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February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 317 days remain until the end of the year (318 in leap years). Events. Pre-1600. 1370 – ...
1753 - February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar; 1792 - Birth of Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (d. 1876) 1874 - Death of Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (b. 1796) 1888 - Birth of Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969)
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Tommy Edwards (February 17, 1922 –October 22, 1969), American pianist and pop music singer, would have turned 102 this year. Hoppy Jones (February 17, 1905 –October 18, 1944), (born Orville Jones) American bass vocalist and cellist with The Ink Spots , would have turned 119 this year.
1033 – An assembly at the Abbey of Payerne crowned Conrad II (depicted) king of Burgundy.; 1438 – Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt were executed at Torda.; 1848 – Mexican–American War: During the American occupation of Mexico City, diplomats signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the war and had Mexico cede 1.36 million square kilometres (530,000 sq mi) of ...
17 – Deborah Sampson (1760–1827), American soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War disguised as a man; 17 – Paul Cadmus (1904–1999), American painter; 17 – Jacqueline Wilson (1945–), English children's literature novelist; 17 – Sarah Paulson (1975–), American actress; 18 – Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626–1689 ...
There are enough sports figures to fill an All-Star-caliber birthday party. Among them, Cleveland Cavaliers star J.R. Smith (1985) and Super Bowl-winning quarterback Joe Theismann (1949) were born ...
18 February 1838 – Ernst Mach's birthday; 11 February 1847 – Thomas Edison's birthday; 23 February 1855 – Carl Friedrich Gauss's death; 22 February 1875 – Heinrich Hertz's birthday; 28 February 1901 – Linus Pauling's birthday; 18 February 1967 – J. Robert Oppenheimer's death; 13 February 1910 – William Shockley's birthday