{"id":28091,"date":"2016-08-17T10:23:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T15:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28091"},"modified":"2016-08-17T10:26:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T15:26:04","slug":"today-in-history-239","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28091","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Wednesday, August\u00a0 17, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Aug. 17, 1896, a prospecting party discovered gold in Alaska, a finding that touched off the Klondike Gold Rush.
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1915<\/td>\nA mob in Cobb County, Ga., lynched Jewish businessman Leo Frank, who had been sentenced on flimsy evidence for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1943<\/td>\nThe Allied conquest of Sicily was completed as U.S. and British forces entered Messina.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1945<\/td>\nIndonesian nationalists declared independence from the Netherlands.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1962<\/td>\nEast German border guards shot and mortally wounded 18-year-old Peter Fechter, who had attempted to cross over the Berlin Wall into the western sector.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nHurricane Camille slammed into the Gulf Coast, killing 248 people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nRudolf Hess, the last member of Adolf Hitler’s inner circle, died at Spandau prison in West Berlin at age 93, apparently a suicide. He had been the only inmate at Spandau for 21 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nActor-director Woody Allen admitted being romantically involved with Soon-Yi Previn, the adopted daughter of his longtime companion, actress Mia Farrow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nPresident Bill Clinton underwent grand jury questioning in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nRussia devalued the ruble.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nPope John Paul II arrived in Krakow, Poland, for the ninth and final visit to his native country during his papacy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nIsraeli security forces began the forcible removal of Jews from four settlements in the Gaza Strip.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps and three teammates won the 400-meter medley relay for Phelps’ record-breaking eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2010<\/td>\nA mistrial was declared on 23 corruption charges against ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. (He was convicted of 17 counts of corruption in a retrial.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Robert De Niro turns 73 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Maureen O’Hara<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
V.S. Naipaul<\/td>\nNobel Prize-winning author<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guillermo Vilas<\/td>\nTennis Hall of Famer<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kevin Rowland<\/td>\nRock singer (Dexy’s Midnight Runners)<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belinda Carlisle<\/td>\nSinger (The Go-Gos)<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sean Penn<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jon Gruden<\/td>\nFootball coach, sportscaster<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maria McKee<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jill Cunniff<\/td>\nRock musician (Luscious Jackson)<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donnie Wahlberg<\/td>\nActor, singer<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jim Courier<\/td>\nTennis Hall of Famer<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jorge Posada<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia turns 33 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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