17 Februar

The **17t o Februar** is the 48t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 317 days ti come (318 in lowp years).

## Events

* 364 &ndash; Daith o Roman Emperor Jovian.
* 1900 &ndash; Wilhelm II, German Emperor declares Wastren Samoa a German protectorate.
* 1904 &ndash; Giacomo Puccini's Madame Butterfly premieres in Milan.
* 1934 &ndash; Leopold III o Belgium becomes King.
* 1962 &ndash; A storm fluid in Northren Germany, incluidin Hamburg, kills ower 300 fowk.
* 1979 &ndash; The Sino-Vietnamese War stairts.
* 1993 &ndash; The Haitian ferry "Neptune" sinks, killin up tae 1,500 fowk.
* 1996 &ndash; A magnitude 8.2 yirdquauk strikes Irian Jaya, Indonesie.
* 2003 &ndash; Lunnon's Congestion Charge is introduced.
* 2006 &ndash; A landslide in Soothren Leyte, Philippines, kills ower 1,000 fowk.
* 2008 &ndash; Kosovo declares unthirldom, which Serbie nae recognises.
* 2011 &ndash; Arab Ware: Protests begin in Libie agin its leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
* 2012 &ndash; German Preses Christian Wulff resigns efter a scandal. Joachim Gauck replaces him a month later.
* 2018 &ndash; Great Breetain haes its maist successu day at a Winter Olympic Gemmes, in Pyeongchang Sooth Korea; Lizzy Yarnold an Laura Deas win gowd an bronze in the skeleton an Izzy Atkin wins bronze in freestyle skiin.
* 2020 &ndash; Kate Forbes becomes Finance Secretar in the Scots Govrenment efter the demission o Derek Mackay.

## Births

* 1653 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist an composer (d. 1713)
* 1781 - René Laennec, French physeecian (d. 1826)
* 1888 - Otto Stern, German-American pheesicist (d. 1969)
* 1923 - Hwang Jang-yop, North Korean politeecian (d. 2010)
* 1925 - Hal Holbrook, American actor (d. 2021)
* 1929 - Dame Patricia Routledge, Inglis actress
* 1930 - Ruth Rendell, Inglis writer (d. 2015)
* 1934 - Barry Humphries, Australian actor, comedian an writer
* 1955 - Mo Yan, Cheenese writer
* 1961 - Angela Eagle, Inglis politeecian
* 1963 - Michael Jordan, American basketbaw player
* 1963 - Larry the Cable Guy, American actor an comedian
* 1965 - Michael Bay, American filmmaker
* 1970 - Dominic Purcell, Inglis-born actor
* 1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong, American sangster an muisicker (Green Day)
* 1972 - Ralphie May, American actor an vyce airtist (d. 2017)
* 1973 - Shirley Clamp, Swadis sangster
* 1981 - Paris Hilton, American celebrity
* 1981 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor
* 1982 - Nervo (Miriam an Olivia Nervo), Australian twin sister DJs an muisic producers
* 1989 - Rebecca Adlington, Inglis soummer
* 1991 - Ed Sheeran, Inglis sangster-sangwriter

## Daiths
* 364 - Jovian, Roman Emperor (b. 331)
* 1600 - Giordano Bruno, Italian polymath (b. 1548)
* 1673 - Molière, French playwricht an actor (b. 1622)
* 1856 - Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. 1797)
* 1909 - Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829)
* 1919 - Wilfrid Laurier, Prime meenister o Canadae (b. 1849)
* 1934 - King Albert I o Belgium (b. 1875)
* 1970 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer (b. 1888)
* 2013 - Richard Briers, Inglis actor (b. 1934)
* 2021 - Rush Limbaugh, American Conservative political commentator an braidcaster (b. 1951)

## Halidays
* Naitional Day o Kosovo
* Revolution Day (Libie)