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January 17 Events in History - January 17 Birthdays - January 17 Deaths
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January 17, 1998 President Clinton faces sexual harrament charges from Paula Jones January 17, 1997 NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely/$25,000 for kicking cameraman January 17, 1995 "Carousel" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 322 performances January 17, 1995 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan killing 5,372 die January 17, 1995 Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup January 17, 1995 Los Angeles Rams announce that they are moving to St. Louis January 17, 1994 6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage January 17, 1994 Liz Taylor released from the hospital after hip treatment January 17, 1993 14th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards January 17, 1993 Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45") January 17, 1992 Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews) January 17, 1991 Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel January 17, 1991 Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title January 17, 1991 Operation Desert Storm begins - U.S. led allies vs Iraq January 17, 1991 Operation Desert Storm: 1st U.S. pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn) January 17, 1990 5th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin January 17, 1990 Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract January 17, 1990 Who, Simon and Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters & January 17, 1990 Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame January 17, 1989 Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach January 17, 1989 Gunman opens fire in California schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded January 17, 1989 Murden and Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis) January 17, 1989 Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami January 17, 1988 "Teddy and Alice" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 77 performances January 17, 1988 Leslie Manigay elected president of Haiti January 17, 1987 President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran January 17, 1986 Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 for heavyweight boxing title January 17, 1985 Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test (v England) January 17, 1984 Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws January 17, 1983 10th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers January 17, 1983 Alabama Gov George C. Wallace, becomes governor for record 4th time January 17, 1983 Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians January 17, 1981 Philippino president Marcos ends state of siege January 17, 1980 NASA launches Fltsatcom-3 January 17, 1979 New York Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against New York Rangers January 17, 1979 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran January 17, 1979 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test January 17, 1977 KC releases Tommy Davis, ends an 18-year career with 10 teams January 17, 1977 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 24-14 January 17, 1977 Zaire president Mobutu visits Belgium January 17, 1976 "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1 January 17, 1976 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency January 17, 1974 Styne, Comdem and Green's musical "Lorelei," premieres in New York City January 17, 1973 City of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi January 17, 1973 New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life January 17, 1972 Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd January 17, 1971 Super Bowl V: Baltimore Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Chuck Howley, Dallas, LB January 17, 1970 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft January 17, 1970 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-3 January 17, 1970 John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass) January 17, 1970 Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s January 17, 1969 Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK January 17, 1969 Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US January 17, 1969 Soyuz 5 lands January 17, 1968 Soyuz 4 and 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft January 17, 1966 B-52/KC-135 tankers crash near Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die January 17, 1966 Martin Luther King, Jr. opens campaign in Chicago January 17, 1963 Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km January 17, 1963 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 67 points vs LA January 17, 1962 A NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m January 17, 1962 Roy Harris' 8th Symphony, premieres in SF January 17, 1961 Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba January 17, 1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational January 17, 1960 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21 January 17, 1959 "Say, Darling" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 332 performances January 17, 1957 9-county commission recommends creation of BART January 17, 1957 Cavern Club opens (home of Beatles' 1st appearance) January 17, 1955 Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage January 17, 1954 Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) January 17, 1954 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-9 January 17, 1954 Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister) January 17, 1951 China refuses cease-fire in Korea January 17, 1950 "Alive and Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 46 performances January 17, 1950 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash and $1.5M securities January 17, 1948 Netherlands and Indonesia agree to a cease fire January 17, 1948 Trial of 11 U.S. Communist party members begins in New York City January 17, 1947 Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die January 17, 1946 United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting January 17, 1945 Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation January 17, 1945 Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work January 17, 1945 Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation) January 17, 1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary January 17, 1944 Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean January 17, 1943 Tin Can Drive Day January 17, 1939 Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert January 17, 1938 Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman January 17, 1934 Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the New York Giants January 17, 1934 Electric Home and Farm Authority incorporated January 17, 1934 New York Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract January 17, 1933 Bradman takes second Test wicket, Hammond, bowled January 17, 1929 Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater" January 17, 1928 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented January 17, 1926 George Burns marries Gracie Allen January 17, 1923 Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied January 17, 1923 Origin of Brown lunation numbers January 17, 1920 Paul Deschanel elected president of France January 17, 1917 U.S. pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands January 17, 1916 1st PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy CC Bronxville NY January 17, 1916 Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms in New York City January 17, 1915 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens January 17, 1915 Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine January 17, 1914 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der Bogen des Odysseus," premieres in Berlin January 17, 1913 Raymond Poincare elected president of France January 17, 1912 Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen January 17, 1911 Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly January 17, 1911 Percy Mackaye's "Scarecrow," premieres in New York City January 17, 1905 Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer and C G Scannell, Chicago January 17, 1904 Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at Moscow Art Theater January 17, 1899 US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific January 17, 1895 French president Casimir-Perier resigns January 17, 1895 Felix Faure installed as president of France January 17, 1893 -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record) January 17, 1893 Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic January 17, 1885 Brits beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in Sudan January 17, 1882 1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office January 17, 1874 Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction January 17, 1871 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873) January 17, 1864 General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN January 17, 1863 Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia January 17, 1862 BBT Ft. Henry, Tennessee by USS Lexington January 17, 1861 Flush toilet patented by Mr. Thomas Crapper (Honest!) January 17, 1852 British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa) January 17, 1832 Johannes van den Bosch appointed Governor-General of Dutch-Indies January 17, 1827 Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander January 17, 1821 Mexico permits Moses Austin and 300 U.S. families to settle in Texas January 17, 1779 Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery January 17, 1775 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol January 17, 1775 R B Sheridan's "Rivals," premieres in London January 17, 1773 Capt James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66 degrees 33' S) January 17, 1757 German Diet declares war on Prussia January 17, 1746 Battle of Falkirk, Scotland-Edward I defeats and massacres Scots January 17, 1718 Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switz; kills 53 January 17, 1656 Brandenburg and Sweden sign Treaty of Konigsberg January 17, 1601 France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey and Gex in treaty with Spain January 17, 1595 French king Henri IV declares war on Spain January 17, 1584 Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar January 17, 1562 Edict of St. Germain recognizes Huguenots in France January 17, 1536 Francois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III January 17, 1501 Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna |