447 Historic Events for February 17
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| 1924 |
Death |
Oskar Merikanto, composer, dies at 55
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| 1924 |
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Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds)
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Hal Holbrook, Cleveland, actor (All the President's Men, Mark Twain)
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Fritz Behrendt, German/Dutch cartoon character (The Slogan)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Friedrich Cerha, composer
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Lee Hoiby, Madison Wisconsin, composer (1957 Arts and Letters)
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| 1926 |
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Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die
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| 1926 |
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Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match
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| 1929 |
Death |
John Read, cricketer (batted in 17 Tests for Eng for 463 runs), dies
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Chaim Potok, NYC, novelist (Promise)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Yasser Arafat, PLO-leader (Achille Lauro, Nobel 1994)
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| 1930 |
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French govt of Tardieu, falls
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Usko Merilainen, composer
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| 1931 |
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Hockey's Hershey Bears (now with AHL) 1st game
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| 1931 |
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1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Buck Trent, Spartanburg SC, banjoist/singer (Hee Haw)
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| 1932 |
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Irving Berlin's musical "Face the Music," premieres in NYC
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| 1932 |
Death |
Frans Gailliard, Belgian painter/graphic artist (Egina), dies at 70
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Bobby Lewis, rocker (Tossin' and Turnin')
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Craig Thomas, (Rep-R-Wyoming)
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| 1933 |
Death |
Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84
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| 1933 |
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Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead in the comic Blondie
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| 1933 |
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1st issue of "Newsweek" magazine published
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| 1933 |
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Marinus van der Lubbe arrives in Glindow, at Potsdam
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| 1933 |
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US Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition
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