Historical Events In January - 17

1938  On January - 17 william H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79   

1939  Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert on this day in history.   

1941  On January - 17 kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II.   

1941  Jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61   

1943  Tin Can Drive Day on this day in history.   

1944  Corvette Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

1944  On January - 17 korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean   

1945  Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation on January - 17.   

1945  Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation) on this day in history.   

1945  Liberation of Warsaw from the Nazi by Soviet troops on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary   

1945  Warsaw is liberated by Polish and Soviet forces during WWII on January - 17.   

1946  The United Nations Security Council meets for the first time on January - 17.   

1946  On January - 17 united Nations Security Council holds its first meeting   

1946  On January - 17 united Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting   

1946  On January - 17 gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59   

1947  Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history muiden Neth ammunition factory explodes, 16 die   

1948  On January - 17 netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire   

1948  On January - 17 trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in New York City NY   

1949  On this day in history the Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs.   

1950  11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities on this day in history.   

1950  "Alive & Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 46 perfs on this day in history.   

1951  China refuses cease-fire in Korea on this day in history.   

1951  China refuses ceases-fire in Korea on January - 17.   

1952  On January - 17 walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Det Tigers), dies at 74   

1954  Jacques Cousteau's first network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) on January - 17.   

1954  On this day in history jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS)   

1955  USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the first nuclear-powered submarine, is commissioned and sends the message "underway on nuclear power" on this day in history.   

1955  Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage on January - 17.   

1955  On January - 17 j A Veraart, economist, dies at 68   

1957  On January - 17 9-county commission recommends creation of BART   

1959  The African country of Mali is formed with the joining of Senegal and French Sudan on this day in history.   

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1342  On this day in history birth of philip, the Bold, duke of Burgundy   

1463  On January - 17 birth of frederick III, the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-25), protector Luther   

1484  On January - 17 birth of george Spalatin, German reformer (d. 1545)   

1501  On this day in history birth of leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist (History of Plants)   

1504  On this day in history birth of pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72)   

1517  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes) was born on January - 17.   

1545  On January - 17 birth of antonio Pace, composer   

1560  On this day in history birth of gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. 1624)   

0395  On this day in history theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49   

1103  On January - 17 frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies   

1119  Boudouin VII Hapkin, count of Flanders, dies on January - 17.   

1229  On January - 17 albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68   

1369  On January - 17 death of king Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (b. 1328)   

1468  Death of Skanderbeg, Albanian leader (b. 1405) on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history death of fyodor I Tsar of Russia (b. 1557)   

1604  On January - 17 santino Garsi, composer, dies at 61