February 17
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Art and culture
- 448 - The Edictum Theodosii et Valentiniani orders all the obtainable literature of anti-Christian authors to be confiscated and destroyed. The law was directed chiefly against the works of Porphyrius
- 1913 - The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
- 1968 - Recording of the film Black Panthers
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Births
- 1766 - Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (d. 1834)
- 1821 - Lola Montez, Mexican dancer (d. 1861)
- 1863 - Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)
- 1885 - Emmy Hennings, German performer and poet, spouse of Hugo Ball (d. 1948)
- 1934 - Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003)
- 1942 - Huey P. Newton, American political activist (d. 1989)
- 1971 - Denise Richards, American actress
- 1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress
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Deaths
- 1600 - Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. 1548)
- 1673 - Molière, French playwright (b. 1622)
- 1715 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (b. 1646)
- 1856 - Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. 1797)
- 1933 - Julien Torma, French "dada" writer, playwright and poet (b. 1902)
- 1961 - Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1897)
- 1966 - Hans Hofmann, German-born American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1880)
- 1976 - Jean Servais, Belgian actor (b. 1910)
- 1981 - Norris Embry, American artist (b. 1921)
- 1982 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917)
- 1996 - Hervé Bazin, French writer (b. 1911)
- 1998 - Ernst Jünger, German author (b. 1895)
- 2006 - Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)
- 2017 – Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher and critic (b. 1939)
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