August 17 historical events
986 — Battle of the Gates of Trajan
The Battle of the Gates of Trajan (Bulgarian: Битка край Траянови врати, Medieval Greek: Μάχη στις Πύλες του Τραϊανού) was a battle between Byzantine and Bulgarian forces in the year 986. It took place in the pass of the same name, modern Trayanovi Vrata, in Sofia Province, Bulgaria. It was the largest defeat of the Byzantines under Emperor Basil II.
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1178 — Battle of Hama (1178)
The battle of Hama happened in August 1178, when a Latin force raided the vicinity of Hama, which was under Ayyubid control. The Ayyubid repelled the raid and captured many prisoners who would be later executed.
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1186 — Dukes Ottokar IV and Leopold V conclude the Georgenberg Pact
Ottokar IV of Styria and Leopold V of Austria reached an agreement at Georgenberg near Enns. The document provided for Leopold to inherit Styria after Ottokar’s death.
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1188 — Battle of Soindres
The Battle of Soindres or the Battle of Mantes was a military engagement between Kingdom of France and Kingdom of England that took place on August 17, 1188 near the village of Soindres, north-western France, as part of the First Hundred Years' War.
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1245 — Battle of Yaroslavl (1245)
The Battle of Yaroslavl (1245) was a battle fought on 17 August 1245 near San next to the town of Yaroslavl, between the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia led by Daniel of Galicia and Vasylko Romanovych supported by the Cumans and the Galician opposition supported by Hungarians and Poles. The battle resulted in the defeat of the Galician opposition.
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1307 — The Yuan court extends Confucius’s posthumous title
The Yuan emperor Khayishan issued an edict expanding Confucius’s posthumous title from Zhisheng Wenxuan Wang to Dacheng Zhisheng Wenxuan Wang.
August 17 follows the Julian equivalent of the xinsi day of the seventh lunar month. The proleptic Gregorian date is August 25.
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1419 — Siege of Ceuta (1419)
The siege of Ceuta of 1419 (sometimes reported as 1418) was fought between the besieging forces of the Marinid sultanate, led by Sultan Abu Said Uthman III, including allied forces from the Emirate of Granada, and the Portuguese garrison of Ceuta, led by Pedro de Menezes, 1st Count of Vila Real.
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1424 — Battle of Verneuil
The Battle of Verneuil was a strategically important battle of the Hundred Years' War, fought on 17 August 1424 near Verneuil in Normandy and a significant English victory. It was a particularly bloody battle, described by the English as a second Agincourt. Altogether some 7262 French and allied troops were killed, including 4000 Scots. English losses were 1600, including two men-at-arms and "a very few archers". The Scots army, led by Archibald, Earl of Douglas and John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (both of whom were killed), was almost destroyed.
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1480 — Siege of Rhodes (1480)
The Siege of Rhodes of 1480 was the first and failed attempt by the Ottoman Empire to seize the island stronghold of the Knights of Rhodes from Rhodes, despite about 70,000 troops, they successfully defended the island.
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1488 — Konrad Bitz dates the preface to Missale Aboense
On August 17, 1488, Bishop Konrad Bitz dated his preface to Missale Aboense in Turku, in present-day Finland. The missal was printed later that year in Lübeck for the Diocese of Turku.
Date of the preface; the book’s printing is not dated to this day.
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1498 — Cesare Borgia resigns as cardinal
On August 17, 1498, Cesare Borgia was granted permission to resign as a cardinal and return to secular life. He later received the title Duke of Valentinois from Louis XII of France.
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1549 — Prayer Book Rebellion
The Prayer Book Rebellion or Western Rising was a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon in 1549. In that year, the first Book of Common Prayer, presenting the theology of the English Reformation, was introduced. The change was widely unpopular, particularly in areas where firm Catholic religious loyalty (even after the Act of Supremacy in 1534) still existed, such as Lancashire.
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1560 — Scotland’s Parliament adopts the Scots Confession
On August 17, 1560, Scotland’s Parliament in Edinburgh approved the Scots Confession, a Protestant statement of faith. The vote was a key step in the Scottish Reformation; separate measures against papal authority and the Mass followed later that month.
This records approval of the confession, rather than treating all Reformation legislation as one action on this date.
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1585 — Antwerp surrenders to Spanish forces
On August 17, 1585, Antwerp surrendered to Spanish forces led by Alessandro Farnese after more than a year under siege during the Eighty Years’ War. The surrender terms gave the city’s Protestants four years to settle their affairs and leave.
Date of the surrender; the siege began in July 1584.
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1645 — Battle of Casa Forte
The Battle of Casa Forte was the second major clash in the War of Divine Light, fought between Dutch troops and Portuguese militias. The confrontation took place in 1645 and ended in a Portuguese victory. After the defeat suffered by the Dutch army against the Portuguese in the Battle of Tabocas, the Dutch troops marched back to Recife and camped at the Casa Forte mill belonging to Anna Paes.
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1648 — Battle of Preston (1648)
The Battle of Preston (17–19 August 1648), fought largely at Walton-le-Dale near Preston in Lancashire, resulted in a victory for the New Model Army under the command of Oliver Cromwell over the Royalists and Scots commanded by the Duke of Hamilton. The Parliamentarian victory presaged the end of the Second English Civil War.
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1668 — 1668 North Anatolia earthquake
Northern Anatolia was struck by a large earthquake on 17 August 1668 in the late morning. It had an estimated magnitude in the range 7.8–8.0 Ms and the maximum felt intensity was IX on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. The epicenter of the earthquake was on the southern shore of Ladik Lake. It caused widespread damage from as far west as Bolu and as far east as Erzincan, resulting in about 8,000 deaths.
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1676 — Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad
The Battle of Halmstad, also known as the Battle at Fyllebro, was fought on 17 August 1676, at Fyllebro, approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of the town of Halmstad in the province of Halland in southwest Sweden. It was the last battle fought in Halland between Denmark and Sweden.
