February 17 historical events
1461 — Second Battle of St Albans
The Second Battle of St Albans was a battle of the English Wars of the Roses, fought on 17 February 1461, at St Albans. The army of the Yorkist faction under the Earl of Warwick attempted to bar the road to London north of the town. The rival Lancastrian army used a wide outflanking manoeuvre to take Warwick by surprise, cut him off from London, and drive his army from the field. The victors also released the feeble King Henry VI, who had been Warwick's prisoner, from his captivity. However, they ultimately failed to take advantage of their victory.
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1500 — Battle of Hemmingstedt
The Battle of Hemmingstedt took place on February 17, 1500 south of the village of Hemmingstedt, near the present village of Epenwöhrden, in the western part of present-day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was an attempt by king John of Denmark and his brother Duke Frederick, who were co-dukes of Schleswig and Holstein, to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, who had established a peasants' republic on the coast of the North Sea. John was at the time also king of the Kalmar Union.
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1500 — War of the Katzenelnbogen Succession
Within the Holy Roman Empire, the War of the Katzenelnbogen Succession (German: Katzenelnbogener Erbfolgekrieg; Dutch: Katzenelnbogische Successieoorlog) or the Katzenelnbogen Succession Struggle (German: Katzenelnbogener Erbfolgestreit, Katzenelnbogische Erbfolgestreit; Dutch: Katzenelnbogische Erfopvolgingsstrijd) (1500–1557) was a war of succession about the County of Katzenelnbogen after the death of William II "the Younger", Landgrave of Hesse. In the end, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse won the conflict.
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1568 — Habsburg and Ottoman negotiators reach a peace agreement
On 17 February 1568, Habsburg and Ottoman negotiators reached an agreement to end their war. The Treaty of Adrianople was signed separately on February21. Negotiations took place in the Ottoman Empire, in present-day Turkey.
This is agreement reached on February17, distinct from treaty signature on February21.
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1603 — Battle of Puerto Caballos (1603)
The Battle of Puerto Caballos was a military event during the Anglo–Spanish War to capture the Spanish town and port of Puerto Caballos (present day Puerto Cortés, Honduras) on 17 February 1603 by an English fleet under Christopher Newport and Michael Geare along with the help of French pirates. The English were able to achieve victory after a bitter fight. Two Spanish galleons were captured, one of which was subsequently burned. The Anglo-French consortium occupied the area and after two weeks withdrew with captured booty.
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1616 — Nurhaci proclaims himself khan of Later Jin
On 17 February 1616, Nurhaci proclaimed himself khan and established the Jin state, known as Later Jin, at Hetu Ala in present-day China. His son Hong Taiji renamed the state Qing in 1636.
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1674 — 1674 Ambon earthquake and megatsunami
The 1674 Ambon earthquake occurred on February 17 between 19:30 and 20:00 local time in the Maluku Islands. The resulting tsunami reached heights of up to 100 metres (330 ft) on Ambon Island killing over 2,000 people. It was the first detailed documentation of a tsunami in Indonesia and the largest ever recorded in the country.
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1676 — Sixteen expedition members lost near the Evangelistas Islets
On February 17, 1676, sixteen men from Pascual de Iriarte’s expedition party, including his son, were lost near the Evangelistas Islets in present-day Chile. Their small boat was blown away while they attempted to place a Spanish territorial marker.
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1739 — Battle of Vasai
The Battle of Vasai or the Battle of Bassein was fought between the Maratha Empire and the Portuguese rulers of Vasai (Portuguese, Baçaim; English, Bassein), a town near Mumbai (Bombay) in the Konkan region of the present-day state of Maharashtra, India.
The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
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1781 — Battle of Hart's Mill
The Battle of Hart’s Mill took place near Hillsborough, North Carolina between Patriot militia under Joseph Graham and Richard Simmons and a combined force of British and Loyalist militia on February 17, 1781 The Patriot forces returned to North Carolina from Virginia for resupplies and made camp in Orange county. Captain Joseph Graham under Brigadier General Andrew Pickens was sent to scout the area for British/Loyalist activity.
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1782 — Battle of Sadras
The Battle of Sadras was the first of five largely indecisive naval battles fought between a British fleet (under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes) and a French fleet (under Admiral Pierre Suffren) off the east coast of India during the Anglo-French War. Fought on 17 February 1782 near present-day Kalpakkam, the battle was tactically indecisive, but the British fleet suffered the most damage.
