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				01-14-2006, 09:42 PM
			
			
			
		  
		
	
                
            	
		
		
		August 17th in History 
 
This Day in History > August 17th 
 
August 17th in History 
1896: Gold discovered in the Yukon Territory, Canada 
1943: Allied forces take control of the island of Sicily 
 
 
August 17th birthdays 
1786: Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo 
1892: Mae West, American actress 
1943: Robert De Niro, American actor 
		
	
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
	
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