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1685 — Siege of Érsekújvár (1685)
The siege of Érsekújvár was fought between July 7 and August 17 of 1685, between the besieging Habsburg army and the Ottoman garrison of Érsekújvár, city in what is today Nové Zámky, Slovakia (Turkish: Uyvar). The Austrian commander, Aeneas de Caprara, invested the city and stormed it on August 17, slaying the entire Ottoman garrison.
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1779 — Action of 17 August 1779
The action of 17 August 1779 was a naval battle between a French and a British squadron in the English Channel on 17 August 1779. In June 1779, Spain followed France declaring war on Britain and together formed a combined fleet aiming for British Isles' invasion. On 14 August, the fleet was off the Lizard and on 16 August the ships were off Plymouth with some of the enemy frigates anchored in the Cawsand Bay.
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1793 — Battle of Lincelles
The Battle of Lincelles was an action that took place as part of a larger manoeuvre on 17 August 1793 in the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. It was fought between the forces of Revolutionary France under the command of Jean Baptiste Jourdan and Antoine Anne Lecourt de Béru, versus those of Great Britain under the Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany and the Dutch Republic under the Hereditary Prince of Orange. The action resulted in a coalition victory.
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1796 — Capitulation of Saldanha Bay
The capitulation of Saldanha Bay was the surrender to the British of a Batavian expeditionary force sent to recapture the Dutch Cape Colony in 1796 as part of the East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Flanders campaign of the War of the First Coalition, French troops overran the Dutch Republic in December 1794, leading to the latter becoming a French client state known as the Batavian Republic.
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1798 — August 1798 United States Senate special election in New York
The second 1798 United States Senate special election in New York was held on August 17, 1798, by the New York State Legislature to elect a U.S. senator (Class 1) to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate.
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1799 — Combat of Gavi (1799)
The combat of Gavi was fought to no strategic avail on the morning of 17 August (O.S. 6 Aug.) 1799 during the Second Coalition war, in pursuit of the defeated French army after the battle of Novi. The combat included Rosenberg's Russian vanguard, under Rehbinder's command. In the combat, the Russians managed to push the French back towards Gavi.
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1807 — The North River Steamboat leaves New York on its first Albany voyage
The steamboat built by Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston departed with invited guests aboard and reached Albany two days later. Scheduled passenger service followed.
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1808 — Battle of Alavus
The Battle of Alavus took place on 17 August 1808 in the vicinity of the town of Alavus (Swedish: Alavo), as part of the Finnish War. The Finnish army, under the command of general Carl Johan Adlercreutz defeated a smaller Russian force and drove it southwards. It was the last in a string of Swedish successes during the summer of 1808, and marked the turning point in the war.
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1808 — Battle of Roliça
In the Battle of Roliça (17 August 1808) an Anglo-Portuguese army under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeated an outnumbered French army under General Henri Delaborde, near the village of Roliça in Portugal. The French retired in good order. Formerly spelled Roleia in English, it was the first battle fought by the British army during the Peninsular War.
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1814 — Battle of Aragua de Barcelona
The Battle of Aragua de Barcelona (Spanish: Batalla de Aragua de Barcelona) was fought between Royalists of the Spanish Empire and the Second Republic of Venezuela on 17 August 1814. The battle saw Royalists attack Simón Bolívar's force of 3,000 and win with their 8,000 soldiers. It was a major loss for the Patriots.
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1844 — Bombardment of Mogador
The Bombardment of Mogador took place August 15–17, 1844, when French Navy forces under the Prince de Joinville attacked the Moroccan city of Mogador, modern Essaouira, and the island facing the city, Mogador island. The campaign was part of the Franco-Moroccan War.
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1845 — 1845 Portuguese legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 3 and 17 August 1845.
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1862 — Five settlers are killed near Acton before the US–Dakota War
On 17 August 1862, four Dakota men killed five settlers near Acton Township in Minnesota. The killings preceded the attack on the Lower Sioux Agency the following morning. This entry records the Acton killings, rather than treating them and the next day’s attack as a single event.
August 17 is the Acton incident date; the Lower Sioux Agency attack followed on August 18.
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1863 — Bombardment of Kagoshima
The Bombardment of Kagoshima, also known as the Anglo-Satsuma War (薩英戦争, Satsu-Ei Sensō), was a military engagement fought between Britain and the Satsuma Domain in Kagoshima from 15 to 17 August 1863. The British were attempting to extract compensation and legal justice from daimyo Shimazu Tadayoshi for the 1862 Namamugi incident. The engagement began when a Royal Navy fleet commanded by Sir Augustus Kuper was fired on from Satsuma coastal batteries near Kagoshima.
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1864 — Battle of Gainesville
The Battle of Gainesville was an American Civil War engagement fought on August 17, 1864, when a Confederate force defeated Union detachments from Jacksonville, Florida. The result of the battle was the Confederate occupation of Gainesville for the remainder of the war.
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1865 — Battle of Yatay
In the Paraguayan war, the Battle of Yatai was fought on August 17, 1865 between the troops of the Triple Alliance (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay) and the soldiers of Paraguay near Paso de los Libres, Corrientes, Argentina. The Battle of Yatai was the first major land battle of the Paraguayan war, and most important of the war's second phase.
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1865 — Powder River Massacre
The Powder River Massacre, part of the Powder River Expedition, occurred on August 17, 1865, and was carried out by United States soldiers and Pawnee scouts against 24 Cheyenne people. The incident occurred near the Powder River in Dakota Territory, in present-day Johnson County, Wyoming.
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1866 — Baden signs peace and alliance treaties with Prussia
On August 17, 1866, Baden and Prussia signed peace and alliance treaties in Berlin after the Austro-Prussian War. The alliance committed the two states to mutual military support and placed Baden’s troops under the Prussian king’s command in wartime.
The date refers to the treaties’ signature, not a separately verified withdrawal announcement.
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1876 — Wagner’s Götterdämmerung premieres in Bayreuth
On August 17, 1876, Richard Wagner’s opera Götterdämmerung premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in Germany. It is the final opera in his four-part Ring cycle, and its premiere formed part of the first complete performance of the cycle.
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1883 — The Dominican national anthem is performed in public for the first time
José Reyes composed the music and Emilio Prud’Homme wrote the words. The piece was heard in public at the Esperanza lodge in Santo Domingo; official adoption followed in 1934.
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1896 — Bridget Driscoll dies after a car strikes her at Crystal Palace
Bridget Driscoll was struck and killed by a car giving demonstration rides at Crystal Palace in London. It was the earliest recorded pedestrian fatality involving a motor car in Great Britain.
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1907 — Pike Place Market, one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opens in Seattle, Washington
Pike Place Market is a public market in Seattle, Washington, United States. It opened on August 17, 1907, and is one of the older continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States. Overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront on Puget Sound, it serves as a place of business for many small farmers, craftspeople and merchants.
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1911 — 1911 Christchurch North by-election
The 1911 Christchurch North by-election was a by-election during the 17th New Zealand Parliament held on 17 August that year in the Christchurch North electorate. It was triggered by the death of sitting member Tommy Taylor on 27 July and was won by his close friend and political ally, Leonard Isitt.
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1914 — Battle of Stallupönen
The Battle of Stallupönen, fought between Russian and German armies on August 17, 1914, was the opening battle of World War I on the Eastern Front. The Germans under the command of Hermann von François conducted a successful counterattack against four Russian infantry divisions from different infantry corps, which heavily outnumbered them but were separated from each other, creating a gap between the 27th Infantry Division and the 40th Infantry Division, and had little coordination with each other.
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1916 — National Defence coup d'état
The National Defence coup d'état (Greek: Κίνημα της Εθνικής Αμύνης) was a military uprising in Thessaloniki on 17 August 1916, by Hellenic Army officers opposed to the neutrality followed by the royal government in Athens during World War I, and sympathetic to former Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos and the Entente Powers.
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1916 — World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side
The Treaty of Bucharest of 1916 was signed between Romania and the Entente Powers on 4 (Old Style)/17 (New Style) August 1916 in Bucharest. The treaty stipulated the conditions under which Romania agreed to join the war on the side of the Entente, particularly territorial promises in Austria-Hungary. The signatories bound themselves to keep secret the contents of the treaty until a general peace was concluded.
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1919 — Battle of Paprotzan
The Battle of Paprotzan (Polish: Bitwa o Paprocany) was a battle during the First Silesian Uprising that occurred on 17 August 1919 in the village of Paprotzan on the outskirts of Tichau, and resulted in a Polish victory. The Battle of Paprotzan is considered the most significant insurgent victory of the First Silesian Uprising in the Pleß district.
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1920 — Battle of Zadwórze
Battle of Zadwórze (sometimes referred to as the "Polish Thermopylae") was a battle of the Polish-Soviet War. It was fought on August 17, 1920 near the train station of Zadwórze, a small village located 33 kilometres from the city centre of Lwów (now Lviv). The battle, lasting roughly 24 hours, resulted in the complete destruction of the Polish forces but at the same time halted the Soviet advance, preventing the forces of Siemion Budionnyi from seizing Lwów and so contributing to the successful defence of Warsaw. The battle has been called a Polish Thermopylae.
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1935 — Fawkner by-election, 1935
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Fawkner on 17 August 1935. This was triggered by the death of United Australia Party (UAP) MP George Maxwell. The by-election was won by UAP candidate and future Prime Minister Harold Holt.
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1936 — 1936 Quebec general election
The 1936 Quebec general election was held on August 17, 1936, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout. This marked the end of slightly more than 39 consecutive years in power for the Liberals, who had governed Quebec since the 1897 election.
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1942 — Raid on Makin Island
The raid on Makin Island was an attack by Marine Raiders of the United States Marine Corps on the Japanese-controlled Makin Island from August 17–18, 1942. Aims of the raid included destroying local installations, acquiring prisoners of war and military intelligence on the Gilbert Islands, and diverting Japanese attention and reinforcements from the Guadalcanal campaign and battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo.
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1943 — Operation Crossbow
Crossbow was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme. The primary V-weapons were the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket, which were launched against Britain from 1944 to 1945 and used against continental European targets as well. Initial intelligence investigations in 1943 into the progress of German long range weapons were carried out under the code name Bodyline.
World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
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1943 — Allied invasion of Sicily
The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which Allied forces invaded the Italian island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis forces. The island was defended by the Italian 6th Army and the German XIV Panzer Corps.
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1943 — Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission
The Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission was a strategic bombing mission during World War II carried out by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers of the US Army Air Forces on August 17, 1943. The mission was an ambitious plan to cripple the German aircraft industry; it was also known as the "double-strike mission" because it entailed two large forces of bombers attacking separate targets in order to disperse fighter reaction by the Luftwaffe.
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1943 — World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins
The First Quebec Conference, codenamed Quadrant, was a highly secret military conference held during World War II by the governments of the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. It took place in Quebec City on August 17–24, 1943, at both the Citadelle and the Château Frontenac. The chief representatives were Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, hosted by the Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.
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1944 — Battle of Menina
The Battle of Menina (Greek: Μάχη της Μενίνας) was conducted by the Greek resistance group EDES against the German garrison of the village Menina (now known as Neraida), Thesprotia, during the German occupation of Greece. They were successful and captured a large quantity of supplies.
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1944 — Battle of Biak
The Battle of Biak was part of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II, fought between the United States Army and the Japanese Army from May 27 to August 17, 1944. Taking place on the island of Biak, in Geelvink Bay, in present-day Indonesia, it was part of General Douglas MacArthur's South West Pacific Area's offensive drive to clear New Guinea in preparation for an invasion of the Philippines.
