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| February 17th, 2008 (February 17 2008) | Event | Kosovo declares independence from Serbia. | |
| February 17th, 2008 (February 17 2008) | Death | Brian Harris, English footballer (born in 1935) | |
| February 17th, 1998 (February 17 1998) | Death | Ernst Junger, German author (born in 1895) | |
| February 17th, 1998 (February 17 1998) | Death | Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (born in 1921) | |
| February 17th, 1988 (February 17 1988) | Birth | Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim | |
| February 17th, 1978 (February 17 1978) | Birth | Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim | |
| February 17th, 1968 (February 17 1968) | Event | In Springfield, Massachusetts the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens. | |
| February 17th, 1968 (February 17 1968) | Birth | Bryan Cox, National Football League player | |
| February 17th, 1958 (February 17 1958) | Event | Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi (1193~1253) the patron saint of television. | |
| February 17th, 1958 (February 17 1958) | Death | Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (born in 1876) | |
| February 17th, 1948 (February 17 1948) | Birth | Jose Jose, Mexican singer and actor | |
| February 17th, 1948 (February 17 1948) | Birth | Rick Majerus, American basketball coach | |
| February 17th, 1928 (February 17 1928) | Birth | Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress & singer | |
| February 17th, 1908 (February 17 1908) | Birth | Red Barber, American baseball announcer (died in 1992) | |
| February 17th, 1908 (February 17 1908) | Birth | Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (died in 2005) | |
| February 17th, 1888 (February 17 1888) | Birth | Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1969) | |
| February 17th, 1848 (February 17 1848) | Birth | Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (died in 1920) | |
| February 17th, 1768 (February 17 1768) | Death | Arthur Onslow, English politician (born in 1691) | |
| February 17th, 1718 (February 17 1718) | Birth | Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (died in 1790) | |
