Talk:August 17

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--mav 00:08, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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August 17: Independence Day in Indonesia (1945) and Gabon (1960) 1862 – The Lakotas, an ethnic group of the Sioux Native Americans, attacked settlements along the Minnesota River, sparking the Dakota War of 1862 against the United States. 1914 – World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François (pictured) led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia in the Battle of Stalluponen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front. 1915 – Jewish American Leo Frank was lynched by a mob of prominent citizens in Marietta, Georgia for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl, turning the spotlight on antisemitism in the United States. 1962 – East German border guards shot and killed Peter Fechter as he attempted to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin. 1978 – Double Eagle II became the first hot air balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean, landing in Miserey near Paris six days after leaving Presque Isle, Maine. More events: August 16 – August 17 – August 18 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 21:26, June 14, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Moved birth from article:

• 1974 - Asad Makarevic, software engineer, chef, auto mechanic, epicurean

No verification found. Only Googlits are this Wikipedia page: looks like a vanity entry. Lupo 11:24, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for documenting this. His LoPbN entry has been hanging around since your msg here, but now is removed, w/o need to repeat your research.

--Jerzy~t 07:50, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

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What on earth is a "Stack Appreciation Day"?

I don't know...I've reverted it pending a reliable source. Only annual official holidays should be listed here. Fabricationary 06:20, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

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I don't think 'High School Musical 2' is an important event in history, so I'm deleting it. 69.113.224.221 18:04, 20 August 2007 (UTC)