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1944 — Action off La Ciotat
The Action off La Ciotat was a naval engagement on 17 August 1944 during the Second World War and was part of Operation Dragoon. Allied forces, engaged at the main landings in Vichy France, ordered a small flotilla of American and British warships to make a feint against the port city of La Ciotat. The Allies hoped to draw German forces away from the main landing zones at Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Saint-Tropez and Saint Raphaël.
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1945 — Sukarno proclaims Indonesian independence in Jakarta
On August 17, 1945, Sukarno read the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence in Jakarta, accompanied by Mohammad Hatta. The two signed the declaration. Their appointment as president and vice-president followed the next day.
The declaration is dated August 17; the presidential appointments occurred on August 18.
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1945 — Battle of Tianmen
The Battle of Tianmen (天门战斗) took place between the nationalists and the communists immediately after World War II during the Chinese Civil War in Tianmen, Hubei, China and resulted in communist victory.
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1945 — A Japanese transport brings survivors of a sunk escort to Songjin
On August 17, 1945, the Japanese transport Mukahi Maru reached Songjin, now Kimchaek in North Korea, carrying survivors of the sunk Japanese escort CD-82. The survivors disembarked there.
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1945 — Linyi Campaign
The Linyi Campaign (临沂战役) was a campaign fought in Shandong, and it was a clash between the communists and the former nationalists turned Japanese puppet regime force who rejoined the nationalists, after World War II. The battle was part of the Chinese Civil War in the immediate post World War II era, and resulted in a communist victory.
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1945 — The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published
Animal Farm (originally Animal Farm: A Fairy Story) is a satirical allegorical dystopian novella, in the form of a beast fable, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It follows the mistreated anthropomorphic farm animals of Manor Farm as they rebel against their human master, and hope to create a utopian society.
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1948 — 1948 Alberta general election
The 1948 Alberta general election was held on August 17, 1948, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ernest C. Manning led the Social Credit to a fourth term in government, increasing its share of the popular vote further above the 50% mark it had set in the 1944 election. It won the same number of seats — 51 of the 57 seats in the legislature — that it had won in the previous election.
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1949 — Matsukawa derailment
The Matsukawa derailment (松川事件 Matsukawa jiken) occurred at 0309 AM on August 17, 1949 when a Tōhoku Main Line passenger train derailed and overturned between Kanayagawa and Matsukawa stations in Fukushima Prefecture Japan, killing three crew members. Together with the Mitaka and Shimoyama incidents, it was one of three major criminal cases involving allegations of sabotage blamed by the government on Japanese Communist Party and the Japan National Railway Union in the immediate post-war era and received tremendous publicity. Twenty people were arrested and seventeen were convicted in 1953 (four of whom received death sentences), but eventually all were acquitted on appeal, and the case was closed without determining the real cause in 1970.
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1949 — 1949 Karlıova earthquake
The 1949 Karlıova earthquake occurred at 18:44 UTC on 17 August with an epicenter near Karlıova in Bingöl Province, Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It had an estimated magnitude of 6.7, a maximum felt intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale, and caused 320–450 casualties and destroyed 3,500 buildings.
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1950 — Hill 303 massacre
The Hill 303 massacre (Korean: 303 고지 학살 사건) was a massacre that took place during the opening days of the Korean War on August 17, 1950, on a hill above Waegwan, Republic of Korea. Forty-one United States Army (US) prisoners of war were murdered by troops of the North Korean People's Army (KPA) during one of the engagements of the Battle of Pusan Perimeter.
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1955 — Hurricane Diane makes landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina
On August 17, 1955, Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina. The storm later produced heavy rain and flooding in the northeastern United States.
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1958 — Birth of Chip Tsao
On 17 August 1958, Chip Tsao, a writer, was born.
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1958 — Pioneer 0 lifts off on the first U.S. attempt to orbit the Moon
A Thor-Able rocket launched the Pioneer 0 probe from Cape Canaveral. The rocket failed 77 seconds after liftoff, ending the attempt to send the probe into lunar orbit.
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1959 — 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake
The 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake (also known as the 1959 Yellowstone earthquake) occurred in the western United States on August 17 at 11:37 pm (MST) in southwestern Montana. The earthquake measured 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale, caused a huge landslide, resulted in over 28 fatalities and left $11 million (equivalent to $121 million in 2025) in damage.
Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.2 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
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1959 — 1st Moscow International Film Festival
The 1st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 3 to 17 August 1959. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Soviet film Destiny of a Man directed by Sergei Bondarchuk.
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1960 — Aeroflot Flight 036
Aeroflot Flight 036 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, to Bykovo Airport in Moscow, Soviet Union. On 17 August 1960, the Ilyushin Il-18 flying this route crashed after an engine fire. All 27 passengers and seven crew members were killed. The Air Accident Investigation Commission determined that an externally leaking fuel injector was the root cause of the accident.
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1960 — Gabon becomes independent from France
On August 17, 1960, Gabon became independent from France. The country joined the United Nations the following month.
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1963 — 1963 FA Charity Shield
The 1963 FA Charity Shield was the 41st FA Charity Shield, an annual football match held between the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested by Everton who had won the 1962–63 Football League, and Manchester United, who had won the 1962–63 FA Cup, at Goodison Park, Liverpool, on 17 August 1963.
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1964 — Landing at Pontian
The Landing at Pontian (17 August 1964) was an amphibious landing made by a small body of Indonesian troops in the Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia. The landing took place during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, an undeclared war fought between Malaysia and Indonesia during the early 1960s over the creation of a Malaysian Federation encompassing parts of northern Borneo, areas that Indonesia sought to increase its own power in Southeast Asia.
