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  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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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  George Spalatin, German reformer (d. 1545) was born on January - 17.   

1501  On January - 17 birth of leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist (History of Plants)   

1504  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72) was born on January - 17.   

1517  On January - 17 birth of antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes)   

1545  Antonio Pace, composer was born on January - 17.   

1560  Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.   

0395  On January - 17 theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49   

1103  Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies on this day in history.   

1119  Boudouin VII Hapkin, count of Flanders, dies on January - 17.   

1229  On this day in history albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68   

1369  On this day in history death of king Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (b. 1328)   

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  On January - 17 santino Garsi, composer, dies at 61