About February 17
February 17, 2024 is the 48th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 318 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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 347 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On February 17
- 364 –Emperor Jovian dies after a reign of eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana (Asia Minor) en route back to Constantinople in suspicious circumstances.
- 1370 –Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.
- 1801 –An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
- 1809 –Miami University is chartered by the State of Ohio.
- 1814 –War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Mormans.
- 1819 –The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.
- 1838 –Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
- 1854 –The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
- 1865 –American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
- 1924 –In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100 meters freestyle swimming competition with a time of 57.4 seconds.
- 1931 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Sheep in Chinese astrology.
- 1944 –World War II: Operation Hailstone begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk (Chuuk), Japan’s main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
- 1944 –World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
- 1964 –Gabonese president Leon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.
- 1964 –In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
- 1974 –Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
- 1979 –The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
- 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.
- 1998 –Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops kill 70–90 Azerbaijani civilians in the village of Qaradağlı.
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