February 17: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

• Paris Hilton (1981)

  American actress, socialite, and great-granddaughter to Conrad Hilton, founder, Hilton hotels.

• Michael Jordan (1963)

  American basketball legend, known as "Best Player Alive" by many.

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981)

  American actor.

• Denise Richards (1971)

  American actress.

• Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929)

• Rene Russo (1954)

  American actress.

• Jerry O'Connell (1974)

  TV Actor.

• Sasha Pieterse (1996)

  South African/American actress.

• Dominic Purcell (1970)

  English/Australian actor.

• Michael Bay (1964)

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• Donald Wolfit (1968)

  British distinguished thespian and manager, who brought Shakespeare to the colonies, performed both entertaining and hammy roles in films.

• Nita Naldi (1961)

  Actress (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) dies at 63 from a heart attack.

• Erik Rhodes (1990)

  American porn actor (d. 2012).

• Verree Teasdale (1987)

  Actress (Skyscraper Souls).

• Paul Stewart (1986)

  Actor (Opening Night In Cold Blood, Window).

• Thelonious Monk (1982)

  American jazz composer and pianist, Monk is often referred to as "The High Priest Of Bebop".

• Lee Strasberg (1982)

  Austria -- Acting coach/actor (Somewhere in The Night).

• Steve Bechler (2003)

  American baseball player (Born 1979).

• Lefty Gomez (1989)

  New York Yankees pitchers die at the age of 80.

• Wilfrid Laurier Canadian Prime Minister (1896-1911) (1918)

  dies.

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Western Zodiac

Aquarius

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• Feb 17th, 2019 After Flybmi filed for bankruptcy, hundreds of European airline passengers were left homeless.
• Feb 17th, 2018 2018 Oaxaca earthquakes: A military helicopter assessing the damage was carrying Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, the Governor of Oaxaca, and Alfonso Navarrete Prida (Mexico's Secretary for the Interior). The helicopter crashes over Jamiltepec killing 13 people. These are the only deaths related to the earthquake that have been reported. (CNN)Earthquakes on the British Isles: The strongest earthquake in the United Kingdom in ten years occurs in Swansea.
• Feb 17th, 2017 Boko Haram insurgency - Seven suicide bombers explode after trying to attack a camp of displaced people in Maiduguri (Nigeria)
• Feb 17th, 2016 Yemeni Civil War (2015)-present: A suicide bomber kills at most 13 soldiers at a base of the Yemeni Army run by forces loyalto ousted President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. It is located in Aden, a southern port city. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
• Feb 17th, 2015 War in Donbass. The President of Ukraine's office calls for NATO and the European Union to condemn Russian-backed rebels in Debaltseve. Officials of the self-proclaimed rebel government claim that the town is not part the ceasefire.
• Feb 17th, 2014 Iraqi insurgency after the U.S. withdrawal:: At least 25 people have been killed and many more injured in bombing attacks in Baghdad. Three bombs were exploded in public places and one outside a Shiite mosque.

• Feb 17th, 2013 Iraqi insurgency after the U.S. withdrawal: A series car bombs killed at least 37 people in Baghdad's predominantly Shiite areas and injured more than 130 others.
• Feb 17th, 2012 Arab Spring
• Feb 17th, 2011 2011 Bahraini protests:
• Feb 17th, 2010 Mexico City has 500,000 people who have been vaccinated for the A/H1N1 influenza.
• Feb 17th, 2009 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and three other companies with selling fraudulently high-yield certificates for deposit worth US$8 billion. Stanford International Bank, headquartered in Antigua, has 30,000 clients across 131 countries and assets of US$8.5 billion.
• Feb 17th, 2008 Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company recalls over 143 million pounds beef. This recall is the largest in California and the USA due to the slaughtering of unfit cattle for human consumption.

February 17th marks the 47th day of year the Gregorian calendar;

There are 317 days remaining until the end of the year.

What day of the week is February 17th?

On February 17th, 2023 the day of the week is Friday.

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