February 17. Madam Butterfly premieres at La Scala in Milan in 1904.

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Feb. 17, 1904 - The Opera Madam Butterfly premieres at La Scala in Milan, Italy.• Cabinet photograph of three performers in Madame Butterfly in a circa 1885 performance was made by Gilbert and Bacon photographers of Philadelphia.

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February 18. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the U.S., 1885.

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February 17. Roger Craig is born in 1930.