February 17
February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 317 days remaining (318 in leap years).
Events:
- 1801 - Thomas Jefferson elected president of the U.S. by the House of Representatives.
Births:
- 1653 - Arcangelo Corelli, composer (+ 1713)
- 1699 - Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, master builder (+ 1753)
- 1821 - Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, better known as Lola Montez
- 1844 - Montgomery Ward
- 1854 - Friedrich Alfred Krupp, industrialist (+ 1902)
- 1877 - Andre Maginot, politician, Maginot Line (+ 1932)
- 1888 - Otto Stern, physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics 1943 (+ 1969)
- 1897 - Marian Anderson, singer
- 1937 - Rita Süssmuth, politician
- 1963 - Michael Jeffrey Jordan
- 1972 - Denise Richards, actress
Deaths:
- 1600 - Execution of Giordano Bruno
- 1934 - Albert I of Belgium
- 1982 - Thelonious Monk
Holidays and observances:
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
February 16 - February 18 - January 17 - March 17 - Historical anniversaries