<p class="p1">The International Red Cross is founded, the submarine HL Hunley sinks USS Housatonic, Robert Preston steals a helicopter for a joy ride over DC, and Rene Laennec inventor of the stethoscope…On This Day</p>

The International Red Cross is founded, the submarine HL Hunley sinks USS Housatonic, Robert Preston steals a helicopter for a joy ride over DC, and Rene Laennec inventor of the stethoscope…On This Day

<p>The International Red Cross is founded, the submarine HL Hunley sinks USS Housatonic, Robert Preston steals&nbsp;a helicopter for a joy ride over DC, and Rene Laennec inventor of the stethoscope…On This Day</p>

February 17th

A daily time capsule of stories of the significant, intriguing or just plain forgotten events of history that all occurred on this day.

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