On This Day for February 17 - Vietnam invaded by China, Michael Jordan is featured, and more

Created: 2020-02-17 11:02 Updated: 2020-02-17 11:02 Notebook: On this Day in History

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February 17

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

1963

Michael Jordan

FEATURED EVENT

1979

Vietnam invaded by China

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2008: Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia, though a number of countries refused to recognize the new republic; the International Court of Justice later ruled that Kosovo had not violated international law, but Serbia rejected that decision. [ Test your knowledge of the countries of the world .]

1992: Convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms for a series of gruesome murders; he was later killed by a fellow prison inmate. [ How much do you know about famous serial killers? ]

1904: Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered at La Scala in Milan, and it became one the most frequently performed operas. [ Test your knowledge of operas .]

1864: During the American Civil War, the Confederate Hunley became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship when it successfully attacked the USS Housatonic in the waters off Charleston, South Carolina. [ Take our quiz about submarines, ships, and other watercraft .]

1996: An earthquake and an accompanying tsunami in Indonesia left 108 people dead, 423 injured, and 58 missing. [ Sort fact from fiction in our natural disasters quiz .]