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| February 17th, 2005 (February 17 2005) | Death | Dan O Herlihy, Irish actor (born in 1919) | |
| February 17th, 2005 (February 17 2005) | Death | Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (born in 1935) | |
| February 17th, 1995 (February 17 1995) | Event | Colin Ferguson is convicted of six counts of murder for the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings and later receives a 200+ year sentence. | |
| February 17th, 1995 (February 17 1995) | Event | The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN. | |
| February 17th, 1985 (February 17 1985) | Birth | Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model | |
| February 17th, 1975 (February 17 1975) | Birth | Wish Bone, American rapper | |
| February 17th, 1975 (February 17 1975) | Birth | Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress | |
| February 17th, 1975 (February 17 1975) | Birth | Todd Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 17th, 1975 (February 17 1975) | Birth | Vaclav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player | |
| February 17th, 1965 (February 17 1965) | Birth | Michael Bay, American film director | |
| February 17th, 1955 (February 17 1955) | Birth | Mo Yan, Chinese novelist | |
| February 17th, 1945 (February 17 1945) | Birth | Zina Bethune, American actress | |
| February 17th, 1945 (February 17 1945) | Birth | Brenda Fricker, Irish actress | |
| February 17th, 1935 (February 17 1935) | Birth | Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress | |
| February 17th, 1925 (February 17 1925) | Event | Harold Ross and Jane Grant found The New Yorker magazine; the debut issue is dated February 21, 1925. | |
| February 17th, 1925 (February 17 1925) | Birth | Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (died in 2003) | |
| February 17th, 1925 (February 17 1925) | Birth | Hal Holbrook, American actor | |
| February 17th, 1885 (February 17 1885) | Birth | Steve Evans, American baseball player (died in 1943) | Evans Quotes |
| February 17th, 1865 (February 17 1865) | Event | American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces. | |
| February 17th, 1715 (February 17 1715) | Death | Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (born in 1646) | |
