Template:On this day/August 17

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

August 17:

• 1757 – Peter Jefferson died suddenly at age 49, leaving 14-year-old Thomas Jefferson heir to thousands of acres, enslaved laborers, and the family estate at Shadwell.
• 1933 – According to the Daily Progress, Sugar Hollow resident Charles McAllister killed 48 snakes on his property.