August 17

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on August 17. From 1900 until now. August 17 is under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include Robert De Niro (1943), Sean Penn (1960) and Thierry Henry (1977). Several movies were released around August 17 over the years, such as Pather Panchali in 1955 directed by Satyajit Ray and Rashomon in 1950 directed by Akira Kurosawa.
But much more happened on August 17 over the years: find out below

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Rastafarianism - celebration of the birth of Marcus Garvey
Roman Empire - Portunalia in honor of Portunes

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2018 2018 Gaza border protests: Around 20,000 Palestinians protest near the Israel–Gaza barrier. Medical sources say that Israel Defense Forces killed two people and wounded at least 270 others, 50 of them with live bullets. (Reuters)
2017 2017 Barcelona attacks: A van drives into crowds of people in La Rambla, Barcelona, in what Spanish police are calling a terrorist attack, killing at least 12 people. Two suspects are taken into custody, and ISIL claims responsibility. (The Washington Post)
2016 Federal Security Service (FSB) officers kill at least four suspected North Caucasus Islamic militants during a counter-terrorism raid on an apartment building in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
2015 2015 Attock bombing: The U.S. offers to assist Pakistan with its investigation into the suicide bombing attack on Sunday that killed at least 19 people, including Shuja Khanzada, the interior minister of the Punjab Province. (The Daily Pakistan)
2014 Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:: Chadian troops rescue 85 hostages from Boko Haram who had been kidnapped in Nigeria and taken over the border into Chad. (CNN)
2013 Mexican Drug War:: Gulf Cartel leader Mario Ramírez Treviño is arrested in the state of Tamaulipas. (Reuters)
2012 Syrian civil war:
2011 A rocket is fired into the compound of the President of Afghanistan in Kabul. (AP via Salon)
2010 At least one person is killed and 20 are injured in two separate explosions in Pyatigorsk and North Ossetia in Russia's North Caucasus. (Al Jazeera) (AFP) (Voice of Russia)
2009 Reader's Digest Association of New York announces it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for its U.S. businesses as part of a plan to cut debt by 75 percent.
2008 Michael Phelps wins his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games, in the 4x100 medley relay, in record time of 3:29.34. Phelps now holds the record for most gold medals at an Olympics event.
2007 The US Federal Reserve reduces the discount rate from 6.25 to 5.75 percent.
2006 North Korea: According to ABC News, a ampquotsenior State Department officialampquot says that ampquotIt is the view of the intelligence community that a (nuclear) test is a real possibility,ampquot and says that they have seen ampquotsuspicious vehicle movementampquot at a suspected nuclear test site. However, according to Reuters, a United States official said that ampquotWe have no new evidence to support that.ampquot Also according to the Associated Press, the White House said that any
2005 The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan, starts.
2004 The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Boze Pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country. (BBC)
2003 Major blackout: investigators now believe the blackout began in Ohio. FirstEnergy Corporation, which services people in the state, released a statement Saturday that three of its transmission lines tripped off at Unit 5 of their Eastlake Plant hours before the blackout, and may have been its cause.
2002 Extreme weather: The Elbe crests at Dresden at the record height of 30.84 feet (9.40 m). 30,000 Germans are evacuated along the river's path.
1999 1999 İzmit earthquake: A 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmit and levels much of northwestern Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000. This is the first of a long series of unrelated but frequent earthquakes throughout the world during the years 1999 and 2000.
1998 Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an ''improper physical relationship'' with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he ''misled people'' about the relationship.
1997 79th PGA Championship: Davis Love III shoots a 269 at Winged Foot Golf Club
1996 Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit
1994 Lesotho King Letsie II fires Premier Ntsu Mokhehle
1993 For the first time, the public is allowed inside Buckingham Palace.
1992 Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, a 2-0
1991 West of Crescent City, California, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs.
1990 Exorcist 3 premieres
1989 Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken moves into 3rd place (1,208th cons game)
1988 LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991
1987 Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games
1986 Cindy Mackey wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am
1985 1,400 meatpackers walk off the job at a Geo A Hormel and Co plant
1984 Pete Rose returns to Cincinnati Reds as player-manager (gets two hits).
1982 LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8 / 18)
1980 Blackstone closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 104 performances
1979 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed
1978 1st successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon (3 Americans)
1977 Russian nuclear sub Artika is 1st to North Pole
1976 An earthquake and tidal wave in the Philippines kills up to 8,000
1975 Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1973 Willie Mays hits 660th and last HR (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati)
1970 Venera 7 (US), 1st softlanding on Venus, launched
1969 51st PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 276 at NCR Golf Club - Dayton, Ohio
1968 Dick Beyers (Dr X) beats Verne Gagne, to become NWA champ
1966 Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit.
1964 Margaret Harshaw, Metropolitan Opera soprano, sings the role of Turandot in Puccini's opera ''Turandot'' at the New York World's Fair.
1963 Jim Hickman becomes the first New York Mets player to hit for the cycle.
1962 E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector
1961 Kennedy administration establishes Alliance for Progress
1960 Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow
1959 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park
1958 Bonnie Hoffman wins LPGA Kansas City Golf Open
1957 Richie Ashburn, fouls hit fan Alice Roth twice in same at bat 1st one breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher
1956 Bundesverfassungsgericht bans KPD in West Germany
1955 Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage.
1953 Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California.
1952 Fallout 1st used (NY Times)
1951 18th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 33, All-Stars 0 (92,180)
1950 Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs
1948 Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season
1947 The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.
1945 Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands
1944 4th Canadian Armour division occupiers Trun Normandy
1943 Gen Patton enters Messina, completing conquest of Sicily by Allies
1942 1st European bombing run undertaken by US forces
1941 German raider attacks Dutch SS Kota Nopan
1940 FDR and Canadian Prime Minister William M King agree to joint defense commission
1939 The Wizard of Oz movie opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in New York.
1938 1st aircraft owned by Forest Service in service (Oakland)
1933 Soviet Union test GIRD-R1 rocket (Object 09)
1926 Greek-Serbian / Croatian / Slavs peace treaty signed
1924 French-German trade agreement signed
1920 In memory of Ray Chapman (died August 16), Yanks cancel game with Indians
1918 British troops attack Baku Azerbaijan
1917 Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey
1916 Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia
1915 German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana
1914 Lithuiana surrenders to Germans
1908 Bank of Italy opens new headquarters at Clay and Montgomery.
1907 Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union
1905 Dutch government of De Master begins
1904 Russo-Japanese War: A Japanese infantry charge fails to take Port Arthur.
1903 Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia University and begins Pulitzer Prizes
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