Historical Events In January - 17

1938  On January - 17 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 this day in history kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II.  

1941  Jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82 on January - 17.  

1942  On this day in history frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61  

1943  Tin Can Drive Day on this day in history.  

1944  Corvette Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean on January - 17.  

1944  Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation  

1945  Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation) on this day in history.  

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

1945  On January - 17 swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary  

1945  Warsaw is liberated by Polish and Soviet forces during WWII on January - 17.  

1946  On this day in history the United Nations Security Council meets for the first time.  

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

1946  On this day in history united Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting  

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

1947  On this day in history muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die  

1947  On this day in history muiden Neth ammunition factory explodes, 16 die  

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

1948  On January - 17 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 January - 17.  

1950  On this day in history 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities  

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  On January - 17 walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Det Tigers), dies at 74  

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 January - 17.  

1955  USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the first nuclear-powered submarine, is commissioned and sends the message "underway on nuclear power" on this day in history.  

1955  Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage on this day in history.  

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

1957  9-county commission recommends creation of BART on January - 17.  

1959  On this day in history the African country of Mali is formed with the joining of Senegal and French Sudan  

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1342  On this day in history birth of philip, the Bold, duke of Burgundy  

1463  Frederick III, the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-25), protector Luther was born on this day in history.  

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  On January - 17 birth of pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72)  

1517  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes) was born on this day in history.  

1545  Antonio Pace, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1468  On this day in history death of skanderbeg, Albanian leader (b. 1405)  

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.