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This is a list of selected February 17 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Tanis Diena Tanis Diena and date not mentioned in article
1854 – Britain recognized the independence of the Orange Free State in the present-day Free State Province, South Africa. refimprove
1865American Civil War: The Union Army captured Columbia, South Carolina; subsequently a large fire of unknown origin destroyed much of the city. date not cited
1904 – Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered at La Scala in Milan, generating negative reviews that forced him to rewrite the opera. plot summary too long
1933 – The American weekly news magazine Newsweek was first published. refimprove section
1936The Phantom, one of the first modern comic book superheroes with the hallmark skintight costume and a mask with no visible pupils, made his first appearance in a daily newspaper comic strip. unreferenced section; external links
1944World War II: The United States Navy began Operation Hailstone, a massive naval air and surface attack against the Japanese naval and air base at Truk in the Caroline Islands. needs more footnotes
1959Vanguard 2, the first weather satellite, was launched to measure cloud cover distribution. Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1979 – About 120,000 troops of the People's Liberation Army of China crossed into northern Vietnam, starting the Sino-Vietnamese War. unreferenced section
1995 – In the presence of the four guarantor countries of the Rio Protocol, Ecuador and Peru signed a peace declaration confirming a ceasefire, leading to the official end of the Cenepa War eleven days later. refimprove section
2003 – The London congestion charge, a fee that is levied on motorists travelling within designated parts of Central London, came into operation. outdated

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February 17: Independence Day in Kosovo (2008)

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