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Sunday, February 17, 2013

This was 48th day of the year and 317 days remained in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 7 Adar 5773
Chinese calendar — the 8th day of the 1st month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

February 17 Birthdays

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1963–, American Basketball Player.

Arcangelo Corelli
composer and violinist (1653)

Samuel Sidney McClure
editor and publisher (1857)

Thomas John Watson, Sr.
industrialist and philanthropist (1874)

Jim Brown
football player (1936)

February 2013

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February 17 in History

1600

Italian philospher, alchemist, and Copernican theory advocate Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition.

1801

The electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was broken by the House of Representatives who elected Jefferson president.

1817

Baltimore became the first U.S. city lit by gas.

1864

The Confederate submarine Hunley, equipped with an explosive at the end of a protruding spar, rammed and sank the Union's ship Housatonic off the coast of Charleston, S.C.

1904

Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly premiered in Milan.

1972

President Richard Nixon left on his trip to China.

1996

Chess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM computer, Deep Blue, winning the six-game match.

2008

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.