This Day in History
17 Aug 1180
Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against Kiyomori Taira who installed his grandson Emperor Antoku to the throne
17 Aug 1544
ImperialEnglish armies occupy Saint-Dizier France
17 Aug 1563
King Charles IX of France declared an adult at 13
17 Aug 1577
Peace of Bergerac Political rights for Huguenots
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Balloon crosses the Atlantic
The Double Eagle II completes the first transatlantic balloon flight when it lands in a barley field near Paris 137 hours after lifting off from Preque Isle M...
General George S Patton wins race to Messina
U.S. General George S. Patton and his 7th Army arrive in Messina several hours before British Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery and his 8th Army winning the ...
Dakota uprising begins in Minnesota
Minnesota erupts in violence as desperate Dakota Indians attack white settlements along the Minnesota River. The Dakota were eventually overwhelmed by the U.S. ...
Rudolf Hess Hitler s last living henchman dies
Rudolf Hess Nazi leader Adolf Hitlers former deputy is found strangled to death in Spandau Prison in Berlin at the age of 93 apparently the victim of...
Woodstock Music Festival concludes
On August 17 1969 the grooviest event in music historythe Woodstock Music & Art Fairdraws to a close after three days of peace love ...
President Clinton testifies before grand jury
On August 17 1998 President Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting president to testify before the Office of Independent Council as the subject of a grand-jur...
Billy the Kid kills his first man
Though only a teenager at the time Billy the Kid wounds an Arizona blacksmith who dies the next day. He was the famous outlaws first victim.Just how ma...
A serial rapist strikes in England
The serial burglar and rapist known as the Fox breaks into a house and physically assaults a girl her boyfriend and the girls brothernear...
East Germans kill man trying to cross Berlin Wall
East German guards gun down a young man trying to escape across the Berlin Wall into West Berlin and leave him to bleed to death. It was one of the ugliest inci...
1998: Clinton admits Lewinsky affair
President of the United States Bill Clinton has admitted having an inappropriate relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.In a televised ad...
1987: Hitler's deputy found dead
1987 Hitlers deputy found dead Rudolf Hess who was Adolf Hilters right-hand man at the start of World War II has been found dead.The body of Hess...
1999: Turkey hit by huge earthquake
The most powerful earthquake to hit Turkey has left at least 1000 people dead. The earthquake measuring six-point-seven on the Richter scale struck the indus...
Why The King Became a Party Pooper
August 17 1661 It was the party to end all parties. Held in a magnificent new chteau the 6000 guests including a king were handed gifts ...
2000: Prince William makes the grade
Prince William has passed three A-levels and secured a place to study history of art at the oldest university in Scotland St Andrews.The 18-year-old prince g...
1978: US balloonists' record Atlantic crossing
1978 US balloonists record Atlantic crossing Three Americans have made the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by hot air balloon.Ben Abruzzo...
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