This Day In History

February 17th

1817  Gas streetlights appeared in Baltimore, Maryland.
1876  Julius Wolff credited with canning sardines in Eastport, Maine.
1934  State College in Pennsylvania introduced the first high school automobile driver's education.
1985  US postage stamps raised to .22 cents for first-class mail.

1843  Department Store Mogul Montgomery Ward
1889  Industrialist H.L. (Haroldson Lafayette) Hunt
1923  Bandleader Buddy (Boniface) DeFranco
1924  Author Margaret Truman (Daughter of 33rd US President Harry S Truman)
1925  Actor Hal Holbrook.

1956

• Rock and Roll Waltz - Kay Starr

• See You Later, Alligator - Bill Haley and his Comets

• Teenage Prayer - Gale Storm

• Are You Satisfied? - Rusty Draper

1969

• Everyday People - Sly and The Family Stone

• Crimson and Clover - Tommy James and The Shondells

• Hang 'Em High - Booker T. and The MG's

• Until My Dreams Come True - Jack Greene

1978

• Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees

• We Are the Champions - Queen

• Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill

• I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love - Larry Gatlin with Brothers & Friends

1987

• Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi

• Open Your Heart - Madonna

• Will You Still Love Me? - Chicago

• How Do I Turn You On - Ronnie Milsap

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