Historical Events In August - 17

1990  On this day in history "The Exorcist 3" premiers   

1990  On this day in history pearl Bailey broadway actress/singer, dies at 72 from a heart attack   

1990  Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment on August - 17.   

1990  Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72 on August - 17.   

1991  Wade Frankum runs amok with automatic rifle and knife at Strathfield in Sydney, killing seven people and himself on August - 17.   

1991  On this day in history don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63   

1992  Andre de Villiers, South African, murdered on this day in history.   

1993  Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator/interpreter, dies at 72 on August - 17.   

1998  On August - 17 u.S. President Bill Clinton admits in a televised address to having had inappropriate relations with ex-White House intern Monica Lewinsky.   

1999  Izmit earthquake in Turkey killing 17,127 people on this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history bangladesh is hit by bomb explosions. [2]   

2005  Sellapan Ramanathan gains victory in the Singapore Presidential elections, 205 on August - 17.   

2005  On this day in history the first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan, starts.   

2007  Vladimir Putin issues a statement, revealing that Russia is to resume the flight exercises of its Strategic bombers in remote areas. The flights were suspended in 1991 after the Collapse of the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot are jailed for two years   

2013  On this day in history 15 civilians are killed by a Syrian warplane attack in Aleppo   

2017  Terror attack on Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain as van rams into crowds killing 16, injuring 120 on this day in history.   

2017  Three Hong Kong activists, Jason Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow jailed for unlawful assembly on this day in history.   

2017  On August - 17 anti-immigrant One Nation party leader Pauline Hansen is widely criticized for wearing a burqa into the Australian parliament   

2017  On August - 17 collision of two neutron stars witnessed for the first time first picked up by US-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (Ligo)   

2017  On August - 17 the first observation of a collision of two neutron stars (GW170817) is hailed as a breakthrough in multi-messenger astronomy when both gravitational and electromagnetic waves from the event are detected. Data from the event provided confirmatory evidence for the r-process theory of the origin of heavy elements like gold.   

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1473  On this day in history birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on August - 17.   

1586  On August - 17 birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1601  On August - 17 birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]   

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on August - 17.   

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on this day in history.   

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) was born on August - 17.   

1753  On August - 17 birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)   

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on this day in history.   

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on August - 17.   

1304  Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on this day in history.   

1464  On this day in history nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on August - 17.   

1536  On this day in history death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

1553  On August - 17 charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies   

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on August - 17.