TODAY IN HISTORY
FEB 17TH
1600-Italian philospher, alchemist, and Copernican theory advocate Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition.
1801-The electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was broken by the House of Representatives who elected Jefferson president.
1817-Baltimore became the first U.S. city lit by gas.
1864-The Confederate submarine Hunley, equipped with an explosive at the end of a protruding spar, rammed and sank the Union's ship Housatonic off the coast of Charleston, S.C.
1972-President Richard Nixon left on his trip to China.
1996-Chess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM computer, Deep Blue, winning the six-game match.
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