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'''February 17''' is the 48th day of the year in the [[Gregorian calendar]]. There are 317 days remaining (318 in [[leap year]]s).
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==Events==
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* [[1370]] - [[Battle of Rudau]]
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* [[1500]] - [[Battle of Hemmingstedt]]
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* [[1621]] - [[Miles Standish]] is appointed as first commander of [[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth colony]].
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* [[1753]] - February 17 is followed by [[March 1]] as [[Sweden]] moves to the Gregorian from the [[Julian calendar]].
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* [[1801]] - An [[U.S. Electoral College|electoral]] tie between [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[Aaron Burr]] is resolved when Jefferson is elected [[President of the United States]] and Burr [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] by the [[United States House of Representatives]].
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* [[1814]] - [[Battle of Mormans]]
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* [[1819]] - The [[United States House of Representatives]] passes the [[Missouri Compromise]].
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* [[1854]] - The [[United Kingdom|British]] recognizes the independence of the [[Orange Free State]].
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* [[1864]] - The [[CSS H. L. Hunley]] is the first submarine to engage and sink a warship.
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* [[1865]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Columbia, South Carolina]] burns as [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces flee from advancing [[United States|Union]] forces.
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* [[1867]] - The first ship passes through the [[Suez Canal]].
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* [[1895]] - ''[[Swan Lake]]'', with music by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], is first performed at full length in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]].
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* [[1913]] - The [[Armory Show]] opens in [[New York City]], displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early [[20th century]].
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* [[1924]] - In [[Miami, Florida]], [[Johnny Weissmuller]] sets a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle [[swimming]] competition with a time of 52-2/5 seconds.
'''Shahbad''' is a city and a [[Local Governance in India| Municipal Committee]] in [[Kurukshetra District]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Haryana]].
* [[1933]] - The [[magazine]] ''[[Newsweek]]'' is published for the first time.
* 1933 - The [[Blaine Act]] ends [[Prohibition]] in the [[United States]].
* [[1944]] - [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Eniwetok Atoll]] begins. The battle ends in an American victory on [[February 22]].
* [[1947]] - The [[Voice of America]] begins to transmit [[radio]] broadcasts into the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[1957]] - A fire at a home for the elderly in [[Warrenton, Missouri|Warrenton]], [[Missouri]] kills 72 people.
* [[1958]] - [[Pope Pius XII]] declares [[Saint]] [[Clare of Assisi]] (1193~1253) the [[patron saint]] of [[television]]
* [[1959]] - The first [[weather satellite]], [[Vanguard 2]], was launched to measure [[cloud]]-cover distribution.
* [[1962]] - A storm kills more than 300 people in [[Hamburg]], [[West Germany]].
* [[1964]] - In [[Wesberry v. Sanders]] the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules that [[Congress of the United States|congressional]] districts have to be approximately equal in population.
* [[1968]] - In [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] the [[James Naismith|Naismith]] Memorial [[Basketball Hall of Fame]] opens.
* [[1972]] - Sales of the [[Volkswagen Beetle]] model exceed those of [[Ford Model-T]].
* [[1974]] - [[Robert K. Preston]], a disgruntled [[U.S. Army]] private, buzzes the [[White House]] with a stolen [[helicopter]].
* [[1979]] - The [[Sino-Vietnamese War]] begins.
* [[1992]] - A court in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] sentences [[serial killer]] [[Jeffrey Dahmer]] to life in prison.
* [[1995]] - [[Colin Ferguson]] is convicted of six counts of [[murder]] for the December [[1993]] [[Long Island Rail Road]] shootings and later receives a 200+ year sentence.
* 1995 - The [[Cenepa War]] between [[Peru]] and [[Ecuador]] ends on a [[cease-fire]] brokered by the [[UN]].
* [[1996]] - In [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], world champion [[Garry Kasparov]] beats the [[Deep Blue]] [[supercomputer]] in a [[chess]] match.
* [[2003]] - [[Baltimore Orioles]] pitching prospect [[Steve Bechler]] dies in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], one day after collapsing during a spring-training workout; doctors later link the 23-year-old’s sudden death to the dietary supplement [[ephedra]].
