August 17

August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 136 days remain until the end of the year.
==Births==
*1969 - Donnie Wahlberg
*1980 - Hakim Zane
*1982 - Melissa Anderson
*1989 - Big Wood
*1992 - Paige
*2001 - Arisu Nanase
==Deaths==
*2011 - Tony Cosenza
*2014 - Ted Heath
==Debuts and Returns==
*1986 - Dynamite Kansai, Harley Saito
*1995 - Emi Sakura
*2013 - Alexis Lee, Chikage Kiba, Naomi Sanders
*2019 - Diana Strong
==Events==
Year	Event(s)
1997	Hardcore Heaven
1998	
*RAW is WAR
*Monday Nitro
2000	SmackDown
2007	Friday Night SmackDown
2008	SummerSlam
2009	RAW
2010	NXT (Season 2, Episode 11)
2012	Friday Night SmackDown
2014	SummerSlam
2015	RAW
2016	NXT
2020	RAW
2021	NXT
==Retirements==
*2013 - Aden Chambers
==Title changes==
1997
*Shane Douglas defeated Sabu (c) and Terry Funk in a Three-Way Dance to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship
2008
*Glamarella (Santino Marella & Beth Phoenix) defeated Kofi Kingston (c) & Mickie James (c) to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship and the WWE Women's Championship
*Matt Hardy defeated Mark Henry (c) to win the ECW Championship
2014
*Dolph Ziggler defeated The Miz (c) to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship
*Paige defeated AJ Lee (c) to win the WWE Divas Championship
*Brock Lesnar defeated John Cena (c) to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
2020
*Shelton Benjamin defeated R-Truth (c) to win the WWE 24-7 Championship
*Cedric Alexander defeated Shelton Benjamin (c) to win the WWE 24-7 Championship
*Shelton Benjamin defeated Cedric Alexander (c) to win the WWE 24-7 Championship
==External links==
* on Wikipedia
Category:Days of the year
Category:August