Historical Events for 17th August 2026

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1908 - Projection in Paris of the first animated cartoon, "Fantasmagorie," created by Émile Cohl
1918 - Turkish troops overthrow Caucasus
1933 - MLB player Lou Gehrig plays his record 1,308th consecutive game
1944 - German field marshal Walter Model replaces Günther von Kluge in Normandy
1951 - Hurricane winds drive six ships ashore in Kingston, Jamaica
1959 - Columbia Records releases "Kind of Blue," a studio album by American jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis, leading a sextet featuring saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist Bill Evans; the work is widely considered a masterpiece and is one of the most influential and best-selling albums of Davis' long career
1978 - First successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon is completed by Americans Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman aboard Double Eagle II
1986 - Rioting occurs at a DMC concert at the Long Beach Convention Center in California; 40 people are injured

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