January 17

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on January 17. From 1900 until now. January 17 is under the sign of Capricorn. Famous birthdays on this day include Michelle Obama (1964), Jim Carrey (1962) and Françoise Hardy (1944). Several movies were released around January 17 over the years, such as The Kid in 1921 directed by Charles Chaplin and Donnie Darko in 2001 directed by Richard Kelly.
But much more happened on January 17 over the years: find out below

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Catholicism - Feast day of the following saints: St. Anthony and Amelbert.
Ancient Latvia - Zirgu Diena observed

Events

2019 2019 Bogotá car bombing: A suicide car-bomb attack at the General Santander National Police Academy in Bogotá, Colombia, kills at least 20 people and injures more than 50 others. (The Guardian)
2018 Two Americans and two Canadians are abducted by unknown gunmen in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Two police officers are killed after engaging in a firefight with the abductors. (Reuters)
2017 Boko Haram insurgency: A Nigerian Air Force jet mistakenly bombs a refugee camp in Borno State, near the border with Cameroon, killing at least 90 people and injuring more than 100. The pilot reportedly believed he was attacking Boko Haram militants. (BBC)
2016 2016 Jakarta attacks: The confirmed death toll from this week's attacks rises to eight. (Reuters via Jerusalem Post)
2015 Terrorism in Yemen: Gunmen abduct the chief of staff to Yemen's president in the center of the capital, Sana'a. It is uncertain if Shiite Houthi rebels or al-Qaeda militants kidnapped Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak. (AP)
2014 2013–14 Thai political crisis:: An explosion rocks the protests in Bangkok resulting in dozens of injuries. (CNN), (AP)
2013 An Algerian official reports that a group of hostages has escaped from the natural gas complex that was taken over by Islamist militants. It is reported as many as 20 escaped, including Americans. (BBC) (Los Angeles Times) (Fox News)
2012 2012 Afar region tourist attack: Unknown assailants kill 2 Hungarians, 2 Germans and an Austrian in northeastern Ethiopia. (Al Jazeera)
2011 An explosion destroys a bus in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, killing 18. (''The Guardian'')
2010 Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, resulting in at least 200 deaths.
2009 North Korea claims to have ampquotweaponizedampquot 30.8 kilograms of plutonium, enough for four to five nuclear warheads. (CNN)
2008 British Airways Flight 38 crash lands just short of London Heathrow Airport in England with no fatalities. It is the first complete hull loss of a Boeing 777.
2007 The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.
2006 In Scottsdale, Arizona, the 30th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction is held, over six days. The #003 1953 Corvette sells for US$1 million; this is the first existing production Corvette. A 1967 convertible, with 427 ci 435 hp engine sells for US$350,000.
2005 An Indian train fire that killed up to 60 Hindus and sparked deadly religious riots in 2002 was started by accident - not firebombs thrown by Muslims as had been reported, an Indian Railways inquiry headed by a retired Judge Bannerjee has said. Justice Banerjee said that according to eyewitness accounts people had been cooking in the carriage at the time it caught fire. (BBC)
2004 Planned NASA servicing missions for the Hubble Space Telescope are cancelled. Safety concerns are cited as the main reason behind the decision.
2003 Tom Ridge is unanimously recommended by a United States Senate subcommittee to be confirmed by the full Senate as head of the new United States Department of Homeland Security which is scheduled to begin operation on January 24. (RealAudio stream)
2001 U.S. President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
2000 In the United States, for the first time, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is officially observed in all fifty states.
1998 President Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones
1997 NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely, fines him $25,000 for kicking cameraman.
1996 The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
1995 Carousel closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 322 performances
1994 6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage
1993 Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45 seconds).
1992 Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews)
1991 Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel
1990 5th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin