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1783 — Action of 17 February 1783
The Action of 17 February 1783 was a minor naval engagement fought in between Jamaica & Cuba in the Caribbean sea between a Royal Navy frigate HMS Fox and a Spanish Navy frigate Santa Catalina. By the end of 1782 the Spanish and French had been on the defensive since the Battle of the Saintes, which signaled British domination of the seas in the Caribbean. Soon after the Royal navy were conducting a blockade off Cap Francois and Fort Royal as well as keeping a watch off Havana. At the same time British frigates were intercepting both Spanish and French privateers.
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1807 — Battle of Khankala (1807)
The battle of Khankala happened on 17 February 1807. In this action, the Khankala fortification was taken by storm. Russian forces entered Chechnya from three directions under the command of General of Infantry S. A. Bulgakov. The purpose of the expedition was to establish control over the strategically important Khankala Gorge.
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1814 — Battle of Mormant
The Battle of Mormant (17 February 1814) was fought during the War of the Sixth Coalition between an Imperial French army under Emperor Napoleon I and a division of Russians and Austrians under Count Pyotr Petrovich Pahlen. Enveloped by cavalry and infantry, the outnumbered Allied force was nearly destroyed, with only about a third of its soldiers escaping. This battle and the Battle of Montereau the following day marked the start of a French counteroffensive aiming to drive back Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg's Allied Army of Bohemia. The town of Mormant is located 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of Paris.
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1838 — Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre (Afrikaans: Bloukransmoorde) was the massacre of Voortrekkers, Khoikhoi and Basuto by the Zulu Kingdom on 17 February 1838. The massacres occurred at Doringkop, Bloukrans River, Moordspruit, Rensburgspruit and other sites around the present day town of Weenen in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province.
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1843 — Battle of Miani
The Battle of Miani (Sindhi: مياڻي جي جنگ), also known as the Battle of Meeanee, was a battle between a British army under Charles James Napier and the Talpur army of Sindh, composed mainly of Baloch troops under the Talpur Amirs. led by Amir Nasir Khan Talpur. The battle took place on 17 February 1843 at Miani, Sindh, in what is now modern-day Pakistan.
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1843 — British conquest of Sindh
The Anglo—Sindh War was a military campaign by Britain against the Talpur dynasty which resulted in the incorporation of Sindh into British India. The East India Company, supported by the British Army and Royal Navy, oversaw the campaign between February and March of 1843. Two major battles were fought, the Battle of Hyderabad and Battle of Miani.
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1855 — Battle of Eupatoria
The Battle of Eupatoria (Russian: Штурм Евпатории, lit. 'Storm of Eupatoria'; Turkish: Gözleve Muharebesi) occurred on 17 February 1855 during the Crimean War when the army of the Russian Empire unsuccessfully attempted to capture the Crimean port city of Eupatoria held by the forces of the Ottoman Empire.
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1859 — French and Spanish forces capture the Citadel of Saigon
A Franco-Spanish force commanded by Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly captured the Nguyễn dynasty’s Gia Định Citadel at Saigon after an attack by ships and troops. The city is now Ho Chi Minh City.
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1860 — Battle of Coplé
The Battle of Coplé was a battle in Venezuela, which occurred on 17 February 1860, during the Federal War between the Federalist forces under General Juan Crisóstomo Falcón, and the troops from Conservative government under command of General León de Febres Cordero, with a victory for the latter.
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1863 — Battle of Miechów
The Battle of Miechów took place on February 17, 1863, near Miechów in Małopolska, Poland (at the time Congress Poland), during the January Uprising. Polish units under Apolinary Kurowski numbering around 2500 troops attacked the town in an attempt to gain control of the so-called border triangle - an area at the cross roads of the Austrian, Prussian and Russian partitions which would have allowed the insurgents access to supplies and troops from outside the Congress Poland where the uprising proper was taking place. They were hoping to surprise Russian troops. However, Russian garrison (2 companies, 550 men) was stronger than expected by insurgents.
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1863 — Battle of Staszów fought during Poland’s January Uprising
On 17 February 1863, Polish insurgents fought Russian troops at Staszów, in present-day Poland, during the January Uprising. The insurgents withdrew the following day.
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1863 — Founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross hold their first meeting
Five people met in Geneva to consider Henry Dunant’s proposals for helping soldiers wounded in war. They formed a permanent committee that developed into the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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1864 — Sinking of USS Housatonic
The Sinking of USS Housatonic on 17 February 1864 during the American Civil War was an important turning point in naval warfare. The Confederate States Navy submarine, H.L. Hunley made her first and only attack on a Union Navy warship when she staged a clandestine night attack on the USS Housatonic in Charleston harbor. The Hunley approached just under the surface, avoiding detection until the last moments, then embedded and remotely detonated a spar torpedo that rapidly sank the 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) sloop-of-war with the loss of five Union sailors.
