Page 7: Historical Events In January - 17

1938  On this day in history william H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79   

1939  Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert on January - 17.   

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 January - 17.   

1942  Frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1943  Tin Can Drive Day on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history corvette Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean   

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

1945  On this day in history auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation   

1945  On this day in history liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)   

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

1945  On January - 17 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 this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history the United Nations Security Council meets for the first time.   

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  Gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

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

1948  Netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in New York City NY   

1949  The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs on January - 17.   

1950  On January - 17 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities   

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

1951  On January - 17 china refuses cease-fire in Korea   

1951  On this day in history china refuses ceases-fire in Korea   

1952  On this day in history 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  Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) on this day in history.   

1955  USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the first nuclear-powered submarine, is commissioned and sends the message "underway on nuclear power" on January - 17.   

1955  On this day in history submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage   

1955  J A Veraart, economist, dies at 68 on January - 17.   

1957  9-county commission recommends creation of BART on this day in history.   

1959  The African country of Mali is formed with the joining of Senegal and French Sudan on January - 17.   

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1342  Philip, the Bold, duke of Burgundy was born on January - 17.   

1463  Frederick III, the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-25), protector Luther was born on January - 17.   

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  On this day in history birth of antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes)   

1545  Antonio Pace, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1229  On this day in history 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 January - 17.   

1598  Death of Fyodor I Tsar of Russia (b. 1557) on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history santino Garsi, composer, dies at 61