Historical Events
17 Jan 1377
Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon
17 Jan 1501
Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna
17 Jan 1536
Francois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III
17 Jan 1562
Edict of St Germain recognizes Huguenots in France
17 Jan 1601
France gains Bresse Bugey Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain
17 Jan 1656
Brandenburg & Sweden sign Treaty of Knigsberg
17 Jan 1718
Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad Switzerland kills 53
17 Jan 1746
Battle of Falkirk Muir the Jacobites under Charles Stuart defeat Hanoverian forces
17 Jan 1775
9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests in Kalisk Poland
17 Jan 1775
Richard Brinsley Sheridans play The Rivals premieres in London
17 Jan 1779
Captain James Cooks last notation in Discoverys ships log
17 Jan 1799
Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri along with a number of other patriots is executed
17 Jan 1827
Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander
17 Jan 1832
Johannes van den Bosch appointed governor general of Dutch East Indies
17 Jan 1852
British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa)
17 Jan 1862
-Jan 22nd) BBT Ft Henry Tennessee by USS Lexington
17 Jan 1871
1st cable car patented by Andrew Smith Hallidie in the US (begins service in 1873)
17 Jan 1873
A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold a part of the Modoc War
17 Jan 1874
Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction
17 Jan 1882
1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens her office
17 Jan 1885
British beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in Sudan
17 Jan 1893
-17F (-27C) Millsboro Delaware (state record)
17 Jan 1893
Queen Liliuokalani is deposed by an American coup Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic
17 Jan 1895
French president Casimir-Perier resigns Flix Faure installed.
17 Jan 1899
US takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific
17 Jan 1905
Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer & C G Scannell Chicago
17 Jan 1911
Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly
17 Jan 1913
Raymond Poincar elected president of France
17 Jan 1915
Antoni van Leeuwenhoeks Hospital in Amsterdam opens
17 Jan 1916
Rodman Wanamaker organises a lunch to discuss forming a golfers association (later the PGA) at the Taplow Club Martinique Hotel New York City
17 Jan 1917
US pays Denmark 25 million for Virgin Islands (or 321)
17 Jan 1920
First day Prohibition comes into effect in the US as a result of the 18th amendment
17 Jan 1923
Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied
17 Jan 1928
1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented
17 Jan 1929
Popeye makes 1st appearance in comic strip Thimble Theater
17 Jan 1934
Carl Hubbell NL MVP winner gets 18000 contract by the NY Giants
17 Jan 1934
NY Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with 18000 contract
17 Jan 1938
Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman
17 Jan 1939
Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert
17 Jan 1943
Tin Can Drive Day in the US salvage collected for the war effort
17 Jan 1944
British corvette HMS Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean
17 Jan 1945
Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation
17 Jan 1945
Gilbert Dodds record miler (405.3) retires to do gospel work
17 Jan 1945
Soviet army enters the devastated city of Warsaw and clears German resistance
17 Jan 1945
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis arrested by Soviet secret police in Hungary
17 Jan 1946
United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
17 Jan 1947
Ammunition factory explodes in Muiden Netherlands 16 die
17 Jan 1948
Trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in NYC
17 Jan 1950
Alive & Kicking opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 46 performances
17 Jan 1950
The Great Brinks Robbery - 11 men rob 1.2M cash & 1.5M securities from armored car company Brinks offices in Boston Massachusetts
17 Jan 1952
NFL Draft Bill Wade from University of Vanderbilt first pick by Los Angeles Rams
17 Jan 1953
Australian Championships Womens Tennis In an all-American final Maureen Connolly wins 1st leg of her Grand Slam beats Julia Sampson 6-3 6-2
17 Jan 1954
4th NFL Pro Bowl Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Eastern Conference beats Western Conference 20-9 MVP Chuck Bednarik Philadelphia Eagles LB
17 Jan 1955
US Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage
17 Jan 1957
9-county commission recommends creation of BART
17 Jan 1959
Say Darling closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 332 performances
17 Jan 1961
President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the military-industrial complex.
