Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/August 17
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- August 17:
- 1896 - A prospecting party discovered gold in Alaska.
- 1943 - Robert De Niro, American actor, is born.
- 1945 - Indonesian nationalists declared independence from the Netherlands.
- 2008 - Michael Phelps and three teammates won the 400-meter medley relay