Page 7: Historical Events In January - 17
Thursday, 03 July 2025
1938 On this day in history william H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79
1939 On this day in history ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert
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 On January - 17 jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82
1942 On January - 17 frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61
1943 Tin Can Drive Day on January - 17.
1944 Corvette Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean
1945 Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation on this day in history.
1945 Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation) on this day in history.
1945 On January - 17 liberation of Warsaw from the Nazi by Soviet troops
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 On January - 17 warsaw is liberated by Polish and Soviet forces during WWII.
1946 On January - 17 the United Nations Security Council meets for the first time.
1946 United Nations Security Council holds its first meeting on this day in history.
1946 United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting on January - 17.
1946 On this day in history gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59
1947 On this day in history muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die
1947 On January - 17 muiden Neth ammunition factory explodes, 16 die
1948 On January - 17 netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire
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 this day in history.
1950 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities on this day in history.
1950 On January - 17 "Alive & Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 46 perfs
1951 On this day in history china refuses cease-fire in Korea
1951 China refuses ceases-fire in Korea on this day in history.
1952 Walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Det Tigers), dies at 74 on January - 17.
1954 On January - 17 jacques Cousteau's first network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS)
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 Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage on January - 17.
1955 On January - 17 j A Veraart, economist, dies at 68
1957 9-county commission recommends creation of BART on January - 17.
1959 On January - 17 the African country of Mali is formed with the joining of Senegal and French Sudan
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