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This Day in History For August 17
1903 – Joe Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University and begins the Pulitzer Prizes. 1915 – Hurricane makes landfall near Galveston, Texas, killing 275 people and causing $50 million in damage. 1933 – Lou Gehrig plays in his record 1,308th …