==BirthsDemographics==
[[As of 2001]] India [[census]]{{GR|India}}, Shahbad had a population of 37,130. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Shahbad has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 69%. In Shahbad, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
*[[1490]] - [[Charles III, Duke of Bourbon]], Constable of France (d. [[1527]])
==Location==
*[[1519]] - [[Francis, Duke of Guise]], French soldier and politician (d. [[1563]])
Shahbad lies 21 kilometers south of [[Ambala]] on the Ambala [[Delhi]] Highway. It is some 30 kilometers to the North of [[Kurukshetra]] city, which is the capital of the district. Shahbad is on the national highway, and has a railway station on the Delhi Ambala line.
*[[1524]] - [[Charles of Guise]], French cardinal (d. [[1574]])
It lies on the banks of the river [[Markanda]]- A tributary of the [[Ghaggar]], and supposed to be a part of the ancient/ Vedic [[Saraswati River]] Basin system. There is a large historic temple on the banks of the river with Markendeshwar, the river sage/deity being worshipped there.
*[[1581]] - [[Fausto Poli]], Italian Catholic priest (d. [[1653]])
There is also a road from [[Panchkula]], via Ramgarh and Dosarka that comes out near Shahbad.
*[[1646]] - [[Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert]], French economist (d. [[1714]])
There are also direct roads to [[Ladwa]] and [[Radaur]] as well as [[Yamunanagar]] from Shahbad.All these being east of Shahbad. [[Pipli]], near [[Kurukshetra]] and [[Nilokheri]] are other nearby towns on the National highway.
*[[1653]] - [[Arcangelo Corelli]], Italian composer (d. [[1713]])
*[[1718]] - [[Matthew Tilghman]], American Continental Congressman (d. [[1790]])
*[[1723]] - [[Tobias Mayer]], German astronomer (d. [[1762]])
*[[1752]] - [[Friedrich Maximilian Klinger]], German writer (d. [[1831]])
*[[1754]] - [[Nicolas Baudin]], French explorer (d. [[1803]])
*[[1781]] - [[René Laënnec]], French physician (d. [[1826]])
*[[1792]] - [[Karl Ernst von Baer]], German biologist (d. [[1876]])
*[[1796]] - [[Philipp Franz von Siebold]], German physician (d. [[1866]])
*[[1817]] - King [[William III of the Netherlands]] (d, [[1890]])
*[[1820]] - [[Henri Vieuxtemps]], Belgian composer (d. [[1881]])
*[[1821]] - [[Lola Montez]], Mexican dancer, actress, friend of monarchs (d. [[1861]])
*[[1836]] - [[Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer]], Spanish poet (b. [[1870]])
*[[1844]] - [[Aaron Montgomery Ward]], American department store founder (d. [[1913]])
*[[1848]] - [[Louisa Lawson]], Australian feminist, suffragist, writer (d. [[1920]])
*[[1854]] - [[Friedrich Alfred Krupp]], German industrialist (d. [[1902]])
*[[1864]] - [[Banjo Paterson]], Australian poet (d. [[1941]])
*[[1874]] - [[Thomas J. Watson]], American computer manufacturer (d. [[1956]])
*[[1877]] - [[André Maginot]], French politician (d. [[1932]])
*[[1888]] - [[Otto Stern]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1969]])
*[[1887]] - [[Leevi Madetoja]], Finnish composer (d. [[1947]])
*[[1908]] - [[Red Barber]], baseball announcer (d. [[1992]])
*[[1910]] - [[Marc Lawrence]], American actor
*[[1912]] - [[Andre Norton]], American author
