Historical Events In August - 17

1990  "The Exorcist 3" premiers on this day in history.   

1990  Pearl Bailey broadway actress/singer, dies at 72 from a heart attack on August - 17.   

1990  Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment on this day in history.   

1990  On August - 17 pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72   

1991  On this day in history wade Frankum runs amok with automatic rifle and knife at Strathfield in Sydney, killing seven people and himself.   

1991  On August - 17 don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63   

1992  Andre de Villiers, South African, murdered on August - 17.   

1993  On August - 17 max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator/interpreter, dies at 72   

1998  U.S. President Bill Clinton admits in a televised address to having had inappropriate relations with ex-White House intern Monica Lewinsky on this day in history.   

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

2005  On August - 17 bangladesh is hit by bomb explosions. [2]   

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

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

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  Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot are jailed for two years on this day in history.   

2013  15 civilians are killed by a Syrian warplane attack in Aleppo on August - 17.   

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  Anti-immigrant One Nation party leader Pauline Hansen is widely criticized for wearing a burqa into the Australian parliament on this day in history.   

2017  Collision of two neutron stars witnessed for the first time first picked up by US-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (Ligo) on this day in history.   

2017  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 on August - 17.   

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1473  On August - 17 birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on this day in history.   

1601  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on this day in history.   

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on August - 17.   

1720  On this day in history birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)   

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  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)   

1464  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

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

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on August - 17.   

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

1635  On August - 17 francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48