at 58
Type: Death
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02/17/1935
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Johnny Bush, country singer
Type: Birth
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02/17/1936
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"Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts
Type: Event
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02/17/1936
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-58øF (-50øC), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record)
Type: Event
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02/17/1936
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SN Behrmann's "End of Summer," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/17/1936
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Barry Jarman, cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper in 60's)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1936
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Jim Brown, Ga, NFL full back (Cleveland Browns)/actor (Dirty Dozen)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1936
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Peter Walker, cricket all-rounder (Glamorgan did little for Eng 1960)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1936
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Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theozentrische), dies at 74
Type: Death
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02/17/1937
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Mickey McGill, US vocalist (Dells-Love is Blue)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1938
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1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV (London)
Type: Event
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02/17/1938
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Mary Frances Berry, educator/head (US Commission on Civil Rights)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1939
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Katwijk soccer team forms
Type: Event
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02/17/1939
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Mary Ann Mobley, Biloxi Ms, Miss America-1959/actr (Diff'rent Strokes)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1940
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Bradman scores 135 in a non-Shield match for SA v West Australia
Type: Event
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02/17/1940
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British destroyers board German Altmark off Norway
Type: Event
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02/17/1940
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Dennis Gamsy, cricketer (S African bat in 2 Tests v Australia 1970)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1941
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Joe Louis KOs Gus Dorazio in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
Type: Event
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02/17/1941
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Gene Pitney, Hartford Ct, vocalist/songwriter (Town Without Pity)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1941
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Heidi Biebi, German Fed Rep, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1960)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1942
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Huey Newton, Black Panther leader
Type: Birth
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02/17/1943
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-19] Hitler visits fieldmarshal von Mansteins hq in Zaporozje
Type: Event
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02/17/1943
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Dutch churches protest at Seyss-Inquart against persecution of Jews
Type: Event
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02/17/1943
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Gen-major Bradley flies to Wash DC
Type: Event
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02/17/1943
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NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio, enlists into the US army
Type: Event
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02/17/1944
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Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins; US victory on Feb 22
Type: Event
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02/17/1944
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US begins night bombing of Truk
Type: Event
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02/17/1944
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Bernie Grant, British politician (Labour)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1944
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Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, dies at 64
Type: Death
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02/17/1945
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Brenda Fricker, Dublin Ireland, actress (My Left Foot)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1945
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Patricia Morrow, actress (Rita-Peyton Place)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1945
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Willie J L Swildens-Rozendal, Dutch MP (PvdA)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1946
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Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam
Type: Event
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02/17/1946
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Andr‚ Dussollier, Annecy France, actor (3 Men and a Cradle)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1946
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Valdemar Bandolowski, Denmark, yachting (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1946
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Zina Bethune, NYC, actress (Nurses, Who's That Knocking at My Door)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1947
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Dutch RC bishops publish manifest against "godless communism"
Type: Event
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02/17/1947
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Voice of America begins broadcasting to USSR
Type: Event
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02/17/1947
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Ben Cramer, Dutch vocalist (Clown)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1947
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Dallas Adams, British actor/painter/writer (Terror From Within)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1947
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Dodie Stevens, actress (Mary Hartman!)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1949
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Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel
Type: Event
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02/17/1949
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Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kekesy/Ede Kiraly of HUN
Type: Event
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02/17/1949
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Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Paris won by Alena Vrzanova of CZE
Type: Event
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02/17/1949
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA
Type: Event
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02/17/1949
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Richard Button retains world figure skating championship in Paris
Type: Event
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