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17 Aug 0682
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St Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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17 Aug 1180
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Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against Emperor Kiyomori Taira
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17 Aug 1498
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Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows and office to marry a French princess
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17 Aug 1544
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Imperial / English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France
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17 Aug 1563
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King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult
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17 Aug 1577
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Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots
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17 Aug 1579
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Francois van Anjou visits English Queen Elizabeth I
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17 Aug 1585
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Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by Duke of Parma
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17 Aug 1717
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France, Russia and Prussia sign agreement
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17 Aug 1743
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Sweden and Russia sign peace treaty
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17 Aug 1787
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Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups
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17 Aug 1788
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Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded
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17 Aug 1795
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Slave revolt at Knip plantation, Curacao
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17 Aug 1796
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English beat Bataafs navy in Saldanha Bay
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17 Aug 1807
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Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River
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17 Aug 1808
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Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain
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17 Aug 1827
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Dutch King Willem I / Pope Leo XII sign concord
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17 Aug 1834
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Charles Darwins reaches top of Campana Chile
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17 Aug 1835
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Solymon Merrick patents wrench
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17 Aug 1836
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British parliament accept registration of birth / marriage / death
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17 Aug 1836
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HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin leave South-America for last time
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17 Aug 1846
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US fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California
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17 Aug 1846
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US takes Los Angeles
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17 Aug 1858
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1st bank in Hawaii opens
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17 Aug 1859
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1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette, Indiana
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17 Aug 1862
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Confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky
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17 Aug 1863
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Federal batteries and ships attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina
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17 Aug 1863
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Federal batteries & ships bombard Fort Sumter, Charleston
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17 Aug 1866
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Bathe and Prussia signs peace treaty
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17 Aug 1869
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1st international boat race (Thames River) (Oxford beats Harvard)
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17 Aug 1870
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1st ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington
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17 Aug 1870
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Mrs Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming)
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17 Aug 1876
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The opera "G
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17 Aug 1877
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Phobos (Martian satellite) discovered (A Hall)
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17 Aug 1877
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Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos
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17 Aug 1879
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Ferdinand de Lesseps forms French Panama Canal Company
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17 Aug 1891
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Electric self-starter for automobile patented
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17 Aug 1892
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Russian / French generals Obruchev / Boisdeffre signs Duple Alliance
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17 Aug 1894
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Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4
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17 Aug 1896
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George Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon
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17 Aug 1896
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Gold is discovered on Klondike River
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17 Aug 1897
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W B Purvis patents electric railway switch
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17 Aug 1903
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Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia University and begins Pulitzer Prizes
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17 Aug 1904
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Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chic White Sox, 6-0
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17 Aug 1905
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Dutch government of De Master begins
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17 Aug 1907
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Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union
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17 Aug 1908
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Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay & Montgomery
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17 Aug 1914
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Lithuiana surrenders to Germans
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17 Aug 1915
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German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana
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17 Aug 1915
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Hurricane strikes Galveston, TX (275 killed)
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17 Aug 1915
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Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
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17 Aug 1916
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Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia
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17 Aug 1917
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Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey
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17 Aug 1918
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British troops attack Baku Azerbaijan
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17 Aug 1918
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Turkish troops overthrow Caukasus
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17 Aug 1918
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Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000
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17 Aug 1920
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In memory of Ray Chapman (died August 16), Yanks cancel game with Indians
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17 Aug 1924
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French-German trade agreement signed
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17 Aug 1926
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Greek-Serbian / Croatian / Slavs peace treaty signed
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17 Aug 1933
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Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308th consecutive game
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17 Aug 1933
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Soviet Union test GIRD-R1 rocket ("Object 09")
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17 Aug 1933
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Lou Gehrig breaks record by playing in his 1,308th straight game
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17 Aug 1938
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1st aircraft owned by Forest Service in service (Oakland)
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17 Aug 1938
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Henry Armstrong won his 3rd concurrent boxing championship
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17 Aug 1939
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"Wizard of Oz" opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in NY
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17 Aug 1940
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FDR and Canadian Prime Minister William M King agree to joint defense commission
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17 Aug 1940
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Greece mobilizes
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17 Aug 1940
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Hitler orders total blockade of Great-Britain
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17 Aug 1941
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German raider attacks Dutch SS Kota Nopan
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17 Aug 1942
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1st European bombing run undertaken by US forces
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17 Aug 1942
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1st US / 8th Air Force bombs Europe
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17 Aug 1942
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Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on Hornet
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17 Aug 1942
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US bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France
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17 Aug 1943
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Gen Patton enters Messina, completing conquest of Sicily by Allies
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17 Aug 1943
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US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17O at attack on Regensburg / Schweinfurt
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17 Aug 1944
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4th Canadian Armour division occupiers Trun Normandy
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17 Aug 1944
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Canadian 2nd division conquerors Falaise Normandy
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17 Aug 1944
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German Field Marshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy
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17 Aug 1944
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Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border
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17 Aug 1944
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Yanks Johnny Lindell ties record with 4 consecutive doubles in a game
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17 Aug 1945
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Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands
