Talk:February 17

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February 17: 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. 1936 – The Phantom, one of the first modern comic book superheroes with the hallmark skintight costume and a mask with no visible pupils, made his first appearance in a daily newspaper comic strip. 1995 – In the presence of the four guarantor countries of the Rio Protocol, Ecuador and Peru signed a peace declaration confirming a ceasefire, leading to the official end of the Cenepa War eleven days later. 2003 – The London congestion charge, a fee that is levied on motorists travelling within designated parts of London, came into operation. More events: February 16 – February 17 – February 18 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 18:25, June 10, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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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

Why revert the 2009 entry? The WikiProject prohibits the posting of speculation on future events, but the television transition is at this point not speculation. The only thing left to happen is for the date to actually pass. - Cg-realms (talk) 02:09, 4 January 2008 (EST)

The date articles are meant to list events of the past. It is speculation until it actually happens. Scheduled or not, it is a future event and therefore does not belong. Another thing is that events can't be judged as globally notable until after they have taken place. They are not historically significant until they are history. For all we know there might be some massive uprising that causes the event to be delayed. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 20:53, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

There is a reference to Ford Model-T in the year 1972. This might supposed to be the year 1927. Can someone check the reference? --130.207.87.197 (talk) 20:43, 14 February 2008 (UTC)