Historical Events In August - 17

1990  "The Exorcist 3" premiers on August - 17.  

1990  On August - 17 pearl Bailey broadway actress/singer, dies at 72 from a heart attack  

1990  On this day in history 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  Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63 on August - 17.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

2007  On August - 17 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.  

2012  Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot are jailed for two years on August - 17.  

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

2017  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

2017  On this day in history anti-immigrant One Nation party leader Pauline Hansen is widely criticized for wearing a burqa into the Australian parliament  

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  On this day in history 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 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 August - 17.  

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  On this day in history birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer  

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

1753  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on August - 17.  

0754  On this day in history karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39  

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on August - 17.  

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on this day in history.