This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history. History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past. It is important to know dates and events in the past.

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February 17th, 2008	Event	Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
February 17th, 2008	Death	Brian Harris, English footballer (born in 1935)
February 17th, 2007	Death	Jurga Ivanauskaite, Lithuanian writer (born in 1961)
February 17th, 2007	Death	Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (born in 1965)
February 17th, 2007	Death	Dermot O Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (born in 1943)
February 17th, 2007	Death	Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (born in 1910)
February 17th, 2006	Event	A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
February 17th, 2006	Death	Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (born in 1929)
February 17th, 2006	Death	Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (born in 1948)
February 17th, 2005	Death	Dan O Herlihy, Irish actor (born in 1919)

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