February 17th Events |
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| February 17th, 2008 (February 17 2008) | Event | Kosovo declares independence from Serbia. | |
| February 17th, 2006 (February 17 2006) | Event | A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126. | |
| February 17th, 2003 (February 17 2003) | Event | The London Congestion Charge scheme begins. | |
| February 17th, 1996 (February 17 1996) | Event | In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match. | Garry Kasparov Quotes |
| 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, 1992 (February 17 1992) | Event | A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentences serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to life in prison. | |
| February 17th, 1979 (February 17 1979) | Event | The Sino-Vietnamese War begins. | |
| February 17th, 1974 (February 17 1974) | Event | Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter. | |
| February 17th, 1972 (February 17 1972) | Event | Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model-T. | |
| February 17th, 1968 (February 17 1968) | Event | In Springfield, Massachusetts the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens. | |
| February 17th, 1964 (February 17 1964) | Event | In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population. | |
| February 17th, 1962 (February 17 1962) | Event | A storm kills more than 300 people in Hamburg, West Germany. | |
| February 17th, 1959 (February 17 1959) | Event | Project Vanguard: Vanguard The first weather satellite launched to measure cloud-cover distribution. | |
| February 17th, 1958 (February 17 1958) | Event | Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi (1193~1253) the patron saint of television. | |
| February 17th, 1957 (February 17 1957) | Event | A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri kills 72 people. | |
| February 17th, 1947 (February 17 1947) | Event | The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into the Soviet Union. | |
| February 17th, 1944 (February 17 1944) | Event | World War II: Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22. | |
| February 17th, 1944 (February 17 1944) | Event | World War II: Operation Hailstone begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk (Chuuk), Japan s main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion. | |
| February 17th, 1936 (February 17 1936) | Event | The world s first superhero, The Phantom, makes his first appearance in comics. | |
| February 17th, 1933 (February 17 1933) | Event | The magazine Newsweek is published for the first time. | |
| February 17th, 1933 (February 17 1933) | Event | The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States. | |
| 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, 1924 (February 17 1924) | Event | In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle swimming competition with a time of 52-2/5 seconds. | |
| February 17th, 1913 (February 17 1913) | Event | The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century. | |
| February 17th, 1904 (February 17 1904) | Event | Madama Butterfly premiers at La Scala in Milan. | |
| February 17th, 1871 (February 17 1871) | Event | The victorious Prussian Army parades though Paris, France after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. | |
| February 17th, 1867 (February 17 1867) | Event | The first ship passes through the Suez Canal. | |
| 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, 1864 (February 17 1864) | Event | American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic. | |
| February 17th, 1854 (February 17 1854) | Event | The British recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State. | |
| February 17th, 1819 (February 17 1819) | Event | The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise. | |
| February 17th, 1814 (February 17 1814) | Event | Battle of Mormans. | |
| February 17th, 1801 (February 17 1801) | Event | An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives. | Thomas Jefferson Quotes |
| February 17th, 1753 (February 17 1753) | Event | February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. | Julian Quotes |
| February 17th, 1621 (February 17 1621) | Event | Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth colony. | |
| February 17th, 1600 (February 17 1600) | Event | Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy. | Giordano Bruno Quotes |
| February 17th, 1500 (February 17 1500) | Event | Battle of Hemmingstedt. | |
