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- 1847
- The Cambridge and St Ives branch opens for passenger service in Cambridgeshire, in the the East of England.
- 1918
- The Rizal Monument is dedicated in Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines.
- 1947
- The Guldensporen Stadion opens in Kortrijk, Belgium.
- 1956
- The Remuera Road tram line closes in Auckland after 53 years in operation.
- 1956
- Wood Creek Farms is incorporated as a village in Michigan.
- 1969
- Anyang Puljang station opens on the Gyeongbu Main Line in Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea.
- 1978
- The Israeli settlement of Ariel is founded as Kheres.
- 2009
- Translink's Canada Line opens for passenger service in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on August 17, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on August 17 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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