02-17-2006, 06:31 AM
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February 17th
1653 ~ Birthday of Arcangelo Corelli, Composer.
1801 ~ An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was resolved when Jefferson was elected President and Burr Vice President by the House of Representatives.
1867 ~ The first ship passed through the Suez Canal.
1895 ~ Swan Lake, one of the most famous ballets, with music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, was first completely performed in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
1909 ~ Death of Geronimo, Apache leader.
1933 ~ The magazine Newsweek began publication.
1947 ~ The Voice of America began to transmit radio broadcasts into the Soviet Union.
1962 ~ Death of Bruno Walter, Conductor.
1992 ~ A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentenced serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to life in prison.
1996 ~ Garry Kasparov beat the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match. 
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