Page 8: 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 this day in history.   

1990  On August - 17 phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment   

1990  On this day in history 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 this day in history don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63   

1992  On August - 17 andre de Villiers, South African, murdered   

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

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

1999  On August - 17 izmit earthquake in Turkey killing 17,127 people   

2005  Bangladesh is hit by bomb explosions. [2] on this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history sellapan Ramanathan gains victory in the Singapore Presidential elections, 205.   

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  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 this day in history.   

2017  On August - 17 terror attack on Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain as van rams into crowds killing 16, injuring 120   

2017  Three Hong Kong activists, Jason Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow jailed for unlawful assembly on August - 17.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

2024  Indonesia's 79th Independence Day celebration is held in Nusantara. The celebration is supposed to inaugurate Nusantara as the new capital of Indonesia, but this does not occur due to delays 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 August - 17.   

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

1601  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1753  On this day in history birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)   

0754  On August - 17 karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39   

1153  On this day in history death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)   

1304  Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on August - 17.   

1464  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on August - 17.   

1510  On August - 17 death of edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

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

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

1635  On this day in history francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48