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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 NYC 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 LA 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 - US led allies vs Iraq
January 17, 1991 Operation Desert Storm: 1st US pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn)
January 17, 1990 5th Rock & 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 & Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters &
January 17, 1990 Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock & 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 & 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 & Alice" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC 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 oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs
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 against New York Rangers
January 17, 1979 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran
January 17, 1979 USSR 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, 1975 Ben arrives
January 17, 1974 Styne, Comdem & Green's musical "Lorelei," premieres in NYC
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: Balt Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami Superbowl
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 & 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 SF 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 NYC 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, 1952 e arrives
January 17, 1951 China refuses cease-fire in Korea
January 17, 1950 "Alive & Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 46 perfs
January 17, 1950 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities
January 17, 1948 Netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire
January 17, 1948 Trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in NYC
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 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 NY Giants
January 17, 1934 Electric Home & Farm Authority incorporated
January 17, 1934 NY 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 Assn (PGA) forms in NYC
January 17, 1915 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens
January 17, 1915 Russia occupies Bukovina & 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 NYC
January 17, 1905 Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer & C G Scannell, Chicago
January 17, 1904 On his birthday, 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 -17øF (-27øC), 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 -Jan 22nd) BBT Ft Henry, TN 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 & 300 US 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 (66ø 33' S)
January 17, 1757 German Diet declares war on Prussia
January 17, 1746 Battle of Falkirk, Scotland-Edward I defeats & massacres Scots
January 17, 1718 Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switz; kills 53
January 17, 1656 Brandenburg & Sweden sign Treaty of K”nigsberg
January 17, 1601 France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & 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