In a February 17but in 1979, Chinese troops invade the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, backed by the Soviet Uniona conflict that lasted 27 days.
1810.- A Decree of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte declares Rome the second capital of the Empire, the Italian city where he will be crowned for the second time.
1824.- The Congress of Peru appoints Simón Bolívar as the highest political and military authority, and suspends the Constitution.
1933.- The first issue of the American magazine Newsweek goes on sale.
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1936.- The first edition of the comic ‘The Phantom’, the precursor of the superhero comic, is published.
1949.- The British Zionist leader Jaim Weizmann is elected the first president of the State of Israel.
1966.- ‘The Human Pack’ is released, an American film directed by Arthur Penn and performed by Marlon Brando.
1986.- The 12 member countries of the EEC sign the Single European Act in Luxembourg and The Hague (Netherlands), the first reform of the Treaty of Rome.
1996.- The world chess champion, the Russian Gari Kasparov, beats the IBM Deep Blue computer in Philadelphia (USA).
2000.- The multinational computer company Microsoft launches the Windows 2000 operating system.
2003.- A mentally disturbed man causes a fire in the Daegu subway (South Korea) that causes 192 deaths.
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2008.- The regional Parliament of Kosovo, a territory with an Albanian majority, proclaims unilateral independence from Serbia.
2023.- The extent of Antarctic sea ice registers a new historical minimum, according to the US National Ice and Snow Data Center.
1821.- María Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, ‘Lola Montes’, Irish dancer and adventurer.
1836.- Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish romantic poet.
1874.- Thomas John Watson, American businessman, founder of the computer company IBM.
1916.- Raf Vallone, Italian actor and film director.
1926.- Manuel Millares, Spanish painter.
1934.- Alan Bates, British actor.
1952.- Andrés Sánchez-Robayna, Spanish poet and writer.
1963.- Michael Jordan, American basketball player.
1972.- Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician, vocalist and guitarist of Green Day.
1981.- Paris Hilton, American actress and designer.
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1991.- Ed Sheeran, British singer.
1993.- Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer.
1996.- Sasha Pieterse, American actress and singer born in South Africa.
2004.- Jenna Raine, American singer.
1673.- Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, ‘Moliére’, French writer.
1856.- Heinrich Heine, German romantic poet.
1894.- Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Spanish composer.
1915.- Francisco Giner de los Ríos, Spanish pedagogue and writer, founder of the Free Teaching Institution.
1937.- Pierre de Cobuertin, French, promoter of the Olympic Games of the modern era.
1982.- Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist and composer.
1998.- Ernst Jünger, German philosopher and writer.
2004.- José López Portillo, Mexican politician who was president of the country.
2006.- Ray Barretto, American musician of Puerto Rican origin, one of the most prominent composers of Latin jazz.
2012.- Enrique Sierra, Spanish musician.
2016.- Andrzej Zulawski, Polish filmmaker.
2023.- Stella Stevens, American actress.
