August 17
Events
1807 - Robert Fulton 's first American steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River , inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
1862 - Indian Wars : The Lakota (Sioux ) Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River .
1862 - American Civil War : Major General JEB Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
1863 - American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina , Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate -held Fort Sumter .
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville - Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida .
1883 - The first public performance of the Dominican Republic 's national anthem , Himno Nacional .
1907 - Pike Place Market , the longest continuously-running public farmers market in the US, opened in Seattle .
1908 - Projection in Paris of the very first cartoon, Fantasmagorie realized by Émile Cohl .
1914 - World War I : Battle of Stalluponen - The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Pavel Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
1915 - Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl in Marietta, Georgia .
1918 - Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated .
1942 - U.S. Marines raid the Japanese -held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari ).
1943 - World War II : The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission .
1943 - World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrive in Messina, Italy , followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery , thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily .
1943 - World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill , Franklin D. Roosevelt , and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
1945 - Indonesian Declaration of Independence .
1945 - Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published by Fredric Warburg
1947 - The Radcliffe Line , the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.
1953 - Addiction : First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California .
1959 - Quake Lake : Quake Lake was formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Yellowstone earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana .
1960 - Decolonization : Gabon gains independence from France .
1962 - East German border guards kill 18-year-old Peter Fechter as he attempts to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin becoming one of the first victims of the wall.
1969 - Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the Mississippi coast, killing 248 people and causing $1.5 billion in damage.
1970 - Venera Program : Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus ).
1978 - Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey near Paris , 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine .
1979 - Two Soviet Aeroflot jetliners collide in mid-air over Ukraine , killing 156
1980 - Azaria Chamberlain disappears , likely taken by a dingo , leading to what was then the most publicised trial in Australian history .
1982 - The first Compact Discs (CD 's) were released to the public in Germany .
1988 - Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
1998 - Monica Lewinsky scandal : US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky . On the same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about his relationship.
1999 - A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes ?zmit , Turkey , killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.
2004 - MD5 collision found by Chinese researchers.
2004 - The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia : Boze Pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
2005 - The first forced evacuation of settlers , as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan , starts.
2008 - American swimmer Michael Phelps wins eighth gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics , surpassing Mark Spitz for the most gold medals in a single olympics.
Births
1473 - Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483 ?)
1562 - Hans Leo Hassler (baptized), German composer (d. 1612 )
1578 - Francesco Albani , Italian painter (d. 1660 )
1601 - Pierre de Fermat , French mathematician (d. 1665 )
1629 - King John III of Poland (d. 1696 )
1753 - Josef Dobrovský , Czech linguist (d. 1828 )
1768 - Louis Charles Antoine Desaix , French general (d. 1800 )
1786 - Davy Crockett , American frontiersman and soldier (d. 1836 )
1786 - Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld , mother of Queen Victoria (d. 1861 )
1794 - Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst , German priest (d. 1849 )
1828 - Jules Bernard Luys , French neurologist (d. 1897 )
1844 - Menelek II of Ethiopia (d. 1913 )