17 Jan 1961
11th NBA All-Star Game Syracuse NY Western Conference beats Eastern Conference 153-131 MVP Oscar Robertson Cincinnati Royals PG
17 Jan 1962
Roy Harris 8th Symphony premieres in San Francisco
17 Jan 1966
B-52KC-135 tankers crash near Spanish coast at Palomares 7 die
17 Jan 1970
357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft
17 Jan 1970
9th AFL All Star Game Astrodome Houston Western Division beats Eastern Division 26-3 MVP John Hadl LA Chargers QB
17 Jan 1970
John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass)
17 Jan 1971
Super Bowl V Miami Orange Bowl Baltimore Colts beat Dallas Cowboys 16-13 MVP Chuck Howley Dallas LB
17 Jan 1971
At a party conference in Dublin Sinn Fin end their 65 year abstentionist policy and agree that any elected representative could take their seat at the Dil
17 Jan 1972
Section of Memphis Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard
17 Jan 1972
Seven men who were held as internees escape from the prison ship HMS Maidstone in Belfast Lough North Ireland
17 Jan 1972
My Hang-Up Is You single released by Freddie Hart (Billboard Song of the Year )
17 Jan 1973
New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life
17 Jan 1974
Styne Comdem & Greens musical Lorelei premieres in NYC
17 Jan 1976
Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency
17 Jan 1976
Blondie release their debut single X Offender written by Debbie Harry and Gary Valentine
17 Jan 1977
KC releases Tommy Davis ends an 18-year career with 10 teams
17 Jan 1977
Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in the Utah state prison convicted of murder
17 Jan 1979
NY Islanders didnt get a shot off in 1 period against NY Rangers
17 Jan 1980
A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb prematurely detonates on a passenger train near Belfast killing three and injuring five (including the bombers)
17 Jan 1981
Philippino president Marcos ends state of siege
17 Jan 1982
Cold Sunday in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities
17 Jan 1983
10th American Music Awards John Cougar & Rick Springfield Olivia Newton-John
17 Jan 1983
Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens mostly Ghanaians
17 Jan 1984
Supreme Court rules (5-4) that private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws
17 Jan 1985
Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test (v England)
17 Jan 1986
Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
17 Jan 1986
2nd Sundance Film Festival Smooth Talk wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
17 Jan 1988
Teddy & Alice closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 77 performances
17 Jan 1988
The Fumble trailing 38-31 with 112 left in the AFC Championship Game the Browns Earnest Byner fumbled at the Denver 3-yard line sending the Broncos to their second consecutive Super Bowl appearance
17 Jan 1988
NFC Championship RFK Stadium Washington D.C. Washington Redskins beat Minnesota Vikings 17-10
17 Jan 1989
Gunman opens fire in California schoolyard 5 students slain 30 wounded
17 Jan 1989
Murden & Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis)
17 Jan 1989
Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat due to racial unrest in Miami
17 Jan 1990
5th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards Bobby Darin
17 Jan 1990
Dave Stewart signs record 3500000 per year Oak As contract
17 Jan 1990
Who Simon & Garfunkel 4 Seasons 4 Tops Hank Ballard Platters & The Kinks inducted into Clevelands Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
17 Jan 1991
Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title
17 Jan 1991
Andy Van Hellemond sets NHL record for most games worked by a referee when he appears in his 1173rd regular season encounter as the St. Louis Blues host the Montreal Canadiens
17 Jan 1991
Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father Olav V
17 Jan 1991
Operation Desert Storm begins with US-led coalition forces bombing Iraq during the Gulf War
17 Jan 1992
Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews)
17 Jan 1993
14th ACE Cable Awards Bravo wins the Golden CableACE for its dedication to films cultural arts and performing arts programming
17 Jan 1993
Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45)
17 Jan 1993
AFC Championship Joe Robbie Stadium Miami Buffalo Bills beat Miami Dolphins 29-10
17 Jan 1993
NFC Championship Candlestick Park SF Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers 30-20
17 Jan 1994
6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60 30B in damage
17 Jan 1995
Carousel closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 322 performances
17 Jan 1995
7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan and kills 5372
17 Jan 1995
Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win crickets World Series Cup
17 Jan 1995
LA Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis
17 Jan 1996
The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
17 Jan 1996
Iraq agrees to talks concerning a UN plan to allow for the Iraqi sale of 1 billion of oil proceeds from the sale would be used for humanitarian purposes
17 Jan 1999
The Miss NFC Championship Game Minnesota Viking Gary Anderson misses field goal fourth quarter allowing Atlanta Falcons to tie and eventually win in overtime despite becoming 1st kicker to finish the regular season without missing
17 Jan 1999
AFC Championship Mile High Stadium Denver Denver Broncos beat New York Jets 23-10
17 Jan 1999
NFC Championship Metrodome Minneapolis Atlanta Falcons beat Minnesota Vikings 30-27 (OT)
17 Jan 2001
President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis rank from Lieutenant to Captain
17 Jan 2001
OPEC agrees at a meeting of ministers in Vienna to reduce members oil production quotas by 1.5 million barrels per day
17 Jan 2002
Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo displacing an estimated 400000 people.
