This is our day guide for Wednesday February 17th 2016 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on February 17th 2016
Libya: February 17th Revolution
Commemorates the start of the Libyan Civil War on 17 February 2011.Go to Today | February 18th 2016
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| General Information for February 17th 2016 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 48 of 2016 | |
| 318 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 07 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1996 - 'NEAR' (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous), the first space probe designed to study an asteroid, blasted off from Cape Canaveral on its three-year mission. The £111m project was intended to travel 1.2 billion miles to reach the Eros-433 asteroid in 1999. From ten miles away it would measure the asteroid's form, mass and density. | |
| 1934 - Hello Possums! Comedian Barry Humphries, well known for playing Dame Edna Everage, is born in Kew, Australia. | |
| 1874 - William Gladstone resigns as Prime Minister after his ruling Liberal Party lose the election. | |
| 1600 - Charged with heresy, the philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome. |
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