*[[1914]] - [[Arthur Kennedy (actor)|Arthur Kennedy]], American actor (d. [[1990]])
*[[1919]] - [[Kathleen Freeman]], American actress (d. [[2001]])
*[[1920]] - [[Ivo Caprino]], Norwegian animated film director
*[[1922]] - [[Marshall Teague]], American race car driver (d. [[1959]])
*[[1924]] - [[Margaret Truman]], American novelist
*[[1925]] - [[Ron Goodwin]], English composer and conductor (d. [[2003]])
*1925 - [[Hal Holbrook]], American actor
*[[1929]] - [[Chaim Potok]], American author (d. [[2002]])
*1929 - [[Patricia Routledge]], English actress
*[[1930]] - [[Ruth Rendell]], English writer
*[[1932]] - [[Buck Trent]], American banjo player
*[[1934]] - [[Alan Bates]], English actor (d. [[2003]])
*1934 - [[Barry Humphries]], Australian actor and comedian
*[[1936]] - [[Jim Brown]], American football player
*[[1939]] - [[Mary Ann Mobley]], American actress and beauty queen
*[[1940]] - [[Christina Pickles]], British actress
*[[1941]] - [[Gene Pitney]], American singer
*[[1942]] - [[Huey P. Newton]], American founder of the [[Black Panther Party]] (d. [[1989]])
*[[1944]] - [[Karl Jenkins]], Welsh composer
*[[1945]] - [[Zina Bethune]], American actress
*1945 - [[Brenda Fricker]], Irish actress
*[[1949]] - [[Fred Frith]], British musician
*[[1953]] - [[Janice Dickinson]], American model
*1953 - [[Norman Pace]], British actor and comic
*[[1954]] - [[Rene Russo]], American actress
*[[1956]] - [[Richard Karn]], American actor
*[[1957]] - [[Loreena McKennitt]], Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter
*[[1962]] - [[Alison Hargreaves]], British mountaineer (d. [[1995]])
*1962 - [[Lou Diamond Phillips]], American actor
*[[1963]] - [[Michael Jordan]], American basketball player
*[[1966]] - [[Luc Robitaille]], Canadian [[ice hockey]] player
*[[1967]] - [[Chanté Moore]], American singer
*[[1969]] - [[Tuesday Knight]], American actress
*[[1970]] - [[Dominic Purcell]], English Born Actor
*1970 - [[Tim Mahoney]], American musician ([[311 (band)]])
*[[1971]] - [[Martyn Bennett]], Canadian musician and composer (d. [[2005]])
*1971 - [[Denise Richards]], American actress
*[[1972]] - [[Billie Joe Armstrong]], American singer and musician ([[Green Day]])
*1972 - [[Philippe Candeloro]], French figure skater
*[[1973]] - [[Amy Van Dyken]], American swimmer
*[[1974]] - [[Jerry O'Connell]], American actor
*1974 - [[Bryan White]], American singer
*[[1975]] - [[Wish Bone]], American rapper
*1975 - [[Vaclav Prospal]], Czech hockey player
*[[1978]] - [[Jacob Wetterling]], American kidnapping victim
*[[1980]] - [[Jason Ritter]], American actor
*[[1981]] - [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]], American actor
*1981 - [[Paris Hilton]], American actress and heiress
*[[1982]] - [[Adriano Leite Ribeiro]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1991]] - [[Bonnie Wright]], British actress
*[[1996]] - [[Sasha Pieterse]], South African actress
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==DeathsEconomy==
It is a significant agricultural market for procurement of agricultural products. The area being on a river bank is fertile and is used for paddy as well as wheat and vegetables. The yield is very high, and the belt till [[Karnal]] has a large number of rice mills to pick up the high quality grain.
