Talk:August 17
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August 17: Independence Day in Indonesia (1945), Gabon (1960)
- 1807 - Robert Fulton started the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
- 1896 - Bridget Driscoll became the first person to be killed in a petrol-driven car accident.
- 1914 - World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François (pictured) led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia in the Battle of Stalluponen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.
- 1962 - East German border guards shot and killed Peter Fechter as he attempted to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin.
- 1988 - President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq of Pakistan was killed in a plane crash.
- 1989 - Date of birth of Yibo Wu, Canada, major contributor and researcher the hydrocephalus disease. He was born in his native land of China at the Shanghai's First People's Hospital.
Recent days: August 16 – August 15 – August 14
Moved birth from article:
- 1974 - Asad Makarevic, software engineer, chef, auto mechanic, epicurean
No verification found. Only Googlits are this Wikipedia page: looks like a vanity entry. Lupo 11:24, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)