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1865 — Capture of Columbia
The capture of Columbia occurred February 17–18, 1865, during the Carolinas campaign of the American Civil War. The state capital of Columbia, South Carolina, was captured by Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman. Much of the city was burned, although it is not clear which side caused the fires. After Gen. Sherman's March to the Sea captured Savannah, Georgia, he turned his forces north and marched into the Carolinas.
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1865 — Battle of Fort Buchanan
The Battle of Fort Buchanan was an Apache attack on the United States Army post of Old Fort Buchanan in southern Arizona Territory, which occurred on February 17, 1865. Though a skirmish, it ended with a significant Apache victory when they forced the small garrison of California Volunteers to retreat to the Santa Rita Mountains. Fort Buchanan was the only American military post conquered during the war against the Chiricahua.
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1897 — Battle of Zapote Bridge (1897)
The Battle of Zapote Bridge was fought on February 17, 1897 as part of the Philippine Revolution. Filipino revolutionary forces led by General Emilio Aguinaldo defeated Spanish forces under the command of Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja. In this battle, General Edilberto Evangelista (a Filipino civil engineer, trench builder and member of the Katipunan) was killed.
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1897 — Battle of Rejaf
The Battle of Rejaf, also known as the Battle of Bedden, was fought on 17 February 1897 between the Belgian-led forces of the Congo Free State and Mahdist rebels in Rejaf (now in present-day South Sudan). The battle resulted in a Congolese victory and the permanent expulsion of the Mahdists from the Lado Enclave, as well as the establishment of a Congolese outpost along the Nile.
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1901 — Battle of Hartbeesfontein
The Battle of Hartbeesfontein, was the scene of a large skirmish during the Second Boer War which took place on February 17, 1901.
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1905 — Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich killed by a bomb in Moscow
On 17 February 1905, Ivan Kalyayev killed Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich with a bomb in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia. The killing took place during the1905 revolution.
Gregorian February17,1905 corresponds to February4 in the Russian OldStyle calendar.
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1913 — Armory Show opens in New York City
On February 17, 1913, the International Exhibition of Modern Art, known as the Armory Show, opened at New York City’s69th Regiment Armory in the United States. It introduced a large American audience to recent European and American modern art.
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1925 — Florence Prag Kahn elected to Congress in California
On February 17, 1925, Florence Prag Kahn won a special election in California’s fourth congressional district, United States, to fill the term of her late husband Julius Kahn.
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1935 — 1935 Portuguese presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 17 February 1935. Óscar Carmona ran unopposed and was reelected.
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1941 — Battle of Trebeshina
The Battle of Trebeshina (Greek: Μάχη της Τρεμπεσίνας) or the Battle of Mal Trebeshinë was a series of engagements fought between the Greek and Italian armies in southeastern Albania during the Greco-Italian War. The twenty-day battle was fought on the strategic heights that make up the 26-kilometre-long (16 mi) Trebeshinë mountain range, notably Height 1923.
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1943 — Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive
The 1943 Battle of Voronezh or Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive operation (often credited in Russian as the liberation of Voronezh (освобождение Воронежа)) was a Soviet counter-offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II on recapturing the city of Voronezh during January 1943. It took place between 24 January and 17 February 1943, as 4th phase of the general Soviet winter offensive of 1942–1943, immediately following the Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive.
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1943 — Battle of Sidi Bou Zid
The Battle of Sidi Bou Zid (Unternehmen Frühlingswind/Operation Spring Breeze) took place during the Tunisia Campaign from 14–17 February 1943, in World War II. The battle was fought around Sidi Bou Zid, where a large number of U.S. Army units were mauled by German and Italian forces. It resulted in the Axis forces recapturing the strategically important town of Sbeitla in central Tunisia.
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1944 — West Derbyshire by-election, 1944
The West Derbyshire by-election of 1944 was held on 17 February 1944. The byelection was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Henry Hunloke. Hunloke was the brother-in-law of Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, who had held the seat from 1923 until 1938, when he succeeded to his title and was replaced by Hunloke. The seat had been held previously by Hunloke's father-in-law (1891-1908, before becoming the 9th Duke), and by the 9th Duke's brother-in-law, the future 6th Marquess of Lansdowne (1908-1918). This control by the Cavendish family had been interrupted in 1918-1923 by Charles Frederick White, who was elected as a Liberal.
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1944 — Battle of Eniwetok
The Battle of Eniwetok was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought between 17 February 1944 and 23 February 1944, on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
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1944 — US carrier aircraft begin Operation Hailstone against Truk
On 17 February 1944, US carrier task groups began air attacks on the Japanese naval base at Truk, in present-day Micronesia. The opening fighter sweep began before daybreak as part of Operation Hailstone.
