February 17
1871
The victorious Prussian Army parades though Paris, France after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
1933
Newsweek magazine is published for the first time.
1979
The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
1998
Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops kill 7090 Azerbaijani civilians in the village of Qaradaðlý.
2008
Kosovo declares independence.
2011
Libyan protests begin. In Bahrain, security forces launched a deadly Pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama, the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday.