02-17-2005, 06:17 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 of the United States and Burr Vice President by the U.S. 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 Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was first performed at full length in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
1909 ~ Death of Geronimo, Apache leader.
1934 ~ Birthday of Barry Humphries (aka "Dame Edna Everage"), Actor & Comedian.
1947 ~ Propaganda: 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 ~ World champion Garry Kasparov beat the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
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