Historical events of 17 August
1858 - The first bank was opened in the American province of Hawaii.
1869 - The first international sailing competition was held on London's Thames River.
1907 - Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination, the historic district registered in Seattle was opened.
1909 - The great revolutionary Madan Lal Dhingra was hanged.
1908 - The first animated cartoon, produced by Enmiel Kohl, was shown in Fantasmagori, Paris, France.
1914 - World War I: Battle of Stalupon: The German army of General Herman von François defeated the Russian army commanded by Paul von Renenkamp near Russia's modern-day Nestorov.
1918 - Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
1942 - World War II: US Marines attack Japanese-based Pacific island of Makin.
1943 - World War II: U.S. The Eighth Air Force suffered the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission.
1943 - World War II: Winston Churchill's first Quebec conference, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Leon Mackenzie King began.
1943 - World War II: The Royal Air Force launched Operation Hydra, the first air raid of Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapons program.
1945 - Sukarno and Mohammed Hatta declare Indonesia's independence, highlighting the Indonesian national revolution against the Dutch Empire.
1945 - The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell was first published.
1947 - Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, was revealed.
1947 - After British independence, the first British army unit went home.
1953 - Addiction: Narcot in Southern California
1858 - The first bank was opened in the American province of Hawaii.
1869 - The first international sailing competition was held on London's Thames River.
1907 - Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination, the historic district registered in Seattle was opened.
1909 - The great revolutionary Madan Lal Dhingra was hanged.
1908 - The first animated cartoon, produced by Enmiel Kohl, was shown in Fantasmagori, Paris, France.
1914 - World War I: Battle of Stalupon: The German army of General Herman von François defeated the Russian army commanded by Paul von Renenkamp near Russia's modern-day Nestorov.
1918 - Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
1942 - World War II: US Marines attack Japanese-based Pacific island of Makin.
1943 - World War II: U.S. The Eighth Air Force suffered the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission.
1943 - World War II: Winston Churchill's first Quebec conference, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Leon Mackenzie King began.
1943 - World War II: The Royal Air Force launched Operation Hydra, the first air raid of Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapons program.
1945 - Sukarno and Mohammed Hatta declare Indonesia's independence, highlighting the Indonesian national revolution against the Dutch Empire.
1945 - The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell was first published.
1947 - Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, was revealed.
1947 - After British independence, the first British army unit went home.
1953 - Addiction: Narcot in Southern California
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