On February 17, 1998, in Nagano, Japan, the United States defeats Canada, 3-1, to win the gold medal in the first women’s hockey tournament held at the Winter Olympics.

In the final game of a six-game match, world chess champion Garry Kasparov triumphs over Deep Blue, IBM’s chess-playing computer, and wins the match, 4-2.

British MPs voted on this day to join the European Communities, as it was then known. It was to be a thorny issue, finally leading to ‘Brexit’ in 2020.

On February 17, 1972, the 15,007,034th Volkswagen Beetle comes off the assembly line, breaking a world car production record held for more than four decades by the Ford Motor Company’s iconic Model T, which was in production from 1908 to 1927.

In a landmark decision in 1964, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the case of Wesberry v.

On February 17, 1959, the United States made significant strides in the field of atmospheric science with the launch of Vanguard 2, a satellite designed to advance meteorological research.

With the words, “Hello! This is New York calling,” the U.

After encountering a severe snowstorm on the evening of February 17, 1915, the German zeppelin L-4 crash-lands in the North Sea near the Danish coastal town of Varde.

In a historic gathering that would lay the groundwork for future parental advocacy in education, the National Congress of Mothers convened its inaugural meeting in Washington, D.

The Founding of the International Red Cross: A Pioneering Humanitarian Initiative In the year 1863, a pivotal moment in humanitarian history unfolded in the serene city of Geneva, Switzerland.