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February 17th, 2008	Event	Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
February 17th, 2006	Event	A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
February 17th, 2003	Event	The London Congestion Charge scheme begins.
February 17th, 1996	Event	In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
February 17th, 1995	Event	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.
February 17th, 1995	Event	The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN.
February 17th, 1992	Event	A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentences serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to life in prison.
February 17th, 1979	Event	The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
February 17th, 1974	Event	Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter.
February 17th, 1972	Event	Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model-T.

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