Historical Events for 17th August 2024

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1577 - Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots
1836 - British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths
1894 - Phillies get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for the cycle, beating Louisville 29-4
1943 - US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17s during attack on Schweinfurt and Regensburg
1980 - "Blackstone" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 104 performances
1988 - NYC 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9-year-old Bronx boy)
2008 - China wins its 33rd gold medal of the Beijing Olympics by beating Singapore in the table tennis women's team event; most successful Olympiad ever for China; wins all 10 singles and all 5 doubles matches
2008 - Jamaica dominates the 100m at the Beijing Olympics with Shelly-Ann Fraser taking the gold medal in 10.78; her teammates Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart dead-heat for silver in 10.98
2021 - Joel Embiid signs a four-year, $196 million NBA extension with the 76ers
2022 - Suicide explosion in Afghan mosque in Kabul kills 21 worshippers and injures 33

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