*[[197]] - [[Clodius Albinus]], Roman usurper (killed in battle)
*[[364]] - [[Jovian]], [[Roman Emperor]]
*[[1339]] - Duke [[Otto of Austria]] (b. [[1301]])
*[[1596]] - [[Friedrich Sylburg]], German classical scholar (b. [[1536]])
*[[1600]] - [[Giordano Bruno]], Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. [[1548]])
*[[1609]] - [[Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (b. [[1549]])
*[[1624]] - [[Juan de Mariana]], Spanish historian (b. [[1536]])
*[[1659]] - [[Abel Servien]], French diplomat (b. [[1593]])
*[[1673]] - [[Molière]], French playwright (b. [[1622]])
*[[1680]] - [[Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles]], English statesman and writer (b. [[1599]])
*1680 - [[Jan Swammerdam]], Dutch scientist (b. [[1637]])
*[[1715]] - [[Antoine Galland]], French archaeologist (b. [[1646]])
*[[1732]] - [[Louis Marchand]], French organist and harpsichordist (b. [[1669]])
*[[1768]] - [[Arthur Onslow]], English politician (b. [[1691]])
*[[1780]] - [[Andreas Felix von Oefele]], German historian and librarian (b. [[1706]])
*[[1841]] - [[Ferdinando Carulli]], Italian [[guitarist]]
*[[1854]] - [[John Martin (painter)|John Martin]], English painter (b. [[1789]])
*[[1856]] - [[Heinrich Heine]], German writer (b. [[1797]])
*[[1883]] - [[Napoleon Coste]], French guitarist and composer (b. [[1806]])
*[[1909]] - [[Geronimo]], Apache leader (b. [[1829]])
*[[1919]] - [[Wilfrid Laurier]], seventh [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. [[1841]])
*[[1934]] - King [[Albert I of Belgium]] (b. [[1875]])
*[[1934]] - [[Siegbert Tarrasch]], German chess player (b. [[1862]])
*[[1939]] - [[Willy Hess]], German violinist (b. [[1859]])
*[[1943]] - [[Armand J. Piron]], American jazz violinist and composer (b. [[1888]])
*[[1961]] - [[Nita Naldi]], American actress (b. [[1897]])
*[[1962]] - [[Bruno Walter]], German conductor (b. [[1876]])
*[[1970]] - [[Shmuel Yosef Agnon]], Israeli writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1888]])
*1970 - [[Alfred Newman]], American film composer (b. [[1901]])
*[[1977]] - [[Janani Luwum]], Ugandan Archbishop (shot) (b. [[1922]])
*[[1982]] - [[Thelonious Monk]], American jazz pianist (b. [[1917]])
*1982 - [[Lee Strasberg]], Austrian-born actor (b. [[1901]])
*[[1990]] - [[Erik Rhodes]], American actor (b. [[1906]])
*[[1994]] - [[Randy Shilts]], American author and activist (AIDS) (b. [[1951]])
*[[1998]] - [[Ernst Jünger]], German author (b. [[1895]])
*[[2001]] - [[Khalid Abdul Muhammed]], American Nation of Islam spokesman (brain aneurysm) (b. [[1948]])
*[[2004]] - [[José López Portillo]], [[President of Mexico]] (b. [[1920]])
*[[2005]] - [[Dan O'Herlihy]], Irish actor (b. [[1919]])
*2005 - [[Omar Sivori]], Argentine football player (b. [[1935]])
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==Sports==
==Holidays and observances==
Of late Shahbad has produced a large number of women hockey players. This is thanks to the efforts of Coach Baldev Singh, who is also a Asst Director in the Haryana Sports department. The current national Hockey team has 12 women from Shahbad. For the last decade Shahbad has produced a large number of women Hockey players who have donned Haryana , [[Railways]] or Indian team colours. It has got the epithet of [[Sansarpur]] of Women's hockey. Current national team representatives from Shahbad are :- Suman Bala, Nutan, Meenakshi, Simarjeet Kaur, Balwinder Kaur, Kiran Bala, Gurpreet Kaur, Jasjeet Kaur, Rajni Bala, Rajwinder, Gagandeep Kaur and Surinder Kaur.
*[[Roman Empire]] - [[Quirinalia]] in honor of [[Quirinus]].
*Ancient [[Latvia]] - [[Tanis Diena]] observed.
*World [[Cabbage]] Day.
==External linksHistory==
Historically it was a muslim majority town, with references made to a fort during Mughal times, and raids as well as sacking of the fort by [[Banda Bahadur]]. Significantly it also has a historic gurudwara of those times. After partition most of the muslims left, and Punjabi Sikh's and Hindu's from Pakistan were resettled here. The town and surrounding villages hence have a large Punjabi presence.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/17 BBC: On This Day]
At the time of partition it was a small village, but has subsequently grown and now even has to urban area sectors planned and developed by [[HUDA]].
* [http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20060217.html ''The New York Times'': On This Day]
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Feb&day=17 On This Day in Canada]
==Links==
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Article on hockey in Shahbad [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040228/spr-trib.htm#1]
[[February 16]] - [[February 18]] - [[January 17]] - [[March 17]] -- [[Historical anniversaries|listing of all days]]
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