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1946 — Belgian general election, 1946
General elections were held in Belgium on 17 February 1946. The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 92 of the 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 51 of the 101 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 90.3%. They were the first elections after the Second World War and saw fundamental changes among the political parties. The Flemish National Union, which held 17 seats prior to the war and collaborated with Nazi Germany during the war, was outlawed. The Catholic Party changed into the Christian Social Party while the Belgian Labour Party changed into the Belgian Socialist Party.
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1948 — Al-Waziri coup
The al-Waziri coup (Arabic: الثورة الدستورية اليمنية, romanized: al-thawra ad-dustūr al-Yamaniyya, lit. 'Yemeni Constitutional Revolution' ), also known as the Yahya clan coup, was a violent dynasty overthrow attempt in the Kingdom of Yemen in 1948, which caused around 5,000 fatalities. During the coup attempt, Imam Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, the ruler of the kingdom, was assassinated and the rival Sayyid family, the al-Wazirs, seized power for several weeks.
The Al-Waziri coup briefly ousts the ruling Hamidaddin dynasty of Yemen; Imam Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din is killed.
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1951 — Brooklyn by-election, 1951
The Brooklyn by-election 1951 was a by-election held in the Brooklyn electorate in Wellington during the 29th New Zealand Parliament, on 17 February 1951. The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Peter Fraser, who had been Prime Minister until 30 November 1949, on 17 December 1950. The by-election was won by Arnold Nordmeyer.
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1951 — Battle of Chuam-ni
The Battle of Chuam-ni was fought between 14–17 February 1951, at Chuam-ni, South Korea, as part of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) Third Offensive towards Wonju during the Korean War. The battle was for control of the supply line Route 24.
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1951 — The Canadian Patricias join the Commonwealth brigade in Korea
The 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry came under the command of the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade near Yeoju. The battalion advanced from Sangsok with the brigade four days later.
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1954 — Siege of Đắk Đoa
The siege of Dak Doa was a military event which took place between 11 and 17 February 1954 during the First Indochina War between elements of a French battle group - Groupement Mobile No. 100 and the Việt Minh. After a seven-day siege the Việt Minh overran and wiped out an outlying French position at Đắk Đoa near Kon Tum.
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1955 — Birth of Mo Yan
On 17 February 1955, Mo Yan, a writer, was born.
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1959 — Turkish delegation’s aircraft crashes near Gatwick
On 17 February 1959, a Turkish Airlines charter carrying prime minister Adnan Menderes crashed near Gatwick Airport in the United Kingdom during a foggy landing approach. Fourteen people died; Menderes was among ten survivors.
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1959 — Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution
Vanguard 2 (or Vanguard 2E before launch) is an Earth-orbiting satellite launched 17 February 1959 at 15:55:02 GMT, aboard a Vanguard SLV-4 rocket as part of the United States Navy's Project Vanguard. The satellite was designed to measure cloud cover distribution over the daylight portion of its orbit, for a period of 19 days, and to provide information on the density of the atmosphere for the lifetime of its orbit (about 300 years).
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1964 — Wesberry v. Sanders
Wesberry v. Sanders, 376 U.S. 1 (1964), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that districts in the United States House of Representatives must be approximately equal in population. Along with Baker v. Carr (1962) and Reynolds v. Sims (1964), it was part of a series of Warren Court cases that applied the principle of "one person, one vote" to U.S. legislative bodies.
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1965 — NASA launches Ranger 8 to photograph the Moon
Ranger 8 lifted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to photograph the Moon. It took more than 7,000 pictures before impact in the Sea of Tranquility.
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1966 — Aeroflot Flight 065
Aeroflot Flight 065 was a scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot. On 17 February 1966, the Tupolev Tu-114 operated by the airline crashed during take-off from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, killing 21 of the 47 passengers and 19 crew members on board. This was the only fatal crash involving the Tu-114.
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1966 — Operation Double Eagle
Operation Double Eagle was a US Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation that took place in southern Quảng Ngãi Province, lasting from 28 January to 17 February 1966, during the Vietnam War. The operation was mounted in conjunction with Operation Masher in northern Bình Định Province. The operation was inconclusive as the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Vietcong (VC) had largely slipped away.
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1969 — Berry Cannon dies during the SEALAB III experiment
Navy aquanaut Berry Cannon died while trying to repair a leak in the SEALAB III underwater habitat off San Clemente Island. The Navy investigation found carbon dioxide poisoning was the most likely cause.
