Historical Events In January - 17

1992  On this day in history sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews)   

1992  On this day in history bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95   

1993  14th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 32 awards on this day in history.   

1993  On January - 17 ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies   

1994  6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage on January - 17.   

1994  On this day in history a magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes Southern California, killing 61 people and causing $20 billion in damage.   

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

1994  Liz Taylor released from the hospital after hip treatment on this day in history.   

1995  On January - 17 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan (5,372 die)   

1995  A powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing more than 5,000 people on January - 17.   

1995  On this day in history more than 6,000 die as a magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Kobe, Japan.   

1995  Great Hanshin earthquake in Japan killing 6,434 people on this day in history.   

1996  Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman got life in prison and 16 others were also sentenced to jail for plotting to bomb the United Nations on this day in history.   

1998  President Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones on January - 17.   

2000  Almost 50,000 people marched in Columbia, S.C., to protest the flying of the Confederate battle flag over the state Capitol on January - 17.   

2001  On this day in history jewish Holocaust survivors win compensation deal from Austria for assets stripped from them when Austria was part of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.   

2001  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 on January - 17.   

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.   

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.   

2004  On this day in history authorities placed the U.S. military death toll in Iraq at 500, including 346 in combat.   

2007  On this day in history doomsday Clock is set to 5 minutes to midnight.   

2007  On January - 17 hurricane force winds from storm Kyrill claim at least 40 lives in western Europe.   

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.   

2013  On this day in history 106 people are massacred by Syrian army forces in Homs   

2014  21 people are killed in a suicide bombing in a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan on January - 17.   

2017  On this day in history uS President Barack Obama commutes WikiLeaks discloser Chelsea Manning's prison sentence from 35 to 7 years   

2017  On this day in history nigerian military mistakely bomb refugee camp killing more than 70 in Rann, Borno state   

2017  Search for missing aircraft MH370 over the Indian Ocean is called off on this day in history.   

2019  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 on January - 17.   

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1342  Philip, the Bold, duke of Burgundy was born on this day in history.   

1463  On this day in history birth of frederick III, the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-25), protector Luther   

1484  George Spalatin, German reformer (d. 1545) was born on this day in history.   

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

1504  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72) was born on January - 17.   

1517  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On January - 17 birth of antonio Pace, composer   

1560  On January - 17 birth of gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. 1624)   

0395  Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1103  Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies on this day in history.   

1119  On this day in history boudouin VII Hapkin, count of Flanders, dies   

1229  Albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1369  Death of King Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1468  On this day in history death of skanderbeg, Albanian leader (b. 1405)   

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

1604  Santino Garsi, composer, dies at 61 on January - 17.