1863 - Gene Stratton-Porter , American author and naturalist (d. 1924 )
1866 - Mir Mahboob Ali Khan , 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911 )
1866 - Julia Marlowe , English actress (d. 1950 )
1873 - John A. Sampson , American gynecologist (d. 1946 )
1878 - Reggie Duff , Australian cricketer (d. 1911 )
1880 - Percy Sherwell , South African cricketer (d. 1948 )
1882 - Samuel Goldwyn , Hollywood producer (d. 1974 )
1887 - Marcus Garvey , Jamaican-born Black rights activist (d. 1940 )
1887 - Charles I of Austria (d. 1922 )
1888 - Monty Woolley , American actor (d. 1963 )
1890 - Harry Hopkins , 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946 )
1890 - Stefan Bastyr , Polish aviator (d. 1920 )
1893 - Mae West , American actress (d. 1980 )
1896 - Leslie Groves , American military engineer (d. 1970 )
1904 - Leopold Nowak , Austrian musicologist (d. 1991 )
1904 - Mary Cain , American newspaper editor and politician (d. 1984 )
1909 - Larry Clinton , American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985 )
1911 - Mikhail Botvinnik , Russian chess player (d. 1995 )
1913 - W. Mark Felt , American Watergate informant
1913 - Rudy York , American baseball player (d. 1970 )
1913 - Oscar Alfredo Gálvez , Argentine racing driver (d. 1989 )
1914 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. , son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d. 1988 )
1919 - Georgia Gibbs , American singer (d. 2006 )
1920 - Maureen O'Hara , Irish actress
1921 - Geoffrey Rudolph Elton , British historian (d. 1994 )
1922 - Roy Tattersall , England cricketer
1926 - Jiang Zemin , Chinese politician
1926 - George Melly , British singer (d. 2007 )
1926 - Jean Poiret , French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1992 )
1929 - Francis Gary Powers , American U-2 pilot (d. 1977 )
1930 - Glenn Corbett , American actor (d. 1993 )
1930 - Ted Hughes , English poet (d. 1998 )
1932 - V. S. Naipaul , West Indian writer, Nobel Laureate
1933 - Eugene F. Kranz , American NASA executive
1933 - Mark Dinning , American singer (d. 1986 )
1935 - Oleg Tabakov , Russian actor
1936 - Floyd Red Crow Westerman , Native American musician-actor (d. 2007 )
1938 - Abu Bakar Bashir , Indonesian Muslim cleric
1938 - Theodoros Pangalos , Greek politician
1939 - Luther Allison , American musician
1939 - Anthony Valentine , British actor
1940 - Eduardo Mignogna , Argentinian film director (d. 2006 )
1941 - Jean Pierre Lefebvre , French Canadian film director
1941 - Boog Powell , American baseball player
1943 - Robert De Niro , American actor
1943 - Dave "Snaker" Ray , American musician (d. 2002 )
1944 - Lawrence Joseph Ellison , CEO of Oracle Corporation, Billionaire
1946 - Martha Coolidge , American film director
1947 - Gary Talley , American musician (Box Tops )
1947 - Sylvia Nasar , German-born American economist and author
1948 - Rod MacDonald , American musician
1949 - Sib Hashian , American musician (Boston )
1949 - Norm Coleman , American politician
1951 - Robert Joy , Canadian actor
1951 - Alan Minter , British boxer
1952 - Nelson Piquet , Brazilian race car driver
1952 - Dr. Mario Theissen , German F1 team principal (BMW Sauber )
1952 - Guillermo Vilas , Argentinian tennis player
1953 - Judith Regan , American book publisher
1953 - Kevin Rowland , English musician (Dexys Midnight Runners )
1954 - Eric Johnson , American guitarist
1955 - Richard Hilton , American heir
1956 - Gail Berman , American film executive
1956 - Álvaro Pino , Spanish cyclist
1957 - Robin Cousins , British figure skater
1958 - Belinda Carlisle , American singer
1958 - Kirk Stevens , Canadian snooker player
1959 - David Koresh , American cult leader (d. 1993 )
1959 - Jonathan Franzen , American author
1960 - Stephan Eicher , Swiss singer
1960 - Sean Penn , American actor and director
1962 - Gilby Clarke , American musician (Guns N' Roses )
1962 - Buddy Landel , American professional wrestler
1963 - S. Shankar , Indian film director.
1964 - Colin James , Canadian musician
1966 - Maysa Leak , American Jazz Singer
1966 - Rodney Mullen , American skateboarder
1966 - Don Sweeney , Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - Kevin Max , American singer (dc_talk )
1968 - Ed McCaffrey , American football player
1968 - Helen McCrory , English actress
1969 - Christian Laettner , American basketball player
1969 - Donnie Wahlberg , American actor and singer (New Kids On The Block )
1970 - Jim Courier , American tennis player
1970 - Rupert Degas , English actor and voice artist
1970 - Oyvind Leonhardsen , Norwegian footballer
1971 - Uhm Jung-hwa , South Korean singer and actress
1971 - Jorge Posada , Puerto Rican baseball player
1971 - Shaun Rehn , Australian Rules footballer
1972 - Habibul Bashar , Bangladeshi cricketer
1972 - Ken Ryker , American pornographic actor
