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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

February 17 Events

2011 A large, rare, Andy Warhol self-portrait in red and white sells for $10.79 million pounds at Christie's auction house in London, England
2011 Aretha Franklin, singer and the 'Queen of Soul', announces she has overcome medical ailments and plans to return to the stage
2010 The declaration of Victor Yanukovych as President of Ukraine is suspended by the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine
2008 Taliban suicide bombing kills 80 in Kandahar, Afghanistan
2008 Kosovo declares independence from Serbia
1998 Diane Zamora, 20, Naval Academy cadet convicted of capital murder
1998 Larry Wayne Harris and Bill Levitt arrested for possession of anthrax
1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Pasadena California
1997 Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sex abused his daughter
1996 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47
1995 11th Soap Opera Digest Awards
1995 Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the LIRR in NY
1995 Tiger manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike
1995 Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming U.S. tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive and manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked
1993 Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die
1993 Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec)
1991 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
1989 6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole"
1989 Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash
1989 Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya form common market
1989 Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract
1989 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1989 Whitesnake's rocker David Coverdale weds actress Tawny Kitaen

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