February 17

1676 – Kings Charles II and Louis XIV signed a secret treaty. They engaged in a brokeback mountain relationship.

1753 – In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. Many were angry when they were not able to celebrate their birthdays and did not receive any gifts.

1872 – Fathers Gomez, Burgos and Zamora were executed in Bagumbayan, after a mock trial found them guilty of leading the Cavite Mutiny. Some believed that the three priests were the leader of the People Power Revolution in 1896.

1874 – Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, a Belgian mathematician, died when he was not able to solve a simple mathematical problem.

1906 – Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Alice married in the White House. She was happy she thought she was in Wonderland.

1972 – President Nixon left Washington D.C. for China. He was so poor to go shopping for less expensive goods.

1974 – 49 died in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt. It was a good thing they were near the pyramids to be entomed there.

1979 – Chinese invaded Vietnam to sell products. China declared a war after they experienced bankruptcy when the Vietnamese did not patronize Chinese products.

1995 – Colin Ferguson is convicted of six counts of murder for the December 1993 Long Island Rail road shootings and later receives a 315-year life sentence. He was wondering if he would still be alive in 2309.

1998 – Larry Wayne Harris and Bill Levitt arrested for possession of anthrax. At first, they denied it and said that they left the anthrax at their respective houses.

2006 – A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made an address on television stating that “help is on the way.” All the Filipinos prayed and hoped that the “help” was not just a lie.

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Thanks to wikipedia and brainyhistory.

Happy birthday Siela Villa.