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17 Aug 1945
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Koreas divided on 38th parallel with US occupying the southern area
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17 Aug 1945
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Indonesia declares independence from Netherlands (National Day)
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17 Aug 1948
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Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season
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17 Aug 1948
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Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent
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17 Aug 1948
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Phillies commit 8 errors in a game
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17 Aug 1950
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Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs
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17 Aug 1950
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Indonesia gains independence from the Netherlands
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17 Aug 1951
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18th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 33, All-Stars 0 (92,180)
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17 Aug 1951
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Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica
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17 Aug 1952
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"Fallout" 1st used (NY Times)
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17 Aug 1952
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Betty Jameson wins LPGA World Golf Championship
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17 Aug 1955
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Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 & doing $1.8 billion damage
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17 Aug 1956
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Bundesverfassungsgericht bans KPD in West Germany
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17 Aug 1957
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Richie Ashburn, fouls hit fan Alice Roth twice in same at bat 1st one breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher
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17 Aug 1958
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Bonnie Hoffman wins LPGA Kansas City Golf Open
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17 Aug 1958
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World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec
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17 Aug 1959
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USSR and Iraq signs contract for building Iraqi nuclear reactor
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17 Aug 1959
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7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park
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17 Aug 1960
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Indonesia drops diplomatic relations with Netherlands
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17 Aug 1960
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Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow
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17 Aug 1960
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Gabon gains independence from France (National Day)
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17 Aug 1961
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Building of the Berlin Wall begins
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17 Aug 1961
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Kennedy administration establishes Alliance for Progress
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17 Aug 1962
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Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr
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17 Aug 1962
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E German border guards shot & kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector
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17 Aug 1963
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Jim Hickman becomes the 1st NY Met to hit for the cycle
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17 Aug 1963
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Oriole's Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief
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17 Aug 1966
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Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time HR list
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17 Aug 1966
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Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit
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17 Aug 1968
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Dick Beyers (Dr X) beats Verne Gagne, to become NWA champ
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17 Aug 1969
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51st PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 276 at NCR Golf Club - Dayton, Ohio
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17 Aug 1969
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New York Jets beat the New York Giants 37-14 in their 1st meeting (pre season)
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17 Aug 1969
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Hurricane Camille claims more than 250
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17 Aug 1970
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Venera 7 (US), 1st softlanding on Venus, launched
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17 Aug 1970
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Venera 7 launched by USSR for soft landing on Venus
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17 Aug 1972
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Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game
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17 Aug 1973
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Willie Mays hits 660th and last HR (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati)
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17 Aug 1973
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Lee Trevino's 1st hole-in-one
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17 Aug 1975
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Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
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17 Aug 1976
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An earthquake and tidal wave in the Philippines kills up to 8,000
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17 Aug 1976
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Big win for WI at The Oval Michael Holding 14-149 for match
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17 Aug 1977
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Russian nuclear sub "Artika" is 1st to North Pole
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17 Aug 1977
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Thomas Wessinghage / Harald Hudak / Michael Lederer / Karl Fleschen walk world record 4x1500m (14:38.8)
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17 Aug 1978
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1st successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon (3 Americans)
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17 Aug 1978
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1st manned balloon crossing of Atlantic Ocean (Eagle II)
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17 Aug 1979
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2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed
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17 Aug 1980
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"Blackstone" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 104 performances
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17 Aug 1980
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Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
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17 Aug 1980
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George Brett goes 4-for-4, raising his batting average to .401
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17 Aug 1982
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LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18)
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17 Aug 1982
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South Bend, Ind jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin
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17 Aug 1984
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Pete Rose returns to Cin Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits)
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17 Aug 1985
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1,400 meatpackers walk off the job at a Geo A Hormel and Co plant
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17 Aug 1985
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Sara Trollinger forms House of Hope in Orlando
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17 Aug 1985
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Dave Kingman hits his 400th HR
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17 Aug 1985
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Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India
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17 Aug 1986
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Cindy Mackey wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am
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17 Aug 1986
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Pat Bradley wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
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17 Aug 1986
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Red Sox trade shortstop Rey Quinones and pitcher Mike Trujillo to Mariners for shortstop Spike Owen and outfielder Dave Henderson
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17 Aug 1986
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Rioting at DMC concert, 40 injured
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17 Aug 1986
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Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market
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17 Aug 1987
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Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games
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17 Aug 1987
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Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57)
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17 Aug 1988
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New York City 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy)
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17 Aug 1988
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Republicans nominate George Bush for President
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17 Aug 1988
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Butch Reynolds of USA sets the 400m record (43.29) in Zurich
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17 Aug 1988
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LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991
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17 Aug 1989
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Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken moves into 3rd place (1,208th cons game)
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17 Aug 1990
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"Exorcist 3" premieres
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17 Aug 1990
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Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th HR
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17 Aug 1990
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"The Exorcist 3" premiers
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17 Aug 1990
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Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment
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17 Aug 1992
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Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, a 2-0
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17 Aug 1994
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Lesotho King Letsie II fires Premier Ntsu Mokhehle
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17 Aug 1994
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New York Central park reservior officially named after Jackie Kennedy Onasis
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17 Aug 1996
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Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit
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17 Aug 1997
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79th PGA Championship: Davis Love III shoots a 269 at Winged Foot Golf Club
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17 Aug 1997
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First of America Senior Golf Classic
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