On August 17, 1914, Russia
launched their first attack in World War I, advanced into East Prussia, where
the center of the First Army General Pavel K. Rennenkampf attacked severely by
the German Eighth Army Corps near Stallupönen.
On August 17, 1945, Indonesia
proclaimed its independence was read by Ir. Soekarno (Indonesia's first
President), assisted by Drs. Mohammad Hatta (the first Vice-President of
Indonesia) at Jl. Pegangsaan 56 East, Central Jakarta. Indonesia was colonized
by the Dutch for ± 300 Years.
On August 17, 1961, the
inauguration of the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), economic
and social development programs in Latin America, initiated by President John
F. Kennedy.
On August 17, 1969, there was a
category 5 hurricane (Hurricane Camille) that hit Mississippi and Louisiana
gulf. It is estimated that hurricane force when struck near the coast of almost
320 km / h and claimed the deaths of 256 people.
On August 17, 1988, Muhammad
Zia-ul-Haq (the sixth President of Pakistan from 1978 to 1988), was killed in a
plane crash the C-130 Hercules is the mysterious.
On August 17, 1999, earthquake,
6.7 and 7.4 on the Richter scale rocked western Turkey and the region, killing
18,000 people.
On August 17, 2008, Michael Fred Phelps II (Michael
Phelps) at the 2008 Beijing Olympics able to break Mark Spitz's record of seven
gold won in a single Olympics championship.
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