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 What happened on August 17?

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Events:

1790- The capital of the US is moved from New York City to Philadelphia.

1896-Gold is discovered in Alaska, setting off the Klondike gold rush.
1943-The US 7th Army under George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy

1945- Indonesia claimed it's independence against from the Netherlands.

1970-Venera 7 is launched. It will later becomes the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet, Venus.

1979-Two Soviet Aeroflot jetliners collide in mid-air over Ukraine killing 156

1978-Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman land near Paris, completing the world's first crossing of the Atlantic by hot air balloon.

1999- The earthquake and Tsunami of August 17, 1999 in Turkey occurs. The earthquake was of a 7.4 magnitude, killing more than 17,000 people.

 

 

Births:

Davy Crockett

 

Davy Crockett-1786, frontiersman, soldier, took part in the Battle of the Alamo.

 

 

 

Robert De NiroRobert De Niro(Picture Below)-1943, actor, work on Hide and Seek, Meet the Fockers, Shark Tale, Meet the Parents, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Sleepers, Heat, The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980, Pollock, and more. 

 

 

 

Belinda Carlisle

Belinda Carlisle(Picture below)-1958, singer, guitarist, did work in Fahrenheit 9/11, 13 Going On 30, Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

 

 

 

Sean Penn

Sean Penn(Picture below)-1960, actor, director, did work on Mystic River, Being John Malkovich, 21 Grams

 

 

 

Thierry_Henry

Thierry Henry (Picture below)-1977, French Foot Ball Star, played in France's 1998 World Cup

 

 

 

 

Deaths: 

1850- Jose de San Martin, liberator of Chile, dies

1896-Bridget Driscoll, World's First automobile fatality

1973-Jean Barraqué, composer

1973 - Conrad Aiken, American Pulitzer Prize winning author

1988-Pakistani President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq was killed in a plane crash.

1991-Singer-actress Pearl Bailey dies in Philadelphia at age 72.

Holidays: 

 Rastafarianism- celebration of the birth of Marcus Garvey

 Independence Day in Indonesia

 

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