1989 Gunman opens fire in California schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded
1988 Teddy & Alice closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 77 performances
1987 US President Ronald Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran.
1986 Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 to regain WBA heavyweight title.
1985 Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test (versus England).
1984 US Supreme Court rules (5-4) private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws.
1983 10th American Music Awards: Kenny Rogers.
1982 Mauno Koivisto is elected President of Finland.
1981 Philippino President Marcos ends state of siege
1980 NASA launches Fltsatcom-3.
1979 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran
1977 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 24-14
1976 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency.
1973 City of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi, Vietnam.
1972 Section of Memphis, Tennessee, Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard.
1971 Super Bowl V: Baltimore Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Chuck Howley, Dallas, Linebacker.
1970 Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s
1969 Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in the UK
1968 Soyuz 4 and 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft
1966 B-52 / KC-135 tankers crash near Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die
1964 John Glenn announces that he will seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator from Ohio.
1963 Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km.
1962 A NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m
1961 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the ''military-industrial complex''.
1960 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21.
1959 Say, Darling closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 332 performances
1957 9-county commission recommends creation of BART
1955 Submarine USS Nautilus begins first nuclear-powered test voyage.
1954 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-9.
1953 The General Motors Motorama opens to the general public in New York City. The prototype Chevrolet Corvette "Dream Car" is displayed to the public for the first time. The roadster is white with red interior, fiberglass body, 235-cid straight-6 engine, and two-speed automatic. Also on display at the Motorama: Buick fiberglass-bodied two-passenger Wildcat, Oldsmobile fiberglass-bodied four-passenger convertible Starfire, Cadillac fiberglass-bodied two-passenger roadster Le Mans.
1951 China refuses cease-fire in Korea.
1950 Alive & Kicking opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 46 performances
1949 The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs.
1948 Trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in New York City
1947 Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die.
1946 The UN Security Council holds its first session.
1945 Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)
1944 Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean
1943 Tin Can Drive Day
1941 Franco-Thai War: French forces inflict a decisive victory over the Royal Thai Navy.
1939 Ed Barrow is elected New York Yankees president succeeding deceased J Ruppert.
1938 Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman.
1934 Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the New York Giants
1933 Bradman takes second Test wicket, Hammond, bowled
1929 Popeye makes first appearance, in comic strip Thimble Theatre.
1928 The OGPU arrests Lev Trotsky in Moscow he assumes a status of passive resistance.
1926 George Burns marries Gracie Allen
1923 Belgian Working People Party protests against occupied Ruhrgebied.
1920 Paul Deschanel elected President of France.
1918 Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
1917 The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
1916 1st PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy Country Club - Bronxville, New York
1915 Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine.
1913 Raymond Poincare is elected President of France.
1912 Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen
1911 Failed assassination attempt on premier Aristide Briand in French Assembly.
1905 Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer and C G Scannell, Chicago Illinois.
1904 Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
1903 El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
1900 Brigham H. Roberts of Utah is not seated by the U.S. House of Representatives because of his plural marriage.
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Famous Birthday