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1972 — Volkswagen Beetle passes the Ford Model T’s production record
The 15,007,034th Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the production line in Wolfsburg. The factory milestone took the Beetle past the previous production record held by the Ford Model T.
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1974 — 1974 White House helicopter incident
On February 17, 1974, Robert Kenneth Preston, a private first class in the U.S. Army, took off in a stolen Bell UH-1B Iroquois "Huey" helicopter from Tipton Field, Maryland, and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House in a significant breach of security. Preston had enlisted in the Army to become a helicopter pilot.
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1978 — La Mon restaurant bombing
On 17 February 1978, the Provisional IRA's Belfast Brigade left a large incendiary bomb outside the La Mon House hotel and restaurant in Comber, County Down, near Belfast. The attack, commonly known as the La Mon restaurant bombing, has been described as one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles. The bomb, containing a napalm-like substance, was left outside one of the restaurant's windows.
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1978 — 1978 British Army Gazelle downing
On 17 February 1978, a British Army Gazelle helicopter, serial number XX404, went down near Jonesborough, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, after being fired at by a Provisional IRA unit from the South Armagh Brigade. The IRA unit was involved at the time in a gun battle with a Green Jackets observation post deployed in the area, and the helicopter was sent in to support the ground troops.
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1978 — Birth of Zhang Yi
On 17 February 1978, Zhang Yi, an actor, was born.
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1979 — Sino-Vietnamese War begins as Chinese troops enter northern Vietnam
On 17 February 1979, Chinese troops entered northern Vietnam, beginning the Sino-Vietnamese War. The offensive crossed the border from China and was followed by weeks of fighting before China withdrew its main invasion force in March.
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1980 — Polish climbers make the first winter ascent of Mount Everest
Leszek Cichy and Krzysztof Wielicki reached the summit of Mount Everest as part of a Polish expedition led by Andrzej Zawada. They were the first climbers to summit Everest in winter.
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1983 — Kiribati presidential election, 1983
Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 17 February 1983. The result was a victory for incumbent Ieremia Tabai, who won 49.6% of the vote. Voter turnout was 69.3%.
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1983 — 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
The 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 17 February 1983. No party secured a majority of seats and no women were elected. A coalition named the Meghalaya United Parliamentary Party was formed by the All Party Hill Leaders Conference (AHL), the Hill State People's Democratic Party, the Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC) and two independent members.
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1983 — Birth of Bao Chunlai
On 17 February 1983, Bao Chunlai, a badminton player and athlete, was born.
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1984 — Birth of Xiang Huiling
On 17 February 1984, Xiang Huiling, a singer, was born.
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1987 — Irish general election, 1987
The Irish general election of 1987 was held on 17 February 1987, four weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on 20 January. The newly elected 166 members of the 25th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 10 March when a new Taoiseach and a Fianna Fáil minority government were appointed. The general election took place in 41 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 166 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.
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1991 — Cape Verdean presidential election, 1991
Presidential elections were held for the first time in Cape Verde on 17 February 1991, as previously the National Assembly had elected the President. The result was a victory for António Mascarenhas Monteiro of the Movement for Democracy, which had also won the parliamentary elections the previous month. He defeated incumbent Aristides Pereira of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde.
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1991 — Ryan International Airlines Flight 590
Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 was a cargo flight carrying mail for the United States Postal Service from Greater Buffalo International Airport (BUF) in Buffalo, New York, to Indianapolis International Airport (IND) in Indiana, with a stopover at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) in Cleveland, Ohio. On February 17, 1991, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15RC operating the flight crashed on takeoff from Cleveland during icing conditions.
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1992 — Capture of Garadaghly
The Capture of Garadaghly (Azerbaijani: Qaradağlının işğalı) was the seizure of Garadaghly, an Azerbaijani-populated village in Khojavend district of Nagorno-Karabakh by Armenian volunteer units on 17 February 1992, in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
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1995 — Ecuador and Peru sign the Itamaraty peace declaration
Representatives of Ecuador and Peru signed a declaration in Brasília to reinforce the ceasefire in the Cenepa War. The parties accepted a mission from the guarantor countries to monitor the agreement.
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1996 — CyberSlam (1996)
CyberSlam (1996) was the first CyberSlam professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on February 17, 1996 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. 10 professional wrestling matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Raven defeated The Sandman to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
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1996 — 1996 Bloc Québécois leadership election
The 1996 Bloc Québécois leadership election was the leadership election to replace Lucien Bouchard after he left the Bloc Québécois to become Premier of Quebec. Bloc MP Michel Gauthier won the election and became Leader of the Official Opposition. Gauthier's lack of profile resulted in some opposition parties mocking him as being the "faceless leader" of the opposition, as he was largely a political unknown in most of Canada and even in Quebec.
