February 17 Traditional Cache
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February 17th
According to Wikipedia and other sources, on February 17th:
1864 – During the American Civil War, the H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.
1890 – Sir Ronald Fisher, English statistician and geneticist, is born in London.
1933 – The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
1959 –The first weather satellite, Vanguard II, is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
1963 – Michael Jordan, who led the Chicago Bulls to 6 NBA championships is born in Brooklyn, NY.
1996 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
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