08-17-2007, 05:03 AM
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August 17th
1601 ~ Birthday of Pierre de Fermat, Mathematician.
1786 ~ Birthday of Davy Crockett, Frontiersman, Soldier.
1943 ~ The US Army Air Force had its wrist slapped smartly with the loss of 147 B-17's shot down or damaged beyond repair during the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission
1882 ~ Birthday of Samuel Goldwyn, Hollywood producer.
1911 ~ Birthday of Mikhail Botvinnik, World Chess Champion.
1962 ~ East 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.
1970 ~ Venera 7 was launched. It became the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet, Venus.
1980 ~ Azaria Chamberlain disappeared, leading to a famous wrongful conviction when her parents were found guilty of murder.
1992 ~ Woody Allen admitted being "romantically involved" with Soon-Yi Previn, the adopted daughter of his longtime companion, actress Mia Farrow.
1998 ~ President Clinton admitted having an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
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