Page 7: Historical Events In January - 17

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

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

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

1943  On this day in history tin Can Drive Day   

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 January - 17 auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation   

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

1945  On this day in history liberation of Warsaw from the Nazi by Soviet troops   

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

1945  Warsaw is liberated by Polish and Soviet forces during WWII on this day in history.   

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

1946  United Nations Security Council holds its first meeting on this day in history.   

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

1946  Gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59 on January - 17.   

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

1947  On January - 17 muiden Neth ammunition factory explodes, 16 die   

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

1948  Trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in New York City NY on January - 17.   

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 January - 17.   

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

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

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

1952  Walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Det Tigers), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1954  Jacques Cousteau's first network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1955  On this day in history j A Veraart, economist, dies at 68   

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

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

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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 this day in history birth of george Spalatin, German reformer (d. 1545)   

1501  On January - 17 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  On this day in history birth of antonio Pace, composer   

1560  Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. 1624) was born on January - 17.   

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  Albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68 on January - 17.   

1369  Death of King Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (b. 1328) on January - 17.   

1468  Death of Skanderbeg, Albanian leader (b. 1405) on January - 17.   

1598  On January - 17 death of fyodor I Tsar of Russia (b. 1557)   

1604  Santino Garsi, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.