August 17: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

August 17th marks the 229th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 230th in case of leap years). There are 136 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include Robert De Niro (1943), Sean Penn (1960) and Thierry Henry (1977).
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Holidays

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

Events

2018 2018 Gaza border protests: Near the Israel-Gaza barrier, around 20,000 Palestinians demonstrate. According to medical sources, two Israeli Defense Forces personnel were killed and at least 270 more wounded by the force. 50 of these victims were shot with live ammunition.
2017 2017 Barcelona Attacks: A van drove into crowds in La Rambla (Barcelona) in an attack that Spanish police call a terrorist attack. It killed at least 12 people. ISIL claims responsibility for the arrest of two suspects.
2016 During a counter-terrorism raid in Saint Petersburg, Russia on an apartment block, at least four North Caucasus Islamic militants were killed by Federal Security Service (FSB).
2015 2015 Attock bombing - The U.S. offers assistance to Pakistan in its investigation of Sunday's suicide bombing attack that left at least 19 dead, including Shuja Khanzada (the interior minister of Punjab Province).
2014 Islamist insurgency: Chadian troops rescue 85 hostages taken by Boko Haram in Nigeria. They had been kidnapped and taken to the border with Chad.
2013 Mexican Drug War: Mario Ramirez Trevino, leader of the Gulf Cartel, is detained in Tamaulipas.
2012 Civil war in Syria:
2011 A rocket is launched into Kabul's compound of President of Afghanistan.
2010 In two explosions that occurred in Pyatigorsk in Russia's North Caucasus, at least one person was killed and 20 were injured.
2009 Reader's Digest Association of New York announced it would file Chapter 11 bankruptcy for U.S.-based businesses in a plan to reduce debt by 75 percent.
2008 Michael Phelps won his eighth record-breaking gold medal at the Beijing Games in the 4x100 Medley Relay in record time of 3;29.34. Phelps holds the Olympic record for most gold medals.
2007 The discount rate is now reduced by the US Federal Reserve from 6.25 percent to 5.75 percent
2006 North Korea: ABC News reports that an American official said that the intelligence community believes that there is a possibility of a nuclear test. He also claimed that they have witnessed suspicious vehicle movement at a possible site for such a test. According to Reuters, a United States official stated that they do not have any new evidence.
2005 As part of the Israel unilateral Disengagement Plan, the first forcible evacuation of settlers begins.
2004 The Serbian National Assembly unanimously adopted new state symbols: Boze Pravde is now the national anthem, and the entire country has the coat of arms.
2003 Investigators believe that the major blackout started in Ohio. FirstEnergy Corporation (which services Ohio residents) released a statement Saturday stating that three of its transmission cables tripped at Unit 5 at their Eastlake Plant hours prior to the blackout and could have been the cause.
2002 Extreme weather: Dresden's Elbe crests at a record height of 30.84 feet (9.40m). Along the river's course, 30,000 Germans are evacuated.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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