This Day in History: February 17, 2024
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1600
Italian philospher, alchemist, and Copernican theory advocate Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition.
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1801
The electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was broken by the House of Representatives who elected Jefferson president.
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1817
Baltimore became the first U.S. city lit by gas.
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1864
The Confederate submarine Hunley, equipped with an explosive at the end of a protruding spar, rammed and sank the Union's ship Housatonic off the coast of Charleston, S.C.
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1904
Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly premiered in Milan.
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1972
President Richard Nixon left on his trip to China.
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1996
Chess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM computer, Deep Blue, winning the six-game match.
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2008
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.
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