1974 - Tony Hajjar , Lebanese musician (At the Drive-In , Sparta )
1974 - Nicola Kraus , American novelist
1975 - Giuliana DePandi , Italian-born American television personality
1975 - ?lhan Mans?z , Turkish footballer
1976 - Scott Halberstadt , American actor
1977 - Nathan Deakes , Australian race walker
1977 - William Gallas , French footballer
1977 - Thierry Henry , French footballer
1977 - Tarja Turunen , Finnish singer
1978 - Karena Lam , Hong Kong actress
1978 - Vibeke Stene , Norwegian singer (Tristania )
1979 - Antwaan Randle El , American football player
1979 - Marcus Patric , British actor
1980 - Keith Dabengwa , Zimbabwean cricketer
1980 - Jan Kromkamp , Dutch footballer
1980 - Shannon Lucio , American actress
1980 - Lene Marlin , Norwegian singer
1981 - Kristin Holt , American television personality
1982 - Melissa Anderson , American professional wrestler
1982 - Phil Jagielka , English footballer
1983 - Dustin Pedroia , American baseball player
1984 - Dee Brown , American basketball player
1984 - Garrett Wolfe , American professional footbal player
1985 - Y? Aoi , Japanese actress
1986 - Rudy Gay , American basketball player
1986 - Tyrus Thomas , American basketball player
1988 - Brady Corbet , American actor
1988 - Erika Toda , Japanese actress
1990 - Colin Bates , American actor
1990 - Rachel Hurd-Wood , British actress
1996 - Ella Cruz , Filipina actress
Deaths
1153 - Eustace IV of Boulogne , son of Stephen of England (b. 1130 )
1304 - Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243 )
1510 - Edmund Dudley , English statesman (b. 1462 )
1657 - Robert Blake , British admiral (b. 1599 )
1673 - Regnier de Graaf , Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641 )
1676 - Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen , German novelist (b. 1621 )
1720 - Anne Lefèvre , French scholar (b. 1654 )
1723 - Joseph Bingham , English scholar (b. 1668 )
1768 (N. S.) - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky , Russian poet (b. 1703 )
1785 - Jonathan Trumbull , Governor of the Colony and the state of Connecticut (b. 1710 )
1786 - King Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1712 )
1834 - Husein Grada??evi? , Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802 )
1850 - Don José de San Martín , Argentine general (b. 1778 )
1861 - Alcée Louis la Branche , American Politician (b. 1806 )
1875 - Wilhelm Bleek , German linguist (b. 1827 )
1880 - Ole Bull , Norwegian violinist (b. 1810 )
1896 - Bridget Driscoll , world's first automobile fatality
1901 - Edmond Audran , French composer (b. 1842 )
1903 - Hans Gude , Norwegian romanticist landscape painter (b. 1825 )
1918 - Moisei Uritsky , Russian revolutionary (b. 1873 )
1920 - Ray Chapman , American baseball player (b. 1891 )
1924 - Tom Kendall , Australian cricketer (b. 1851 )
1925 - Ioan Slavici , Transylvanian writer of Romanian origin (b. 1848 )
1940 - Billy Fiske , American aviator and Olympic athlete (b. 1911 )
1949 - Gregorio Perfecto , Filipino jurist & politician (b. 1891 )
1954 - Billy Murray , American recording artist (b. 1877 )
1962 - Peter Fechter trying to cross the Berlin Wall (b. 1944 )
1969 - Otto Stern , German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888 )
1970 - Rattana Pestonji , Thai filmmaker (b. 1908 )
1971 - Wilhelm List , German field marshal (b. 1880 )
1973 - Jean Barraqué , French composer (b. 1928 )
1973 - Paul Williams , American singer (The Temptations ) (b. 1939 )
1973 - Conrad Aiken , American author (b. 1889 )
1979 - Vivian Vance , American actress (b. 1909 )
1983 - Ira Gershwin , American lyricist (b. 1896 )
1987 - Rudolf Hess , Nazi deputy (b. 1894 )
1987 - Shaike Ophir , Israeli actor (b. 1929 )
1988 - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924 )
1988 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. , son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1914 )
1988 - Victoria Shaw , Australian-born American actress (b. 1935 )
1990 - Pearl Bailey , American singer and actress (b. 1918 )
1992 - Al Parker , American adult film actor (b. 1952 )
1993 - Feng Kang , Chinese mathematician (b. 1920 )
1994 - Luigi Chinetti , Italian-American race car driver and team owner (NART ; b. 1901 )
1994 - Jack Sharkey , American boxer (b. 1902 )
1995 - Howard Koch , American screenwriter (b. 1902 )
1995 - Ted Whitten , Australian rules footballer (b. 1933 )
2004 - Thea Astley , Australian writer (b. 1925 )
2004 - Gérard Souzay , French baritone (b. 1918 )
2005 - John Bahcall , American astrophysicist (b. 1934 )
2007 - Bill Deedes , British journalist and politician (b. 1913 )
2007 - Eddie Griffin , American basketball player (b. 1982 )
2007 - Franco Sensi , Italian oil tycoon and president of A.S. Roma
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