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2009 – An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area. 2015 – A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others.
17 Août. Jèrriais : 17 d'Août – Guernésiais : 17 du meis d'l'avout – Cotentinais : 17 d'âot. Ch'est l'229 e jour d'l'an s'lon l' almonnas Grégorien. (230 e jour ès années bissextiles).
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The action of 17 August 1779 was a naval battle between a French and a British squadron in the English Channel on 17 August 1779. In June 1779, Spain followed France declaring war on Britain and together formed a combined fleet aiming for British Isles' invasion.
- 17 August 1779
- Off Plymouth, English Channel
- Franco-Spanish victory
August 17. The Birthday of Marcus Garvey ; Engineer's Day (Colombia) Flag Day (Bolivia) Independence Day (Indonesia) Independence Days (Gabon) National Vanilla Custard Day (United States) Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia) San Martin Day (Argentina) August 18. Arbor Day ; Armed Forces Day (North Macedonia) Birthday of Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island)
55 merchantmen captured [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The action of 9 August 1780 was a naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, in which a Spanish fleet, led by Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova, along with a squadron of French ships, encountered a large British convoy. The Spanish and French force captured almost all the merchant ...
- 9 August 1780
- Franco-Spanish victory
Août. Août ( Cotentinais : âot, Guernésiais : août, avout Serkyee : u) est l'huitchième mais d'l' année. L'nom veint du nom d'l'empéreu Romain Aûdguste César . La Preunmié Dgèrre Mondiale quémenchit en 1914. La Muthâle dé Bèrlîn fut c'menchie en 1961. L' Èrnouvé d'Prague fut supprînmé par les forches dé l' Unnion ...
This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. 1933 – Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona. 1936 – The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