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1996 — NEAR Shoemaker launches as the first Discovery mission
On February 17, 1996, NASA launched NEAR Shoemaker from Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States, on a DeltaII rocket. It was the first launch in NASA’s Discovery Program and later orbited and landed on the asteroid Eros.
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1996 — Kasparov wins his1996 match against Deep Blue
On 17 February 1996, Garry Kasparov won the final game of his six-game match against IBM’s Deep Blue in Philadelphia, United States, taking the match 4–2. Deep Blue had won the first game, but its match victory came in 1997.
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1996 — An earthquake and tsunami strike the Biak region
A powerful earthquake off the coast of Indonesian New Guinea generated a tsunami that badly damaged Biak and Supiori islands.
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2000 — Operation Valiancy
Operation Valiancy (Filipino: Oplan Kagitingan) was the initial military operation of the 2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front which took place in Maguindanao (before the province's division), Philippines. The Philippine Army, primarily units of its 6th Infantry Division, assaulted Moro Islamic Liberation Front forces in the Talayan-Shariff Aguak-Datu Piang area of Maguindanao and captured Camp Omar ibn al-Khattab, its third largest camp located there.
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2000 — Tamil Nadu holds three state assembly by-elections
Voters in Nellikuppam, Tiruchirappalli II and Arantangi voted to fill three seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. The contests were held during the assembly's 1996–2001 term.
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2001 — 2001 Queensland state election
The 2001 Queensland state election was held on 17 February 2001 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The result of the election was the return of the Labor Party (ALP) government of Premier Peter Beattie, with an increased majority in a landslide. Labor won 66 seats, easily the most it has ever won in Queensland and one of Labor's best-ever results nationwide.
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2002 — No Way Out (2002)
No Way Out (2002) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The event took place on February 17, 2002, at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is also the last No Way Out event produced under the WWF initials.
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2002 — 52nd Berlin International Film Festival
The 52nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6 to 17, 2002. The festival opened with Heaven by Tom Tykwer. The new print of Charlie Chaplin's 1940 American satirical dramedy film The Great Dictator was the closing film of the festival. The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to Bloody Sunday, directed by Paul Greengrass, and Spirited Away, by Hayao Miyazaki.
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2004 — Kentucky's 6th congressional district special election, 2004
The 2004 United States House of Representatives special election in Kentucky's 6th congressional district was held on February 17, 2004 to select the successor to Ernie Fletcher (R) who resigned upon being elected Governor of Kentucky. Each party held a nominating convention to choose their nominee for the special election. Republicans selected state Senator Alice Kerr over state Representatives Stan Lee and Lonnie Napier and Lexington city councilman Charles Ellinger II as their nominee while Democrats chose former state Attorney General and 2003 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ben Chandler. Chandler won the election to fill out the rest of Fletcher's unexpired term.
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2004 — 2004 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary
The 2004 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary took place on February 17, 2004 as part of the 2004 Democratic Party presidential primaries. The delegate allocation is Proportional. The candidates are awarded delegates in proportion to the percentage of votes received and is open to registered Democrats only. A total of 72 (of 87) delegates are awarded proportionally. A 15 percent threshold is required to receive delegates.
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2004 — 2004 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary
The 2004 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary was held on February 17, 2004, as part of the 2004 Republican Party primaries for the 2004 presidential election. 37 delegates to the 2004 Republican National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates. President George W. Bush won easily by receiving all the delegate votes because most of his opponents were not on the ballot, except for his only opponent in the state of Wisconsin, Uncommitted.
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2006 — Landslide buries Guinsaugon in the Philippines
On February 17, 2006, a landslide buried the village of Guinsaugon in Southern Leyte, Philippines.
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2008 — Cypriot presidential election, 2008
The Cypriot presidential election of 2008 was held on 17 February 2008, with the runoff held on 24 February 2008. The second-round winner, and thus the President of Cyprus for the next term, was Dimitris Christofias. The first round, held on February 17, saw a close result between three leading candidates, Dimitris Christofias of AKEL, Ioannis Kasoulidis of Democratic Rally, and the incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos. Results showed Kasoulidis in first place with about 33.51%, Christofias in second with 33.29%, and Papadopoulos in third with 31.79%. Christophias and Kasoulidis therefore participated in a second round on February 24.
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2008 — No Way Out (2008)
The 2008 No Way Out was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 10th No Way Out and took place on February 17, 2008, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada in the Las Vegas area, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions.