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1969 — Hurricane Camille
Hurricane Camille was one of the most powerful hurricanes to make landfall in the United States when it hit southern Mississippi in August 1969. A devastating tropical cyclone, Camille was one of four Atlantic hurricanes to strike the United States as a Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson scale, the highest category corresponding to maximum sustained winds of at least 157 mph (253 km/h).
Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
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1970 — 1970 Lebanese presidential election
An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Lebanon on 17 August 1970, resulting in Deputy Suleiman Frangieh being elected President of the Lebanese Republic. By convention, the presidency is always attributed to a Maronite Christian. Under the article 49 of the Lebanese Constitution, a qualified majority of two-thirds of the members of the then 99-seat Lebanese Parliament is required to elect the president in the first round.
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1970 — Venera program
The Venera program (Russian: Вене́ра, pronounced [vʲɪˈnʲɛrə] 'Venus') was a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984 to gather information about the planet Venus. A total of eighteen probes were sent, including two related Vega probes. Thirteen probes successfully entered the Venusian atmosphere, including the two Venera-Halley probes. Ten of those successfully landed on the surface of the planet.
Soviet Union Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
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1971 — Typhoon Rose crosses western Hong Kong
The eye of Typhoon Rose passed over western Hong Kong before dawn after hurricane-force winds developed overnight. The storm caused widespread damage, including in the harbour.
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1974 — Battle of Agios Dometios
The Battle of Agios Dometios (Greek: Μάχη του Αγίου Δομετίου), also known as Battle of ELDYK (Greek: Μάχη της ΕΛΔΥΚ) was an engagement between Greek, Greek Cypriot, Turkish and Turkish Cypriot forces between 14 and 17 August 1974. It was part of the Attila-2 (Second phase of the invasion) operation as described by Turkey and the wider battle for Nicosia as described by Cyprus.
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1974 — 1974 DFB-Pokal final
The 1974 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 1973–74 DFB-Pokal, the 31st season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 17 August 1974 at the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf. Eintracht Frankfurt won the match 3–1 against Hamburger SV after extra time, to claim their 1st cup title.
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1976 — 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake
The 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake and tsunami occurred on August 17, 1976, at 00:11 local time near the islands of Mindanao and Sulu, in the Philippines. It measured 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale occurring at a depth of 20 km (12 mi). The earthquake was accompanied by a destructive tsunami that resulted in a majority of the estimated 5,000 to 8,000 fatalities. It was the deadliest earthquake in Philippines history and strongest earthquake in the Philippines in 58 years since the 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake.
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1977 — Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole
The Soviet nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika reached the geographic North Pole under Captain Yuri Kuchiev.
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1978 — Double Eagle II completes the first balloon crossing of the Atlantic
The Double Eagle II balloon landed in a wheat field near Miserey, France, completing the first successful transatlantic balloon crossing.
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1979 — 1979 Supertaça de Portugal
The 1979 Supertaça de Portugal was the 1st edition of the Supertaça de Portugal although not the 1st official edition, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same).
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1982 — Commercial compact disc production begins in Langenhagen
A Philips factory in Langenhagen, near Hanover, produced an early commercial compact disc, marking the start of manufacturing for the new audio format. This was a production milestone, separate from earlier prototype demonstrations and the later sale of CDs and players to the public.
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1985 — 1985–1986 Hormel strike
The 1985–1986 Hormel strike was a labor strike that involved approximately 1,500 workers of the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota, United States. The strike, beginning August 17, 1985 and lasting until September 13 of the following year, is considered one of the longest strikes in Minnesota history and ended in failure for the striking workers.
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1985 — 1985 Nunawading Province state by-election
The 1985 Nunawading Province by-election was held on 17 August 1985 to elect the member for Nunawading Province in the Victorian Legislative Council. It was ordered by the Court of Disputed Returns after the 1985 Victorian state election had resulted in a tie between the top two candidates, and the Chief Electoral Officer drew a name at random. The Chief Electoral Officer drew the name of the ALP candidate Bob Ives.
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1986 — 39th Locarno Film Festival
The 39th Locarno Film Festival was held from 7 to 17 August 1986 in Locarno, Switzerland. A special section paying tribute to writer Ennio Flaiano, who worked on such films as La Notte and La Dolce Vita, was screened. Another retrospective tribute section was held for deceased Swiss actor François Simon. A ceremony dedicated to him was attended by his colleagues Jeanne Moreau, Alan Tanner, Thomas Koerfer, and Daniel Schmid.
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1988 — 1988 Pakistan Air Force C-130B crash
On 17 August 1988, a Lockheed C-130B Hercules operated by the Pakistan Air Force with thirty people onboard crashed in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Among the victims were President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, his close confidant CJCSC Akhtar Abdur Rahman, ISPR director-general Siddique Salik and United States ambassador Arnold Lewis Raphel. Zia's death was officially announced a few hours later on Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television Network by Ghulam Ishaq Khan, the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, who assumed the presidency.
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1990 — Iran and Iraq begin releasing prisoners of war
The Iran–Iraq War, also called the First Imposed War, Eight-Year War, or Sacred Defense by Iran, began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran in September 1980. After eight years of conflict, both countries accepted a ceasefire deal brokered by the United Nations, which became effective in August 1988. The war caused around 500,000 deaths (excluding numbers from the related Anfal campaign), making it the deadliest conventional war ever fought between regular armies of developing countries.
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1991 — Strathfield massacre
The Strathfield massacre was a shooting rampage at Strathfield Plaza in Strathfield, Sydney, Australia, on 17 August 1991. The shooter was Wade Frankum, who killed himself as police arrived at the scene. The incident left eight dead including the gunman and six wounded.
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1991 — 44th Locarno Film Festival
The 44th Locarno Film Festival was held from 7 to 17 August 1991 in Locarno, Switzerland. Of the 19 film in competition, ten were world premieres, and eight were first pictures from directors, as Locarno has a focus on discovering new talent. The opening film was a brand new print of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane and the closing film was a new print of Yasujiro Ozo's Late Autumn.
