Monday February 17, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from โ€œThe Extremes of Good and Evilโ€ by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

The philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome for heresy.
An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
American Civil War: The Ship becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.
In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100 meters freestyle swimming competition with a time of 57.4 seconds.
World War II: Operation Hailstone begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk (Chuuk), Japan’s main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 – The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dragon in Chinese astrology.
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.

Who were born on ?

Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. 1902)
André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)
Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (d. 2005)
Bobby Lewis, American singer
Martha Henry, American/Canadian actress
John Leyton, British singer
Rene Russo, American actress
Mo Yan, Chinese novelist
Denise Richards, American actress
Wong Choong Hann, Malaysian badminton player

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