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2008 — Kosovo representatives adopt a declaration of independence
On 17 February 2008, Kosovo representatives meeting in Pristina adopted a declaration of independence from Serbia. Serbia rejected the declaration, and Kosovo’s statehood remains internationally disputed.
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2008 — 2008 Kyoto mayoral election
Kyoto held a mayoral election on February 17, 2008. Daisaku Kadokawa narrowly won over a candidate backed by the JCP with a margin of 951 votes.
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2008 — 58th Berlin International Film Festival
The 58th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to February 17, 2008. The festival opened with Martin Scorsese's documentary film Shine a Light. Be Kind Rewind by Michel Gondry served as the closing film. Greek filmmaker Costa Gavras, was selected to serve as the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Bear was awarded to Elite Squad directed by José Padilha.
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2011 — IWRG La Jaula del Honor
La Jaula del Honor (Spanish for "The Cage of Honor") was a major professional wrestling event produced by the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), that took place on February 17, 2011, at Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, State of Mexico. The title of the event, La Jaula del Honor, referred to the main event match, a steel cage match that involved three, three-man teams contested under elimination rules. A wrestler would "escape" the match by climbing up the side of the cage and out, with the last remaining wrestler in the cage, along with his team mates. being deemed the loser of the match.
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2011 — Battle of Bayda
The Battle of Bayda was the first conflict that broke out during the First Libyan Civil War between the brigades of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and the Libyan rebels in the 4th-largest city in the country, the city of Bayda and its suburbs.
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2013 — Ecuadorian general election, 2013
General elections were held in Ecuador on 17 February 2013 to elect the President, the National Assembly, Provincial Assemblies and members of the Andean Parliament. The incumbent President Rafael Correa was re-elected by a wide margin. Correa's closest electoral rival, Guillermo Lasso, conceded the election shortly after it concluded. The vote had been set for January 2013, but was put back a month to allow a full year to elapse after the reform of election rules. This was the first election since 1996 held after the natural expiration of a four-year presidential term.
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2013 — Cypriot presidential election, 2013
Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 17 February 2013. A runoff was held on 24 February 2013. Nicos Anastasiades of Democratic Rally won the election. The other candidates were Stavros Malas of the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL); Praxoula Antoniadou of the United Democrats; Lakis Ioannou with the support of LASOK; Loukas Stavrou; ELAM's Giorgos Charalambous, Giorgos Lillikas of Movement for Social Democracy (EDEK); and independents Andreas Efstratiou, Makaria-Andri Stylianou, Kostas Kyriacou(Outopos) and Solon Gregoriou. Although the president Demetris Christofias was not term-limited, he did not seek re-election in 2013.
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2013 — 63rd Berlin International Film Festival
The 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival took place in Berlin, Germany between 7 and 17 February 2013. Chinese film director Wong Kar-wai was announced as the President of the Jury and his film The Grandmaster was the opening film of the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Romanian film Child's Pose directed by Călin Peter Netzer, which also served as the closing film. The French documentary filmmaker Claude Lanzmann was awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear. Italian actress Isabella Rossellini and German film director Rosa von Praunheim were awarded with the Berlinale Camera.
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2013 — Elimination Chamber (2013)
Elimination Chamber (2013) (also known as No Escape (2013) in Germany) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE. It took place on February 17, 2013, at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. The pay-per-view was the fourth annual Elimination Chamber event. This year's event was headlined by The Rock defending the WWE Championship against CM Punk.
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2013 — Yani Tseng finishes second at the Women’s Australian Open
Yani Tseng finished two shots behind Jiyai Shin at Royal Canberra Golf Club. It was the opening event of the 2013 LPGA Tour season.
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2015 — An electrical accident causes a deadly crush at Haiti's Carnival
An electrical accident involving a Carnival float triggered a deadly crowd crush near the Champ de Mars in Port-au-Prince. The Haitian Red Cross responded to the emergency.
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2015 — Madison holds its 2015 mayoral primary
Incumbent Paul Soglin led Madison's mayoral primary. Scott Resnick placed second and joined him on the general election ballot.
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2016 — 2016 Uzbekistan Super Cup
The 2016 Uzbekistan Super Cup (Uzbek: Futbol boʻyicha 2016-yilgi Oʻzbekiston Superkubogi) was the fourth edition of the Uzbekistan Super Cup. The match took place on 17 February at the Bunyodkor Stadium in Tashkent, between the 2015 Uzbek League champions — Pakhtakor and the 2015 Uzbekistan Cup winners — Nasaf. Nasaf won the match and claimed the Uzbekistan Super Cup title for the first time in their history.
