On This Day in History
August 17
Historical Events
1590 Governor of Roanoke Island colony John White returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he left there three years earlier [or August 18, 1591]
1903 Joseph Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University and begins the Pulitzer Prizes in the United States
1945 Korea is divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel
1945 Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declare Indonesia (formerly the Dutch East Indies) independent from the Netherlands
1947 The Radcliffe Line is revealed, setting the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan
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1998 Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony he had an "improper physical relationship" with the intern and on the same day admits before the nation he "misled people" about the relationship
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Famous Birthdays
Also Francis Gary Powers and Robert De Niro (82)
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Famous Deaths
Why The King Became a Party Pooper
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A man who tried to impress his king on this day with one of the most lavish and extravagant parties of all time, ended up spending the rest of his life in jail.
| The Party to End All Parties |
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