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Historical Events In January - 17

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1992  Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  On this day in history bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  On this day in history 14th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 32 awards  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  On January - 17 ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes Southern California, killing 61 people and causing $20 billion in damage on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  On this day in history a pre-dawn earthquake struck the Los Angeles area, claiming 61 lives and causing widespread damage.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  On this day in history liz Taylor released from the hospital after hip treatment  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1995  On this day in history 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan (5,372 die)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1995  On this day in history a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing more than 5,000 people.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1995  More than 6,000 die as a magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Kobe, Japan on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1995  On this day in history great Hanshin earthquake in Japan killing 6,434 people  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1996  On this day in history sheik Omar Abdel Rahman got life in prison and 16 others were also sentenced to jail for plotting to bomb the United Nations.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1998  President Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2000  On this day in history almost 50,000 people marched in Columbia, S.C., to protest the flying of the Confederate battle flag over the state Capitol.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2001  Jewish Holocaust survivors win compensation deal from Austria for assets stripped from them when Austria was part of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2001  On this day in history parts of California were plunged into darkness after utility companies failed to deliver enough electrical power. The rolling blackouts affected as many as 2 million people.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2002  On this day in history the U.S. Justice Department began an international manhunt for five suspected al-Qaida members believed to be plotting a new suicide attack.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2002  The volcano on Mount Nyiragongo, near the town of Goma in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, erupted causing at least 45 deaths and leaving an estimated 55,000 people homeless on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2004  On January - 17 authorities placed the U.S. military death toll in Iraq at 500, including 346 in combat.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2007  Doomsday Clock is set to 5 minutes to midnight on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2007  On this day in history hurricane force winds from storm Kyrill claim at least 40 lives in western Europe.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2007  Protests occur in India and the United Kingdom against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara were alleged to have been racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2013  106 people are massacred by Syrian army forces in Homs on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2014  21 people are killed in a suicide bombing in a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  US President Barack Obama commutes WikiLeaks discloser Chelsea Manning's prison sentence from 35 to 7 years on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  Nigerian military mistakely bomb refugee camp killing more than 70 in Rann, Borno state on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  On this day in history search for missing aircraft MH370 over the Indian Ocean is called off  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2019  On this day in history a vehicle-bound suicide bomb attack in Bogotá, Colombia, kills 22 people and injures 68 others, making it the deadliest attack on the Colombian capital since 2003.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In January - 17

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1342  On January - 17 birth of philip, the Bold, duke of Burgundy  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1463  Frederick III, the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-25), protector Luther was born on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1484  George Spalatin, German reformer (d. 1545) was born on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1501  Leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist (History of Plants) was born on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1504  On this day in history birth of pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1517  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes) was born on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1545  On January - 17 birth of antonio Pace, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1560  Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. 1624) was born on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In January - 17

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0395  Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1103  On January - 17 frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1119  On January - 17 boudouin VII Hapkin, count of Flanders, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1229  On this day in history albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1369  On this day in history death of king Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (b. 1328)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1468  Death of Skanderbeg, Albanian leader (b. 1405) on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1598  Death of Fyodor I Tsar of Russia (b. 1557) on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1604  Santino Garsi, composer, dies at 61 on January - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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