100 years anniversary |
17 Feb 1924
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death
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Oskar Merikanto: Composer, dies at 55
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17 Feb 1924
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Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds)
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17 Feb 1924
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birth
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Margaret Truman, American singer and author (d. 2008) |
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17 Feb 1924
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birth
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Margaret Truman Missouri, president's daughter/writer (Murder at FBI)/pianist
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17 Feb 1924
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death
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Oskar Merikanto composer, dies at 55
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17 Feb 1924
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event
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Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds)
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75 years anniversary |
17 Feb 1949
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birth
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Fred Frith: English guitarist / violinist / bassist (Skeleton Crew)
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17 Feb 1949
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event
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Chaim Weitzman elected 1st President of Israel
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17 Feb 1949
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event
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Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kekesy / Ede Kiraly of HUN
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17 Feb 1949
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event
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Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Paris won by Alena Vrzanova of CZE
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17 Feb 1949
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event
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Richard Button retains world figure skating championship in Paris
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17 Feb 1949
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Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel. |
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17 Feb 1949
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birth
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Dennis Green, American football player and coach |
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17 Feb 1949
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birth
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Fred Frith, English guitarist and songwriter (Henry Cow, Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew) |
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17 Feb 1949
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birth
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Fred Frith English guitarist/violinist/bassist (Skeleton Crew)
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17 Feb 1949
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event
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Chaim Weizman elected 1st President of Israel
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17 Feb 1949
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event
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Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea K
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17 Feb 1949
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event
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Alena Vrzanova of Czechoslovakia
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17 Feb 1949
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event
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA
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50 years anniversary |
17 Feb 1974
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birth
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Valeria Mazza: Rosario, Argentina -- Model (Cosmo-July 1995)
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17 Feb 1974
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event
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49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt
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17 Feb 1974
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event
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic
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17 Feb 1974
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Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter. |
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17 Feb 1974
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birth
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Bryan White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
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17 Feb 1974
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birth
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Jerry O'Connell, American actor, director, and producer |
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17 Feb 1974
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birth
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Kaoru, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Dir En Grey) |
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17 Feb 1974
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birth
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Jerry O'Connell New York NY, actor (Scream 2, Sliders, Andrew Clements-My Secret Identity)
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17 Feb 1974
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birth
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Valeria Mazza Rosario Argentina, model (Cosmopolitan-July 1995)
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17 Feb 1974
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event
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49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt
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17 Feb 1974
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event
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic
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20 years anniversary |
17 Feb 2004
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death
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José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 51st President of Mexico (b. 1920) |
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17 Feb 2004
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music
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Prosecutors in the murder case of producer Phil Spector demanded that a fingernail overlooked by police investigating Lana Clarkson's shooting should be put forward as evidence. They claimed the fingernail, blackened with gunpowder, could indicate that the 40-year old actress killed herself at Spector's Los Angeles mansion. Spector, had denied murdering Clarkson.
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17 Feb 2004
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music
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Winners at this years Brit awards included, Daniel Bedingfield who won Best British male, Dido won Best British Female, The Darkness won Best British group, Best Rock group and Best British album with 'Permission To Land', Busted won British Breakthrough act and Duran Duran won Outstanding Contribution to Music.
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15 years anniversary |
17 Feb 2009
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death
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Mike Whitmarsh, American volleyball player (b. 1962) |
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17 Feb 2009
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death
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Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter (b. 1922) |
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10 years anniversary |
17 Feb 2014
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death
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Frank Wappat, English singer and radio host (b. 1930) |
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17 Feb 2014
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death
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Wayne Smith, Jamaican singer (b. 1965) |
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17 Feb 2014
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death
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Frankie Kao, Taiwanese singer (b. 1950) |
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17 Feb 2014
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death
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Peter Florin, German politician and diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1921) |
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17 Feb 2014
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death
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Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer (Devo) (b. 1952) |
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17 Feb 2014
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music
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American musician and sound engineer Bob Casale, best known as a guitarist and keyboardist in the new wave band Devo died of heart failure in Los Angeles, California. He engineered the first solo album for Police guitarist, Andy Summers.
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