Aug 17
1876 Richard Wagner's opera "Götterdämmerung" (Twilight of the Gods) premieres in Bayreuth
1903 Joseph Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University and begins the Pulitzer Prizes in the United States
1908 Projection in Paris of the first animated cartoon, "Fantasmagorie," created by Émile Cohl
1945 Korea is divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel
1945 Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declare Indonesia (formerly the Dutch East Indies) independent from the Netherlands
1947 The Radcliffe Line is revealed, setting the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan
1979 "Monty Python's Life of Brian" directed by Terry Jones, starring Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, and John Cleese, and funded by George Harrison's HandMade Films, premieres in US theaters
1998 Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony he had an "improper physical relationship" with the intern and on the same day admits before the nation he "misled people" about the relationship
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