Historical Events In January - 17
Thursday, 23 March 2023
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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