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2016 — Car bomb strikes military buses in Ankara
On 17 February 2016, a car bomb struck a convoy carrying military personnel and civilian staff in Ankara, Turkey, during the evening rush hour. The attack caused numerous deaths and injuries.
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2017 — Cork City retains the President of Ireland’s Cup
On 17 February 2017, Cork City defeated Dundalk 3–0 in the President of Ireland’s Cup at Turners Cross in Cork, Ireland.
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2017 — CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles (2017)
The CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles 2017 or "National Incredible Pairs Tournament 2017" was a tag team Lucha Libre tournament held by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The tournament is based on the Lucha Libre Parejas Increíbles match concept, which pairs two wrestlers of opposite allegiance, one portraying a villain, referred to as a "rudo" in Lucha Libre wrestling terminology, and one portraying a fan favorites, or "técnico".
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2018 — 2018 Indonesia President's Cup final
The 2018 Indonesia President's Cup final was the final match of the 2018 Indonesia President's Cup, the 3rd season of Indonesia's pre-season premier club football tournament organised by PSSI. It was played at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on 17 February 2018 and contested between Persija Jakarta and Bali United, their second encounter in the competition after their first in the group stage.
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2019 — Elimination Chamber (2019)
The 2019 Elimination Chamber (known as No Escape in Germany) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live. It was the ninth Elimination Chamber event and took place on February 17, 2019, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
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2019 — 2019 ANO 2011 leadership election
A leadership election for ANO 2011 was held on 17 February 2019. Incumbent Andrej Babiš was the only candidate. He won another term when he received 206 votes of 238.
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2019 — Impact Wrestling Against All Odds (2019)
The 2019 Against All Odds was a professional wrestling television special produced by Impact Wrestling, which took place on February 17, 2019 at Sam's Town Casino in Sunrise Manor, Nevada. It was the ninth event under the Against All Odds chronology. Unlike the previous events, this event was a special episode of the weekly Impact television broadcast, airing on Pursuit Channel and Twitch on March 29.
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2019 — UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. Velasquez
UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. Velasquez (also known as UFC on ESPN 1) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on February 17, 2019 at Talking Stick Resort Arena, now known as Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
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2019 — 69th Berlin International Film Festival
The 69th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 7 to 17 February 2019. French actress Juliette Binoche served as the Jury President. Lone Scherfig's drama film The Kindness of Strangers opened the festival. The Golden Bear was won by Israeli-French drama Synonyms directed by Nadav Lapid, which also served as the closing film of the festival.
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2021 — Andhra Pradesh holds phase 3 of its 2021 village council elections
Voters in parts of Andhra Pradesh went to the polls in the third phase of the state's gram panchayat elections. The voting filled village council posts in rural communities.
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2022 — Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing
The Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing was an event directly preceding the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. It was shelling of a kindergarten in Stanytsia Luhanska on 17 February 2022 which injured three people, and left half the town without electricity. It was performed by separatists shortly before the invasion.
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2023 — Tin-Ediar attack
The Tin-Ediar attack or Déou attack occurred on February 17, 2023 when Burkinabe soldiers were ambushed by the Islamic State – Sahil Province (ISGS) near the village of Tin-Ediar while travelling between Déou and Oursi, Burkina Faso. Over 70 Burkinabe soldiers were killed in the ambush, and Burkinabe authorities stated 160 ISGS fighters were killed.
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2023 — ONE Friday Fights 5
ONE Friday Fights 5: Kongklai vs. Superball (also known as ONE Lumpinee 5) was a combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on February 17, 2023, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
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2024 — UFC 298
UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 17, 2024, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States.
Anaheim, California, United States · California, United States · Sport · Checked 2026-09-23
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2024 — ONE Fight Night 19
ONE Fight Night 19: Haggerty vs. Lobo was a combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on February 17, 2024, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
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2024 — 2024 Japanese Super Cup
The 2024 Japanese Super Cup (known as Fujifilm Super Cup 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st Japanese Super Cup since its reestablishment, and the 39th overall. It was held on 17 February 2024 between the 2023 J1 League champions Vissel Kobe and the 2023 Emperor's Cup winners Kawasaki Frontale at the Japan National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Kawasaki Frontale defeated one-time winners Vissel Kobe 1–0 to win their third Japanese Super Cup.
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2024 — 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival
The 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, is the 2024 edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which took place from February 7 to February 17, 2024, at Santa Barbara, California, United States. In November and December, honorary awards were announced which are: Outstanding Performer of the Year Award for Bradley Cooper; Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence In Film for Ryan Gosling and Virtuosos Award for Lily Gladstone, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Greta Lee, Charles Melton, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, America Ferrera, and Andrew Scott.
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