Talk:February 17
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February 17: Tết Nguyên Ðán (2007).
- 1801 - The U.S. House of Representatives elected Thomas Jefferson (pictured) as President and Aaron Burr as Vice President of the United States, resolving an electoral tie in the 1800 presidential election.
- 1854 - Britain recognized the independence of the Orange Free State in the present-day Free State Province, South Africa.
- 1959 - Vanguard 2, the first weather satellite, was launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
- 1995 - The United Nations brokered a ceasefire between Ecuador and Peru, leading to the official end of the Cenepa War eleven days later.
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Marian Anderson was born on the 27th, not the 17th. -- Zoe
Could someone please verify the 2006 events entry. I heard nothing in the news about it. ~jazzdude
