Historical Events
- Car bomb attack on military convoy in Ankara, Turkey, by Kurdish militant eaves 28 dead
- Channing Dungey announced new President of ABC Entertainment Group, first African-American to lead a major US broadcast network
Event of Interest
Chief executive Tim Cook confirms Apple will contest an FBI order to unlock the phone of San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook
Sports History
Nike ends endorsement deal with Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao after he made TV comments gay people are "worse than animals."
- Oldest known case of human-Neanderthal sex (100,000 yrs ago) revealed by Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig), 50,000 yr old Neanderthal woman's remains from Altai mountains show traces of Homo Sapiens DNA
Famous Deaths
- Andy Ganteaume, Trinidadian cricketer and West Indian batsman who scored 112 in his only Test innings in 1948, dies at 95
- Tony Phillips, American MLB player (Oakland Athletics), dies at 56
Died in 2016 2016 Highlights
About February 17, 2016
Day of the Week: Wednesday
How Long Ago? 8 years, 2 months and 20 days
Leap Year: Yes
Generation: Generation Alpha
Chinese Zodiac: Monkey
Star Sign: Aquarius
Music Charts
#1 Song: Pillowtalk - Zayn
#1 Song: 7 Years - Lukas Graham
