January 17: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

• Michelle Obama (1964)

  Barack Obama, a noted American lawyer and spouse to the Democratic Party nominee for President 2008, is a well-known American lawyer.

• Jim Carrey (1962)

  Canadian-born comedian and actor.

• Françoise Hardy (1944)

  French actress and chanson singer, most prominently in German films.

• Zooey Deschanel (1980)

  American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress.

• Betty White (1922)

  American actress.

• Eartha Kitt (1927)

  Pop Singer.

• Sylvie Testud (1971)

  French actress, writer, director, and amateur painter.

• Andy Kaufman (1949)

  American actor who did stand-up comedy, impressionist and off-beat stand-up comedy on television, clubs, and at concerts.

• Naveen Andrews (1969)

  British actor.

• James Earl Jones (1931)

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• Virginia Mayo (2005)

  St. Louis, Missouri -- Actress ("Out of the Blue,White Heat").

• Barbara Britton (1980)

  Actress (Pamela North-Mrs North), dies at the age of 59.

• Evelyn Nesbit (1967)

  American actress and model (d. 1967).

• Patrice Lumumba (1961)

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• Charles Hernu (1990)

  The 1981-1985 French Minister of Defense who ordered the sabotage and killing of one Greenpeace worker.

• Clyde Tombaugh (1997)

  Pluto was discovered by an American Astronomer and Academic (d. 1997).

• Barbara Jordan (1996)

  American politician, attorney and educator featured on Time magazine's cover as one 12 Women of the Year in 1/05/1976.

• Dougal Haston (1977)

  He is a minor actor from Scotland, writer, and mountaineer.

• Dorothy Alison (1992)

  Actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm).

• TH White (1964)

  British-Indian author, best known for his multiple-volume chronicles about King Arthur and his court.

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Western Zodiac

Capricorn

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• Jan 17th, 2019 2019 Bogota car bombing. A suicide car bomb attack on the General Santander National Police Academy, Bogota, Colombia kills at most 20 people and injures over 50 more.
• Jan 17th, 2018 Unknown gunmen kidnap two Americans and two Canadians in Kaduna State (Nigeria). After engaging in a fight with the abductors, two police officers are shot and killed.
• Jan 17th, 2017 Boko Haram insurgency. A Nigerian Air Force plane mistakenly bombs a refugee settlement in Borno State near the border to Cameroon. At least 90 people were killed and more than 100 were injured. According to reports, the pilot believed that he was attacking Boko Haram militants.
• Jan 17th, 2016 2016 Jakarta attacks: Eight people have been confirmed killed in the attacks.
• Jan 17th, 2015 Terrorism in Yemen - Gunmen kidnap the chief of staff of Yemen's president in Sana'a, the capital. It is not clear if Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak was kidnapped by Shiite Houthi rebels, or al-Qaeda militants.
• Jan 17th, 2014 2013-14 Thai political crisis (CNN),

• Jan 17th, 2013 According to an Algerian official, a group of hostages escaped from the natural-gas complex that was overthrown by Islamist militants. According to reports, 20 hostages escaped, which includes Americans.
• Jan 17th, 2012 2012 Afar Region Tourist Attack: Unknown assailants attack 2 Hungarians in northeastern Ethiopia, 2 Germans, and 1 Austrian.
• Jan 17th, 2011 A blast destroys a bus in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, killing 18.
• Jan 17th, 2010 At least 200 people are killed when rioting breaks out between Christian and Muslim groups in Jos, Nigeria.
• Jan 17th, 2009 North Korea claims to have ampquotweaponizedampquot 30.8 kilograms of plutonium, enough for four to five nuclear warheads.
• Jan 17th, 2008 British Airways Flight 38 crashes just short of London Heathrow Airport, England. There are no fatalities. This is the first time a Boeing 777 has suffered a complete hull collapse.

January 17th marks the 16th day of year the Gregorian calendar;

There are 348 days remaining until the end of the year.

What day of the week is January 17th?

On January 17th, 2023 the day of the week is Tuesday.

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