Today is the 48th day of Saturday, 17 February, 2024. There are 318 days left in the year.
Today’s main attraction in history:
On 17 February 1801, the US House of Representatives broke an election tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Bur, selected the chairman of Jefferson; Bur became the vice president.
on this date:
In 1815, the United States and the UK exchanged the equipment of objective support for the Gent Treaty, ending the 1812 war.
In 1863, the International Red Cross was established in Geneva.
In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Ship USS Housetonic was submerged by Confederate Hand-Krank submarine HL Hunli in Charleston Harbor in Charlston Harbor, South Carolina in the first naval attack of its kind; Hunle also drowned.
In 1897, the National Congress of National PTA, the National Congress of Mother, called his first meeting in Washington.
In 1944, during World War II, American forces invaded Endeatok Atol, facing slightly initial resistance from Imperial Japanese troops. (Americans secured Atol after less than a week.)
In 1959, the United States launched Mohra 2, a satellite, which took meteorological equipment.
In 1964, the Supreme Court ruled in Vesteri vs. Sanders that the Congress districts within each state should have almost equal to the population.
In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon left the White House with his wife, Pat on a historic visit to China.
In 1988, Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins, a Marine Corps officer serving with the United Nations Truste Monitoring Group, was abducted by Iranian -backed militants in southern Lebanon (later killed by his prisoners).
In 1995, Colin Ferguson was convicted in six cases of murder in Long Island Rail Road Shooting in December 1993 (later sentenced to a minimum 200 -year jail).
In 2013, Danica Patrick won the Detona 500 pole, which became the first woman to secure the top position for any sprint cup race.
In 2014, Jimmy Follen made his debut as the host of NBC’s “Tonite Show”.
In 2015, Vice President Joe Biden opened a white house summit on combating extremism and bigotry, stating that the United States needed to ensure that immigrants were fully included in American society clothes to prevent violent ideologies from taking roots at home.
In 2021, Talk Radio Host, which became the voice of American conservatism, died at the age of 70 by Rush Limbo, a year later when he announced that he had four lung cancer.
In 2022, Anna Starbkova won a surprising gold medal in women’s figure skating at the Beijing Games, while Russian team partner Kamila Valiva left the medal after a mistake for her controversial Olympics.
Today’s birthday: Actor Christina Pickle is 89 years old. The actor Branda Ficker is 79. Actor Becky N Baker is 71. Actor Rene Russo is 70. Actor Richard Corn is 68. Actor Lu Diamond Philips is 62. 60. Singer Chandte Moore is 57. Rock composer Timothy J. Mahoni (311) is 54. Actor Dominic Persel is 54. The Olympic Gold and Silver Medal Skier Skier Tommy Mo 54. Actor Dennis Richards is 53. Rock Singer-Municipal Billy Jorn Bryan Brian. Is 48. Actor Ashton Holmes is 46. Actor Conrad Ricmora is 45. Actor Jason Ritter is 44. The TV personality is Paris Hilton 43. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levit is 43. The TV host Daffne Oz is 38. The actor Cord Overstreet is 35.