The 1988 Seoul Olympics lasted for 17 days. The time difference between
Seoul and Los Angeles (site of the 1984 Olympics) is 17 hours. On
9/28/88 (92888 = 17 * 5464), the United States had a total of 51 (17*3)
medals: 17 Gold, 17 Silver, 17 Bronze. On his voyage in 1493 (1+4+9+3 =
17) Columbus and his two brothers brought 17 shiploads of settlers to
Hispaniola.
There are 17 sentences in the 17th paragraph of the 17th chapter of War
and Peace by Tolstoy. In 1862 (1 + 8 + 6 + 2 = 17), at the age of 34
(34
= 17 * 2), Tolstoy married a woman 17 years of age.
The eccentricity of the Earth's orbit is 0.017.
In the English language, the seventeenth letter, Q, appears with the
frequency of 0.17%.
17 million immigrants came through Ellis Island from the time it opened
until the end of World War II. The main building on Ellis Island opened
on December 17, 1900. Only 17 tiles in the vaulted ceiling had to be
replaced since its opening.
And... the two great universities in Cambridge are Harvard University
(17 letters) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (34 = 17*2
letters)...
Seoul and Los Angeles (site of the 1984 Olympics) is 17 hours. On
9/28/88 (92888 = 17 * 5464), the United States had a total of 51 (17*3)
medals: 17 Gold, 17 Silver, 17 Bronze. On his voyage in 1493 (1+4+9+3 =
17) Columbus and his two brothers brought 17 shiploads of settlers to
Hispaniola.
There are 17 sentences in the 17th paragraph of the 17th chapter of War
and Peace by Tolstoy. In 1862 (1 + 8 + 6 + 2 = 17), at the age of 34
(34
= 17 * 2), Tolstoy married a woman 17 years of age.
The eccentricity of the Earth's orbit is 0.017.
In the English language, the seventeenth letter, Q, appears with the
frequency of 0.17%.
17 million immigrants came through Ellis Island from the time it opened
until the end of World War II. The main building on Ellis Island opened
on December 17, 1900. Only 17 tiles in the vaulted ceiling had to be
replaced since its opening.
And... the two great universities in Cambridge are Harvard University
(17 letters) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (34 = 17*2
letters)...
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