About February 17
February 17, 2025 is the 48th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 317 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 365 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On February 17
- 1370 –Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.
- 1600 –The philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome for heresy.
- 1621 –Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth colony.
- 1809 –Miami University is chartered by the State of Ohio.
- 1864 –American Civil War: The Ship becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.
- 1865 –American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
- 1871 –The victorious Prussian Army parades though Paris, France after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
- 1913 –The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
- 1932 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- 1933 –Newsweek magazine is published for the first time.
- 1933 –The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
- 1964 –Gabonese president Leon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.
- 1965 –Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the “Sea of Tranquility” would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
- 1974 –Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
- 1995 –The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN.
- 1996 –In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
- 2003 –The London Congestion Charge scheme begins.
- 2006 –A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
- 2008 –Kosovo declares independence.
- 2011 –Libyan protests begin
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