Historical Events In January - 17

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

1939  On January - 17 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 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 January - 17 corvette Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean  

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

1945  Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation on January - 17.  

1945  On January - 17 liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)  

1945  Liberation of Warsaw from the Nazi by Soviet troops on January - 17.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history united Nations Security Council holds its first meeting  

1946  On this day in history 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 January - 17.  

1947  Muiden Neth ammunition factory explodes, 16 die on January - 17.  

1948  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history "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 this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1463  On this day in history 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  Leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist (History of Plants) was born on January - 17.  

1504  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72) was born on this day in history.  

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

1545  On January - 17 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 this day in history frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies  

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

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