17 Jan 2007
Doomsday Clock set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Koreas 1st nuclear test
17 Jan 2010
A dragon boat from Chung Ling High School capsizes and collides with a tugboat amid strong currents in Penang Malaysia killing 6 people and injuring 12
17 Jan 2011
Sure Thing single released by Miguel (Billboard Song of the Year )
17 Jan 2013
106 people are massacred by Syrian army forces in Homs
17 Jan 2013
33 people are killed by a series of bombs across Iraq
17 Jan 2013
4 people are killed and over 2000 are evacuated after a massive flood hits Jakarta Indonesia
17 Jan 2013
8 people are killed in a plane crash in Chiapas Mexico
17 Jan 2013
Japan unveils plans to build the worlds largest wind farm near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
17 Jan 2014
21 people are killed in a suicide bombing in a restaurant in Kabul Afghanistan
17 Jan 2015
American boxer Deontay Wilder wins the WBC heavyweight championship by unanimous decision over Bermane Stiverne at MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas Wilder first American to hold a heavyweight title since Shannon Briggs in 2007
17 Jan 2017
Nigerian military mistakely bomb refugee camp killing more than 70 in Rann Borno state
17 Jan 2017
Search for missing aircraft MH370 over the Indian Ocean is called off
17 Jan 1920
First day of prohibition of alcohol comes into effect in the US as a result of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution
17 Jan 1937
LPGA Titleholders Championship Womens Golf Augusta CC Patty Berg wins inaugural event by 3 strokes ahead of Dorothy Kirby
17 Jan 1971
Super Bowl V Miami Orange Bowl Miami FL Baltimore Colts beat Dallas Cowboys 16-13 MVP Chuck Howley Dallas LB
17 Jan 1977
NFL Pro Bowl Seattle Kingdome AFC beats NFC 24-14 MVP Mel Blount Pittsburgh Steelers CB
17 Jan 1999
AFC Championship Mile High Stadium Denver Denver Broncos beat New York Jets 23-10 features infamous The Miss Vikings PK Gary Anderson misses field goal late 4th quarter
17 Jan 2019
China executes Cai Dongjia the countrys godfather of crystal meth from Boshe Guangdong
17 Jan 2019
Indian spiritual leader Ram Rahim Singh and two aides sentenced to life in prison for murdering journalist who exposed sexual abuse at the sect
17 Jan 2019
Car bomb in Bogota Colombia outside the National Police Academy kills at least 8 and injures 41
17 Jan 1949
Radio series The Goldbergs by Gertrude Berg premieres on US TV on CBS
17 Jan 1986
Tim Witherspoon beats defending champion Tony Tubbs by majority decision in 15 rounds at The Omni Atlanta for WBA heavyweight boxing title
17 Jan 2017
Nigerian military mistakenly bomb refugee camp killing more than 70 in Rann Borno state
17 Jan 1885
Battle of Abu Klea (Battle of Abu Tulayh) Sudan British Desert Column defeat Mahdist forces 76 British and 1100 Mahdists killed
17 Jan 1980
Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb prematurely detonates on a passenger train near Belfast kills three and injuring five (including the bombers)
17 Jan 1980
Roger Sessions 9th Symphony his last premieres in Syracuse New York with Christopher Keene conducting the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
17 Jan 2021
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is arrested immediately on his return to Russia after recovering from nerve-agent poisoning [1]
17 Jan 1915
Jerome Kern and Harry B. Smiths musical Love o Mike opens at the Shubert Theatre (later transferring to the Maxine Elliott and Casino theatres) NYC runs for 233 performances
17 Jan 1952
NFL Draft Bill Wade QB University of Vanderbilt 1 pick by Los Angeles Rams
17 Jan 1961
US President Dwight Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congos Patrice Lumumba
17 Jan 1781
Battle of Cowpens American revolutionary forces led by Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat the British under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton in a decisive double envelopment near the town of Cowpens a turning point in the American reconquest of South Carolina
17 Jan 1864
General James Longstreets command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem Tennessee
17 Jan 1946
United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting at Westminster Central Hall in Westminster England
17 Jan 1990
MLB pitcher Dave Stewart signs record 3500000 per year Oakland As contract
17 Jan 2019
Car bomb in Bogot Colombia outside the National Police Academy kills at least 8 and injures 41
17 Jan 2023
Italys most wanted mobster Matteo Messina Denaro arrested at a private clinic in Palermo after being on the run for 30 years [1]
17 Jan 2023
Revival of 1980s American TV sitcom Night Court premieres on NBC TV John Larrquette is the sole returning cast member
17 Jan 1936
King Vidor is elected as first president of the newly formed Screen Directors Guild in Hollywood
17 Jan 2024
In a major victory Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals upholds a lower court decision to block key provisions of HB 900 Texass controversial book rating law [1]
17 Jan 1656
Frederick William I of Brandenburg and King Charles X Gustav of Sweden sign the Treaty of Knigsberg
17 Jan 1871
First cable car is patented by Andrew Smith Hallidie in the US (begins service in 1873)
17 Jan 1882
First Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens her practice
17 Jan 1928
First fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented
17 Jan 1929
Popeye makes his first appearance in the comic strip Thimble Theatre
17 Jan 1955
US submarine Nautilus begins first nuclear-powered test voyage
17 Jan 1968
Al Pacino stars in The Indian Wants the Bronx at the Astor Place Theatre winning an Obie Award for Best Actor
17 Jan 1995
NFL Los Angeles Rams announce that they are moving to St. Louis Missouri
17 Jan 2023
Revival of 1980s American TV sitcom Night Court premieres on NBC TV John Larroquette is the sole returning cast member
17 Jan 2025
Earliest evidence for a human transport vehicle is uncovered with drag marks made by travoislong pieces of wood loaded with goods and dragged22000 years old at White Sands New Mexico [1]
17 Jan 2025
Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Nedeljkovic becomes first goalie in NHL history to have a goal and an assist in same game during 5-2 road win over the Buffalo Sabres
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