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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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02/17/1950
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Rick Medlocke, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blackfoot)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1950
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31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center NY
Type: Event
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02/17/1951
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Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer, dies at 94
Type: Death
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02/17/1952
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Insook Bhushan, Seoul Korea, US US table tennis player (Olympic-92)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1952
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Guillermo Vilas, tennis player (1977 US Open)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1953
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Janice Dickinson, Bkln NY, model (Vogue)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1953
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Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea
Type: Event
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02/17/1953
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DSB soccer team forms in Eindhoven
Type: Event
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02/17/1954
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Rene Russo, actress (Ransom)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1954
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Evert Gorter, children artist (Kindergeneeskunde), dies at 72
Type: Death
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02/17/1955
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Ice Dance Championship at Vienna Austria won by J Westwood/Demmy GRB
Type: Event
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02/17/1955
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Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Frances Dafoe and Bowden of CAN
Type: Event
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02/17/1955
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Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist, dies at 52
Type: Death
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02/17/1955
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Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257
Type: Event
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02/17/1955
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Tenley Albright US
Type: Event
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02/17/1955
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KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks, AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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02/17/1956
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Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB
Type: Event
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02/17/1956
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by Carol Heiss USA
Type: Event
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02/17/1956
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by H A Jenkins USA
Type: Event
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02/17/1956
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Ice Pairs Championship at Garmisch won by Schwarz and Oppelt of AUT
Type: Event
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02/17/1957
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Fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72
Type: Event
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02/17/1957
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Suez Canal reopens
Type: Event
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02/17/1957
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Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
Type: Event
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02/17/1958
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Heidi Hagman, actress (Linda-Archie Bunker's Place)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1958
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WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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02/17/1958
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Karen Lende O'Connor, Concord Ma, equestrian 3-day (Oly-silver-96)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1958
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Comic strip "BC" 1st appears
Type: Event
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02/17/1959
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Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines, US, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1959
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1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg
Type: Event
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02/17/1959
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Tim Mara, co-founder of NFL's NY Giants, dies
Type: Death
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02/17/1959
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Kathryn Adams, actress (Meet the Chump, 5th Avenue Girl), dies
Type: Death
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02/17/1959
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Rowdy Gaines, US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1984)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1959
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Daniel Ray "Danny" Ainge, basketball and football star
Type: Birth
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02/17/1959
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Richard Karn, Seattle WA, actor (Al-Home Improvement)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1961
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Michael "Air" Jordan, Bkln NY, NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1961
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Nita Naldi, actress (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63
Type: Death
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02/17/1961
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Deb[ra] Richardson, Minneapolis MN, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1961
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Guy McIntyre, NFL guard (Phila Eagles)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1962
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Tony Blain, cricketer (NZ Test wicket-keeper)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1962
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Storm in Hamburg, kills 265
Type: Event
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02/17/1962
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David McComb, Australia, vocalist/songwriter (Triffids)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1962
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Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin"
Type: Event
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02/17/1962
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Lou Diamond Phillips, Philippines, actor (La Bamba, Stand and Deliver)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1962
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Hennie Meijer, soccer player (Cambuur L, FC Heerenveen)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1962
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Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs St Louis
Type: Event
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02/17/1962
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Joseph Kearns, actor (George-Dennis the Menace), dies at 55
Type: Death
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02/17/1962
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Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (NY Philharmonic), dies at 85
Type: Death
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02/17/1963
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Toru Terasawa runs world record marathon (2:15:15.8
Type: Event
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02/17/1963
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Dan Reed, rocker/actor (HOTS, Lake Consequence)
Type: Birth
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