Sunday, February 17, 2019

On This Day in History

February 17, 2019

Historical Events

1568  Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II agrees to pay tribute to the Ottoman Empire for peace
1865  Columbia, South Carolina, burns down during American Civil War
1876  Sardines first canned by Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine
1969  Golda Meir sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Israel
1972  British Parliament votes to join the European Common Market
2017  Discovery of a new mostly underwater continent Zealandia in the South Pacific announced in research journal "GSA Today"
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