Today in History - History - February 17th

1976Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 v India, his 1st match-winning spell

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

1836HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania

1801US House of Representatives breaks electoral college tie, chooses Thomas Jefferson President over Burr

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

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

1913NY Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to US public

1989Former baseball player/manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash

1923Ottawa Senator Cy Denneny becomes NHL's all time scorer (143 goals)

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

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

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

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

1924Henry Bacon, American architect, dies at 57

1909Geronimo [one who yawns], Apache chief, dies at 79