Thursday, February 17, 2022

On This Day in History

February 17, 2022

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

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"


Famous Birthdays


Billie Joe Armstrong

50th Birthday


Ed Sheeran

31st Birthday

Michael Jordan

59th Birthday


Paris Hilton

41st Birthday
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Famous Deaths


Geronimo

1829 - 1909

Mickey Wright

1935 - 2020
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