Daily Calendar for Thursday, February 17, 2028
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Thursday, February 17, 2028
Born
- Arcangelo Corelli (composer) –
- Raphaelle Peale (American painter Raphaelle Peale was born in Annapolis, Maryland.) –
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher (author) –
- Marjorie Lawrence (opera singer) –
- Michiaki Takahashi (virologist best know for inventing first chickenpox vaccine ) –
- Rene Russo (actress) –
- Richard Karn (actor, game show host) –
- Michael Jordan (basketball player) –
- Jerry O'Connell (actor) –
- Jason Ritter (actor) –
- Paris Hilton (heiress) –
- Ed Sheeran (musician) –
Died
- Geronimo (Chiricahua Apache leader) –
- Wilfred Laurier (8th Prime Minister of Canada) –
- Thelonious Monk (jazz pianist) –
- Lee Strasberg (actor and director; died in New York, NY) –
- Rush Limbaugh (American radio personality and writer) –
Events
- Myles Standish appointed commander of Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts –
- Tie broken: Thomas Jefferson to be U.S. president; Aaron Burr, Vice President –
- Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patented draisine (bicycle precursor) –
- Confederate H. L. Hunley was first submarine to sink a warship (USS Housatonic) –
- Columbia, South Carolina, burned by Union Army (U.S. Civil War) –
- First sardines canned in Maine –
- The National Congress of Mothers, later known as the PTA, founded –
- Marcel Duchamp’s painting, Nude Descending a Staircase, outraged viewers –
- First publication of Newsweek magazine –
- Elvis Presley awarded his first gold album for Elvis”“ –
- 9-pound 6-ounce chain pickerel caught near Homerville, Georgia –
Weather
- McIntosh, South Dakota, recorded a low temperature of -58 degrees F –
- Record low of 60 degrees below zero F, Labrador –
- The temperature dipped to -60F in Esker, Labrador –
- Blizzard dumped more snow in Boston than any other storm in the state’s history— including the Blizzard of 1978—Logan International Airport measured 27.5 inches –