1907 – Pike Place Market, the longest continuously-running public farmers market in the US, opened in Seattle.
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1942 – U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari).
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Today in History – August 17
1907 – Pike Place Market, the longest continuously-running public farmers market in the US, opened in Seattle.
1942 – U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari).