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Saturday, February 17, 2024

On This Day in History

February 17

  

Historical Events

1568 Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II agrees to pay tribute to the Ottoman Empire in exchange for peace. 

1865 Columbia in South Carolina burns down during the American Civil War. 

1876 Sardines first canned by Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine. 

Margaret Thatcher campaigning to stay in Europe during the 1975 referendum

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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Famous Birthdays

Thomas J. Watson
1874 - 1956

Huey P. Newton
1942 - 1989

Michael Jordan
60th Birthday

Ed Sheeran
32nd Birthday

More Famous Birthdays 
  

Famous Deaths

Geronimo
1829 - 1909

Wilfrid Laurier
1841 - 1918

More Famous Deaths 
  

The General, The Schoolgirl, And The Famous One-Word Despatch

A magazine hailed General Charles Napier’s battlefield despatch as the finest since Roman times, but it was in fact the work of a clever schoolgirl. 

The Famous One-Word Despatch 

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