August 17, 1982
Royal Philips Electronics manufactured the world's first
compact disc (CD) at a Philips factory in Langenhagen, Germany.
Today is
The Independence Day
of Indonesia
It is a national holiday in Indonesia commemorating the
anniversary of Indonesia's proclamation of independence on 17 August 1945.
Today's Google Doodle
Aug 17, 1942
Irène Némirovsky, the Ukrainian novelist, died at age 39 (in
Auschwitz, because she is Jewish.)
She lived half of her life in France and wrote most of her
works in French.