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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_17" title="February 17">February 17</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1815" title="1815">1815</a> – The United States ratifies the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ghent" title="Treaty of Ghent">Treaty of Ghent</a></b> – signed in late 1814 – formally ending the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894" title="1894">1894</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Diesel" title="Rudolf Diesel">Rudolf Diesel</a>'s first working <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel engine</a></b> ran for one minute.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hailstone" title="Operation Hailstone">Operation Hailstone</a></b>, a massive naval air and surface attack against the Japanese naval and air base at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuuk_Lagoon" title="Chuuk Lagoon">Chuuk Lagoon</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Islands" title="Caroline Islands">Caroline Islands</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959" title="1959">1959</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_2" title="Vanguard 2">Vanguard 2</a></b>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_satellite" title="Weather satellite">weather satellite</a>, was launched to measure <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_cover" title="Cloud cover">cloud cover</a> distribution.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzil_Holles,_1st_Baron_Holles" title="Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles">Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1680); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Heuman" title="Margot Heuman">Margot Heuman</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1928); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_Chylak" title="Nestor Chylak">Nestor Chylak</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1982)</p>
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