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