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02/17/1986
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Paul Stewart, actor (Opening Night, In Cold Blood, Window), dies
Type: Death
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02/17/1987
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Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year)
Type: Event
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02/17/1987
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Michelle Renee Royer, 21, (Texas), crowned 36th Miss USA
Type: Event
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02/17/1987
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Hal K Dawson, actor (Another Language, Wells Fargo), dies
Type: Death
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02/17/1987
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Verree Teasdale, actress (Skyscraper Souls), dies
Type: Death
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02/17/1988
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Lebanese terrorists kidnap UN truce observer Lt Col William Higgins
Type: Event
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02/17/1988
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US Lt Col Wm Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists and later killed
Type: Event
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02/17/1989
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6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole"
Type: Event
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02/17/1989
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Former baseball player/manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash
Type: Event
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02/17/1989
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Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya form common market
Type: Event
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02/17/1989
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Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract
Type: Event
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02/17/1989
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Type: Event
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02/17/1989
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Whitesnake's rocker David Coverdale weds actress Tawny Kitaen
Type: Event
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02/17/1989
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Lefty Gomez, pitching great (NY Yankees), dies at 80
Type: Death
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02/17/1990
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Erik Rhodes, actor (Top Hat), dies of pneumonia at 84
Type: Death
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02/17/1990
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Frans Kellendonk, Dutch writer (Good for Nothing), dies at 39
Type: Death
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02/17/1990
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Keith Haring, US graffiti-artist, dies at 31
Type: Death
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02/17/1990
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Marc Clement, actor (Career Opportunities, Sluggers Wife), dies
Type: Death
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02/17/1991
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
Type: Event
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02/17/1991
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Enrique Bermudez, commandant (Contra), dies
Type: Death
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02/17/1993
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Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die
Type: Event
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02/17/1993
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Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec)
Type: Event
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02/17/1993
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Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed
Type: Death
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02/17/1993
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George E Wilburn, film editor, dies of emphysema at 77
Type: Death
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02/17/1993
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Leslie Townsend, cricket all-rounder (Engld in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies
Type: Death
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02/17/1994
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Randy Shilts, US journalist (and the band played on), dies of AIDs at 41
Type: Death
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02/17/1995
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11th Soap Opera Digest Awards
Type: Event
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02/17/1995
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Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the LIRR in NY
Type: Event
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02/17/1995
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Tiger mgr Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike
Type: Event
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02/17/1995
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Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming US tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive and manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked
Type: Event
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02/17/1995
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Jan Bart Klaster, music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50
Type: Death
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02/17/1995
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Thelma Hulbert, painter, dies at 81
Type: Death
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02/17/1995
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Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic, dies at 52
Type: Death
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02/17/1995
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Uta Graf, singer/teacher, dies at 80
Type: Death
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02/17/1996
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1st full ODI for the Netherlands, v NZ, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47
Type: Event
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02/17/1996
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Bentley Bridgewater, british Museum secretary, dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/17/1996
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Henry Guinness, missionary, dies at 87
Type: Death
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02/17/1996
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Jean Writer-Pierre Herve Bazin, dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/17/1996
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Michael Raptis, writer/recolutionary, dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/17/1996
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[Elsie] Evelyn Laye, actress/singer (Sun Child), dies at 95
Type: Death
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02/17/1997
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Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Pasadena Calif
Type: Event
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02/17/1997
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Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sex abused his daughter
Type: Event
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02/17/1998
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Diane Zamora, 20, Naval Academy cadet convicted of capital murder
Type: Event
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02/17/1998
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Larry Wayne Harris and Bill Levitt arrested for possession of anthrax
Type: Event
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02/17/1998
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Ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102
Type: Death
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02/17/2002
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Westlife go to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'World Of Our Own.' The Irish boy band's 10th UK No.1 single.
Type: Event
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02/17/2002
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'Always On Time' by RandB artist Ja Rule featuring Ashanti starts a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart.
Type: Event
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