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Mathilde Seigner: French actress, Emmanuelle'sister.
Calvin Harris: Scottish DJ, singer, songwriter and...
Betty White: American actress, refreshingly open,...
Eartha Kitt: Pop Singer.
Eartha Kitt: Pop Singer.
Dwyane Wade: American basketball player.
Kid Rock: American singer.
Sylvie Testud: French actress, writer and director,...
Steve Harvey: American actor, comedian and radio...
Andy Kaufman: American actor who performed his...
Naveen Andrews: British actor.
James Earl Jones
Ray J: American rapper and singer.
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy: Dancer.
Tom Dooley: American humanitarian (d. 1961).
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Duane Hanson: American artist and sculptor, he is...
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Japanese pianist composer producer and...
Vidal Sassoon: English-American hairdresser and...
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Jean Barraqué: French composer (d. 1973).
Sophie Dee: Welsh pornographic actress.
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Shari Lewis: American puppeteer, ventriloquist,...
Scott Mechlowicz: American actor.
Ricky Wilson (British musician)
Didier Lecat: French journalist, writer and director.
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Shabba Ranks: Jamaican singer.
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Keith Chegwin: British television personality and host...
Wendy Yoshimura: American artist and political activist,...
Steve Earle: American singer-songwriter, record...
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Augustin Dumay: French violinist and conductor.
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Michel Lancelot: Lognes Journalist.
Chloe Lattanzi: American singer and actress, the...
Louis Armand: French engineer, Member of the French...
Renzo Sambo: Italian champion rower who received the...
Richard Burns: English race car driver (d. 2005).
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Robert F Kennedy Jr: Attorney (Natural Resources Defense...
Alvaro Arbeloa: Spanish footballer.
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Maia Chiburdanidze: Georgian chess player.
Carole McDonald: American singer who used her talent in...
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Joseph C Phillips
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Cuauhtémoc Blanco: Mexican footballer and actor.
Douglas Wilder: American politician, the first elected...
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Yves Sente: Belgian comic book editor and author.
Tony Golab: Canadian football fullback called the...
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Dorothy Alison: Actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm).
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Charlie Bell: Australian fast food executive (Born...
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Carl Baermann composer: dies at age 73.
Hendrik Goeman Borgesius Dutch politician: dies at age 70.
Walter O "Spike" Briggs: owner (Detroit Tigers), dies at age 74.
Doodles Weaver: actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots...
Sterling A Brown: US poet/critic (Southern Road), dies at...
Ger ter Horst: Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies.
Noel Chiboust: trumpeter/saxophonist, dies at age 84.
Grady "Fats" Jackson: tenor sax player, dies at age 66.
Chung Il Kwon: Prime Minister of South Korea (1964-70),...
Allan G Odell: ad executive (Burma Shave), dies at age...
Isador Caplan: lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, dies...
John Adrian Hope: politician/businessman, dies at age 83.
Asfa Wossen [Amha Selassie]: crown emperor of Ethiopia in exile,...
Andrea Fisher: artist, dies at age 21.
Sir Francis Smith: Premier of Tasmania (Born 1819).
Ignaz Wechselmann: Hungarian architect and philanthropist...
Ray Stark: American film producer and Hollywood...
Albert Jacka: Australian captain Victoria Cross...
Anders Isaksson: Swedish journalist, writer, and...
Gaines Adams: American football player (Born 1983).
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Betty Smith: American author and playwright (d....
Billy Stewart: singer ("I Do Love You"), dies in...
Albert Hourani: English historian and author (d. 1993).
Hugo Fregonese: Argentinian director and screenwriter...
Jose Leite de Vasconcelos: Portuguese Scholar (Etnografia), dies at...
Barbara Britton: Actress (Pamela-Mr & Mrs North), dies at...
J A Veraart: Economist, dies at 68.
Fred Essler: Actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at...
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Urias Nooteboom: Dutch journalist / critic (The Time),...
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Grazyna Bacewicz: Composer, dies at 59.
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Giles William Playfair: Writer, dies at 85.
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Albert Schatz: American microbiologist (Born 1920).
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Jacob G Agarah Swedish algologist: dies at age 87.
Wilhelm F Kohlrausch Germ physicist (Additiviteitsregel): dies at age 69.
Thomas Crapper inventor (flush toilet): dies.
Francis Galton English scholar: dies at age 88.
William H Pickering: astronomer (predicted planet Pluto),...
Joannes A Veraart: Dutch judge/Member of Parliament, (Jews...
Gary Gilmore executed by firing squad in Utah: first US execution since 1967.
Charlie Ventura: jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies of...
Robert Covington: drummer/singer, dies at age 54.
Barbara Charline Jordan: American politician, dies at age 59...
Charles Henry Madge: poet writer/sociologist, dies at age 83.
Sir Francis Galton: English polymath, anthropologist,...
Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia: son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich...
Juliette Gordon Low: American founder of the Girl Scouts of...
Mateiu Caragiale: Romanian author (Born 1885).
Louis Comfort Tiffany: American artist and designer (Born...
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Simon Kovar: Russian-American bassoonist (Born 1890).
Loukas Panourgias: Greek footballer (Born 1899).
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Yevgeni Ivanov: Soviet spy involved in the Profumo...
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Daisuke Gouri: Japanese seiyu (Born 1952).
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Walther von Reichenau: German field marshal (Born 1884).
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