Thursday, August 17, 2023

History for August 17

History for August 17 - On-This-Day.com
Davy Crockett 1786 - Frontiersman, soldier and politician. He died at the Battle of the Alamo
  • 1790 - The capital city of the U.S. moved to Philadelphia from New York City.
  • 1863 - Federal batteries and ships bombarded Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC, harbor during the Civil War.
  • 1915 - Charles F. Kettering received a patent for the first electric ignition device.
  • 1961 - The Communist East German government completed the construction of the Berlin Wall.
  • 1996 - Ross Perot was announced to be the Reform Party's presidential candidate. It was the party's first-ever candidate.
  • 1998 - U.S. President Clinton admitted to having an improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.

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