• August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end of the year. 310 – Pope Eusebius...
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    8 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024. "How Russia looked the wrong way as Ukraine invaded". Reuters. 17 August 2024. Weiss, Michael (14 August 2024)...
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  • League. Retrieved 17 August 2023. "Steve Ott". National Hockey League. Retrieved 17 August 2023. "Patrick Chung". ESPN. Retrieved 17 August 2023. "Kirk Cousins"...
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  • Independent. Retrieved 17 August 2024. "Lenin monument demolished in Sudzha, Kursk Oblast – photos". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Kateryna Denisova...
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  • Retrieved 14 August 2024. Legg, Paul (27 August 2015). "Hamid Gul obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 August 2024. Grimes, William (17 August 2017). "Gunnar...
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    Churches on the Old Calendar. For August 17, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 4. Afterfeast of the Dormition...
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    Retrieved 17 August 2015. "Most goals via free-kicks in football history". Sports Adda. 7 August 2023. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved...
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  • On 17 August 2019, a suicide bombing took place during a wedding in a wedding hall in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least 92 people were killed in the attack...
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    They pressured Sukarno and Hatta to proclaim Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945, two days later. The following day, the Preparatory Committee for...
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    The action of 17 August 1779 was a naval battle between a French and a British squadron in the English Channel on 17 August 1779. In June 1779, Spain...
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    place between July 17 and August 24, with the peak days varying yearly. The star cluster of Messier 30 is best observed around August. Among the aborigines...
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    François Marcantoni (28 May 1920 – 17 August 2010) was a Corsican gangster and member of French Resistance. He died on 17 August 2010, aged 90 in Paris. In 1942...
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    from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019. "March ends, but protesters head to other areas". RTHK. 17 August 2019. Archived from the...
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    The 17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings was a terrorist attack that occurred when three powerful car bombs ripped through civilian targets in central Baghdad...
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    On 17 August 2005, around 500 bomb explosions occurred at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh. The bombs exploded within a half-hour...
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    reporter for The Guardian wrote on 13 August that "the idea there is a ceasefire is ridiculous". On 17 August, Medvedev announced that Russian military...
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    15 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013. "Sky News Cameraman Killed in Egypt". Sky News. 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013...
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    February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in August 1974: As part of the reforms of the...
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  • August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 132 days remain until the end of the year. 959 – Eraclus becomes...
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    Silvio Santos (category Use dmy dates from August 2024)
    stage name of Senor Abravanel (Hebrew: סניור אברבנאל; 12 December 1930 – 17 August 2024), was a Brazilian television presenter and businessman, widely regarded...
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    Charlie Brown of the B-17 "Ye Olde Pub"". www.valorstudios.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019. Air Classics magazine...
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  • Rider, dies aged 79". Obituraries. BBC News. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-06. Haring, Bruce (2019-08-17). "Richard Williams Dies: Animator For "Who...
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    On the afternoon of 17 August 2017, 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into pedestrians on La Rambla street in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain killing...
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  • UPI. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2023. Willerson, JT (6 January 2017). "Denton Arthur Cooley, MD". Circulation Research. 120 (1): 17–19. doi:10...
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    Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2010.. Accessed 15 August 2009. Archived 17 August 2009. "Russia's Brightest Moment:...
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  • On August 17, 2024, Israel attacked a warehouse in Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, killing at least 11 people and injuring four others. Following the October...
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  • August 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2021. "Phyllis Thaxter obituary". The Guardian. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2021. Martin, Douglas (15 August 2013)...
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    2021 Kabul airlift (category August 2021 events in Afghanistan)
    Agence France-Presse. 17 August 2021. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021. Steinbuch, Yaron (17 August 2021). "Man films...
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    Atal Bihari Vajpayee (category Articles with dead external links from August 2023)
    contested between 1957 and 2004". Mint. 17 August 2018. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018. Gupta, Shekhar (31 December...
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  • Retrieved 17 May 2021. "Famous birthdays for Aug. 23: Andrew Rannells, Shelley Long". UPI. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023. Rose, Mike (23 August 2022)...
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