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Events on Wednesday 17 February 1909 1
1829 – 1909Geronimo (1829-1909)Died 17 February 1909, aged 79Geronimo was a leader and medicine man of the Chiricahua Apache who led resistance against Mexican and American expansion into Apache lands for decades. He surrendered to the United States Army in 1886 and spent the rest of his life as a prisoner of war. He died of pneumonia at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on 17 February 1909.