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1993 — Death of Feng Kang
On 17 August 1993, Feng Kang, a scholar, died.
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1994 — 1994 Greek Super Cup
The 1994 Greek Super Cup was the 7th edition of the Greek Super Cup, an association football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Alpha Ethniki and Greek Cup competitions. The match took place on 17 August 1994 at the Athens Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were the 1993–94 Alpha Ethniki champions, AEK Athens and the 1993–94 Greek Cup winners, Panathinaikos.
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1994 — 1994 Lesotho coup d'état
The 1994 Lesotho coup d'état was a successful self-coup in Lesotho by King Letsie III along with the military and the backing of several political parties against the democratically elected Basutoland Congress Party (BCP) government led by Ntsu Mokhehle.
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1997 — Hardcore Heaven (1997)
The 1997 Hardcore Heaven was the fourth Hardcore Heaven professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on August 17, 1997 at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joey Styles provided commentary for the event. This was the first edition of Hardcore Heaven to be broadcast on pay-per-view and ECW's second ever pay-per-view following Barely Legal in April.
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1997 — 1997 Johan Cruyff Shield
The second edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal) was held on 17 August 1997 at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam. It featured the 1996–97 Eredivisie champions, PSV Eindhoven, and the 1996–97 KNVB Cup winners, Roda JC. PSV won the match 3–1, with two goals from Phillip Cocu and a goal from Gilles De Bilde; Peter Van Houdt scored for Roda JC.
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1999 — 1999 İzmit earthquake
An earthquake of moment magnitude 7.6 struck Kocaeli Province, Turkey, on 17 August 1999. According to official figures, at least 18,373 people died and 48,901 people were injured during the earthquake, and 5,840 people were missing. At least 155 deaths were associated with the tsunami. The damage was estimated at between $12 billion and $20 billion (in 1999 U.S. dollars) according to various sources such as the World Bank.
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2000 — PCCW completes its acquisition of Cable & Wireless HKT
Pacific Century CyberWorks completed its acquisition of Cable & Wireless HKT, combining the Hong Kong telecommunications operator with PCCW.
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2003 — 2003 Sahara hostage crisis
The 2003 Sahara hostage crisis concerns the events surrounding the abduction of 32 European tourists in seven separate groups in the Algerian Desert in 2003. They were released in two groups: one in Algeria and the other from neighbouring Mali, several months later.
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2005 — 2005 Singaporean presidential election
Presidential elections were scheduled to be held in Singapore on 17 August 2005. 21 application forms for the Certificate of Eligibility required to contest were collected, and forms were submitted by four candidates. After considering the candidate's applications, the Presidential Elections Committee issued only one Certificate of Eligibility to the incumbent, Sellapan Ramanathan. S.R. Nathan was the only candidate to stand nominated and thus was re-elected uncontested due to the lack of other eligible candidates.
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2005 — 2005 Bangladesh bombings
On 17 August 2005, around 500 bomb explosions occurred at 300 locations in 63 of the 64 districts of Bangladesh. The bombs exploded within a half-hour period, starting at 11:00 am. A terrorist organization, Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), claimed responsibility for the bombings. The group was led by Shaykh Abdur Rahman and Siddique ul-Islam (also known as Bangla Bhai).
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2006 — Second Battle of Habbaniyah
The Second Battle of Habbaniyah was a U.S. military operation involving in Iraq the United States Marine Corps' 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, operating under the command of Regimental Combat Team 5. The battle took place between August 17, 2006 and February 14, 2007.
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2006 — UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs. Parisyan
UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs. Parisyan (also known as UFC Fight Night 6) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 17, 2006. The event took place at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada.
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2006 — WEC 23
WEC 23: Hot August Fights was a mixed martial arts event held on August 17, 2006. WEC 23's main event was a championship fight for the WEC Light Heavyweight Title between champion Lodune Sincaid and challenger Doug Marshall.
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2007 — 2007 Albanian Supercup
The 2007 Albanian Supercup was the 14th edition of the Albanian Supercup since its establishment in 1989. The match was contested between the Albanian Cup 2007 winners Besa Kavajë and the 2006–07 Albanian Superliga champions KF Tirana.
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2008 — SummerSlam (2008)
SummerSlam (2008) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on August 17, 2008, at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Presented by Fox Searchlight Pictures' Street Kings, it was the 21st annual SummerSlam event and starred wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown and ECW brands. Seven professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card. The event featured a supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. The first, featuring wrestlers from the SmackDown brand, saw The Undertaker defeat Edge in a Hell in a Cell match, a match that saw both men fight in a ring surrounded by a roofed steel cell.
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2008 — 2008 Turkish Super Cup
The 2008 Turkish Super Cup was a football match between the Süper Lig champions Galatasaray, and the Turkish Cup winners Kayserispor. This was the third Super Cup match, played on 17 August 2008, in Duisburg, MSV-Arena. Galatasaray won the game 2–1 with goals from Harry Kewell and Shabani Nonda, while Mehmet Topuz scored a last-minute consolation goal for his side.
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2008 — 2008 Albanian Supercup
The 2008 Albanian Supercup is the 15th edition of the Albanian Supercup since its establishment in 1989. The match was contested between the 2008 Cup winners Vllaznia Shkodër and the 2007–08 Albanian Superliga champions Dinamo Tirana. Dinamo Tirana won the final by 2 goals to nil and lifted the cup after years of Tirana dominance of the event.
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2008 — Michael Phelps wins his eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics
The United States won the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay in Beijing. Michael Phelps earned his eighth gold medal of those Games, a record for a single Olympics.
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2009 — Operation Ocean Shield
Operation Ocean Shield was NATO's anti-Piracy in Somalia initiative in the Indian Ocean, Guardafui Channel, Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea. It follows the earlier Operation Allied Protector. Naval operations began on 17 August 2009 after being approved by the North Atlantic Council, and were terminated on 15 December 2016 by NATO.
