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Aug 17 in history: First commercial steamboat service departs New York and more

1807
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1807

First commercial steamboat service, North River Steamboat, departs New York

1918
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1918

Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
 

1945
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1945

The novel "Animal Farm" by George Orwell is first published in the UK

1988
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1988

Pakistani President Zia & US Ambassador Raphel are killed in a plane crash

2008
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2008

Michael Phelps becomes first athlete to win 8 gold medals at one Olympic Games