Historical Events In January - 17
Sunday, 24 September 2023
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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