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2009 — Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident
On 17 August 2009, a turbine in the hydroelectric power station of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam near Sayanogorsk in Russia failed catastrophically, killing 75 people and severely damaging the plant. The turbine hall was flooded, and a section of its roof collapsed. All but one of the ten turbines in the hall were destroyed or damaged.
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2009 — 2009 Hong Kong Community Shield
2009 Hong Kong Community Shield was the first edition of the Hong Kong Community Shield. The game was a football match between the winners and the runners-up of the previous season's Hong Kong First Division League. The match was played in Hong Kong Stadium, on 17 August 2009. The two opposing teams were 2008–09 Hong Kong First Division League winners South China and runners-up Kitchee.
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2013 — UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen (also known as UFC Fight Night 26) was a mixed martial arts event held on August 17, 2013 at the TD Garden in Boston.
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2013 — 2013 Saudi Super Cup
The 2013 Saudi Super Cup was the inaugural edition of the Saudi Super Cup, an annual Saudi football match played between the winners of the previous season's Saudi Pro League and the King Cup of Champions. The match was contested by Al-Fateh, winners of the 2012–13 Saudi Pro League, and Al-Ittihad, winners of the 2013 King Cup of Champions. It was held on 17 August 2013 at the King Abdulaziz Stadium in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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2013 — 66th Locarno Film Festival
The 66th Locarno Film Festival was held from 7 to 17 August 2013 in Locarno, Switzerland. There were 20 films in the main competition of which 18 were world premieres and two were international premieres. In the Filmmakers of the Present competition 14 out of the 16 films were from first time directors.
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2014 — SummerSlam (2014)
SummerSlam (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on August 17, 2014 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. It was the twenty-seventh annual SummerSlam, and the sixth and final consecutive one held at Staples Center. This was also the first WWE pay-per-view to use the new WWE logo but it not used on air and on the turnbuckle pads until the next night on WWE Raw. This was the last WWE pay-per-view to feature the championships with the scratch logo.
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2014 — Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2014
Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2014: Maybe Summer Will Change My Life! (両国ピーターパン2014〜人生変えちゃう夏かもね!〜, Ryōgoku Pītā Pan 2014: jinsei kaechau natsu kamo ne) was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on August 17, 2014, in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event featured eleven matches, four of which were contested for championships. The event aired on Fighting TV Samurai.
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2014 — 2014 Albanian Supercup
The 2014 Albanian Supercup was the 21st edition of the Albanian Supercup since its establishment in 1989. The match was contested between the 2013–14 Albanian Cup winners KS Flamurtari and the 2013–14 Albanian Superliga champions Skënderbeu Korçë. The cup was won by Skënderbeu Korçë, 1–0. This was the second consecutive Supercup win for Skënderbeu Korçë.
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2015 — Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2015
The 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election was held on 17 August 2015, ten months ahead of schedule, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 15th Parliament. The incumbent United National Party (UNP) led United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) won 106 seats, an increase of 46 since the 2010 election, but failed to secure a majority in Parliament. The main opposition United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) won 95 seats, a decline of 49. The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the largest party representing Sri Lankan Tamils, won 16 seats, an increase of two from 2010.
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2015 — 2015 Bangkok bombing
On 17 August 2015, a bombing took place inside the Erawan Shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection in Pathum Wan district, Bangkok, Thailand, killing 20 people and injuring 125. Thai police were reported to have arrested two Uyghur suspects with associations to the Turkish ultra-nationalistic organization Grey Wolves, the second of whom confessed to having been the bomber. He later retracted his confession.
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2016 — IWRG Cabellera vs. Cabellera (August 2016)
The IWRG Cabellera vs. Cabellera (August 2016) show (Spanish for "hair versus hair") was a professional wrestling supercard event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), and took place on August 17, 2016 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The focal point of the Caballera vs.
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2016 — 2016 General Aung San Shield final
The 2016 General Aung San Shield final is the 6th final of the MFF Cup. The General Aung San Shield winner will qualify to AFC Cup competition. The match was contested by Yangon United and Magwe at Bogyoke Aung San Stadium in Yangon. The match was played on 17 August 2016 and was the final match of the Bogyoke Aung San Cup.
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2017 — 2017 Barcelona attacks
On the afternoon of 17 August 2017, 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into a crowd of pedestrians on La Rambla street in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, killing 13 people and injuring at least 130 others, one of whom died as a result of the injuries ten days later, on 27 August. Abouyaaqoub fled the attack on foot, then killed another person in order to steal the victim's car and escape.
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2017 — Destination X (2017)
Destination X (2017) (aka Impact!: Destination X) was a professional wrestling event produced by Global Force Wrestling (GFW) promotion, which took place on August 17, 2017, at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the thirteenth event under the Destination X chronology. It was featured as a live special edition of GFW's weekly broadcast of Impact! and, until 2026, was the final event under the Destination X name.
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2019 — 17 August 2019 Kabul bombing
On 17 August 2019, a suicide bombing took place during a wedding in a wedding hall in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least 92 people were killed in the attack and over 140 injured. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the bombing, stating that the attack targeted the Shi'ites. More than 1,000 people were gathered for the wedding when the attack took place. The attack occurred a day before the 100th Afghan Independence Day, causing the government to postpone the planned celebrations taking place at the Darul Aman Palace. It was the deadliest attack in Kabul since January 2018.
