Today in History - History - February 17th

2002'Always On Time' by R&B artist Ja Rule featuring Ashanti starts a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart.

1943-19] Hitler visits fieldmarshal von Mansteins hq in Zaporozje

1932Irving Berlin's musical "Face the Music," premieres in NYC

1962Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs St Louis

1859Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli

1940Bradman scores 135 in a non-Shield match for SA v West Australia

1995Tiger Manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike

1969Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record an album; it was never released.

1885Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa

1621Myles Standish is elected as the first commander of the Plymouth Colony

1955Mo Yan, Chinese novelist

1936Jim Brown, St. Simons Georgia, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns)

1972Billie Joe Armstrong, Oakland California, singer/musician (Green Day)

1981Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress

1955Novelist J. D. Salinger (36) weds Claire Douglas

1950Natural history broadcaster David Attenborough (24) weds Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel

1918Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian PM (1896-1911), dies

1924Henry Bacon, American architect, dies at 57