Historical Events for 17th February 2023

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1843 - Battle of Miani: Bombay Army of the East India Company led by Charles Napier defeats a Baluch army of Talpur Emirs of Sindh led by Mir Nasir Khan Talpur. Leading to the capture of parts of Sindh, the company's first possession in modern-day Pakistan.
1915 - Edward Stone, 1st US combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded
1951 - Detroit right wing Gordie Howe scores his 100th career NHL goal and adds an assist in a 2-1 Red Wings' victory away to the Montreal Canadiens
1967 - Parlophone releases the Beatles' double "A" side single "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields" in the UK
1984 - 34th Berlin International Film Festival: "Love Streams" wins the Golden Bear
1985 - Panamanian jockey Laffit Pincay Jr is third to ride 6,000 winners; wins aboard Doria's Delight in the 5th race at Santa Anita Park
1989 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
2016 - Car bomb attack on military convoy in Ankara, Turkey, by Kurdish militant eaves 28 dead
2016 - Nike ends endorsement deal with Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao after he made TV comments gay people are "worse than animals."
2021 - Texan senator Ted Cruz flies to Cancun, Mexico with his family amid a winter disaster in his state, igniting widespread condemnation

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