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2019 — UFC 241
UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 17, 2019, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
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2019 — 2019–20 Zambian Charity Shield
The 2019–20 Zambian Charity Shield (also known as The Samuel ‘Zoom’ Ndhlovu Memorial Charity Shield) was the 54th Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Super League and ABSA Cup. This was the second editions in 2019 due to the transitional from a calendar year season to a spring-fall season. This seasons’ Charity Shield match puts 2019 transitional Super League and ABSA Cup winners Zesco United against ABSA Cup runners up Zanaco. Before the 2019-20 Charity Shield final Zesco United featured in the previous 2019 final against Nkana, Zesco lost that match 5–4 on penalties. Zanaco defeated Zesco 1–0 with the only goal being scored by Ziyo Tembo. That defeat for Zesco United was the third consecutive season they have failed to win the Charity Shield, having lost the two previous to Nkana. The match was played at Woodlands Stadium on 17 August 2019.
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2019 — Operation Kiran
Operation Kıran (Turkish: Kıran Operasyonu) was a military operation in Turkey, conducted by Turkish security forces, including police, gendarmerie and village guards. The operation started at 17 August 2019 and was under the command of the Ministry of Interior.
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2019 — 23rd Lima Film Festival
The 23rd Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 9 to 17 August 2019 in Lima, Peru. The awards were announced on 17 August 2019, with Bacurau winning the Trophy Spondylus.
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2019 — 72nd Locarno Film Festival
The 72nd annual Locarno Festival was held from 7 August to 17 August 2019. The debut feature by Italian director-producer Ginevra Elkann's Magari opened the festival, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's To the Ends of the Earth was screened as closing film. The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Vitalina Varela directed by Pedro Costa.
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2019 — 2019 Sheikh Jassim Cup
The 2019 Sheikh Jassim Cup was the 41st edition of the cup competition for football teams from Qatar. It was changed from a group staged pre-season tournament featuring all Qatari Stars League sides, to a one-off match between the previous seasons Qatar Stars League winners and Emir of Qatar Cup winners.
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2021 — 2021 Nova Scotia general election
The 2021 Nova Scotia general election was held on August 17, 2021, to elect members to the 64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia. In a major upset, Tim Houston led the Progressive Conservatives to power for the first time since 2006, and with a majority government for the first time since 1999.
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2021 — 2021 DFL-Supercup
The 2021 DFL-Supercup was the 12th edition of the German super cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. The match was played on 17 August 2021. The match featured Borussia Dortmund, the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, and Bayern Munich, the champions of the 2020–21 Bundesliga.
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2021 — Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
The Republican insurgency in Afghanistan is an ongoing conflict waged by armed factions loyal to the defunct Islamic Republic of Afghanistan against the Taliban-led Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The conflict started immediately following the fall of Kabul in August 2021, and the insurgency represents the continuation of the decades-long Afghan conflict. The insurgency is primarily conducted by former Afghan government security personnel, local militias, and political and military organizations seeking to oppose or overturn Taliban rule.
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2021 — 2021 Kosovar Supercup
The 2021 Kosovar Supercup was the 30th edition of the Kosovar Supercup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Kosovo Superleague and Kosovar Cup competitions. The match was played between Prishtina, champions of the 2020–21 Kosovo Superleague and Llapi, who beat their opponents to win the 2020–21 Kosovar Cup Final. Llapi won the match 3–1 and claimed their first Supercup title.
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2022 — 2022 OFC Champions League final
The 2022 OFC Champions League final was the final match of the 2022 OFC Champions League, the 21st edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 16th season under the current OFC Champions League name. The final was contested as a single match between Tahitian team Vénus and New Zealand team Auckland City. The match took place at Ngahue Reserve in Auckland on 17 August 2022.
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2024 — 2024 Saudi Super Cup final
The 2024 Saudi Super Cup final (also known as The Diriyah Saudi Super Cup final for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th edition of the Saudi Super Cup. The final was played on 17 August 2024 at the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City, Abha, between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal. Al-Hilal defeated Al-Nassr 4–1 to win their record-extending fifth title.
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2024 — 2024 Nenggiri by-election
The 2024 Nenggiri by-election was held on 17 August 2024 for the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly seat of Nenggiri. The by-election was called following the disqualification of the incumbent, Mohd Azizi Abu Naim, on 19 June 2024 due to his support for the Anwar Ibrahim government. Mohd Azizi had served as a Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly for Nenggiri since 2023, and also as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gua Musang.
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2024 — 2024 DFL-Supercup
The 2024 DFL-Supercup was the 15th edition of the German super cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. The match was played on 17 August 2024. The match featured Bayer Leverkusen, the champions of the 2023–24 Bundesliga and winners of the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal (completing a domestic double), and VfB Stuttgart, the runners-up of the Bundesliga.
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2024 — 28th Lima Film Festival
The 28th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 8–17 August 2024 in Lima, Peru. The awards were announced on 17 August 2024, with Simon of the Mountain winning the Trophy Spondylus.
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2024 — 77th Locarno Film Festival
The 77th Locarno Film Festival was held from 7 August to 17 August 2024. The Crowd by King Vidor, accompanied by live music from the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, screened the night before the festival began, and The Flood by Gianluca Jodice opened the festival. Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner served as the jury president for the main competition. Additional jury members were announced in July 2024.
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2025 — 2025 Bolivian general election
General elections were held in Bolivia on 17 August 2025 to elect the president, vice president, and all members of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. Incumbent president Luis Arce of the ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS-IPSP) did not seek reelection, amid internal party divisions and widespread dissatisfaction over shortages of essential goods.
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2025 — G1 Climax 35
The G1 Climax 35 was a professional wrestling tournament promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament commenced on July 19 and concluded on August 17, 2025. It was the thirty-fifth edition of G1 Climax, and the fifty-first edition of the tournament, counting its previous forms under different names. Considered NJPW's most important tournament, the G1 Climax features 20 wrestlers, divided into two blocks of ten ("A" and "B").
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2025 — The 21st HollyShorts Film Festival closes with its awards
On August 17, 2025, the 21st HollyShorts Film Festival closed in Hollywood, California, with its awards celebrations. The short film Trapped won the Grand Prize.
Closing and awards day; film screenings ran from August 7 to 16.
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