August 17


Tuesday 17, 2004:

The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Boze Pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.


Friday 17, 1962:

East German border guards kill 18-year-old Peter Fechter as he attempts to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin. He thus became the first victim of the wall


Monday 17, 1953:

Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California.


Saturday 17, 1918:

Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.


Monday 17, 1807:

Robert Fulton's first American steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.


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