17 Januar
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The 17t o Januar is the 17t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 348 days ti come (349 in lowp years).
Events[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 395 - The Roman Empire is split intae East an Wast.
- 1893 - A coup in Hawaii removes Queen Liliuokalani frae power.
- 1912 - Robert Falcon Scott an his team reach the Sooth Pole a month efter Roald Amundsen. They die on the return journey.
- 1913 - Raymond Poincaré is electit Preses o Fraunce.
- 1920 - Alcohol Prohibition enters intae force in the Unitit States.
- 1961 - Congolese politeecian Patrice Lumumba is murdered.
- 1972 - Bangladesh gets its current flag.
- 1991 - Operation Desert Storm begins in the Gulf War in order tae get Iraq's forces oot o Kuwait.
- 1991 - Harald V o Norawa acomes Keeng.
- 1994 - Yirdquauk in Northridge, Californie.
- 1995 - Yirdquauk in Kobe, Japan.
- 2002 - The Nyiragongo volcanic eruption in the Democratic Republic o the Congo kills 147 fowk.
Births[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 1504 − Pius V, Pape (d. 1572)
- 1706 - Benjamin Franklin, American statesman an polymath (d. 1790)
- 1863 - David Lloyd George, Welsh politeecian, Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick (d. 1945)
- 1899 - Al Capone, American gangster (d. 1947)
- 1922 - Betty White, American actress
- 1927 - Eartha Kitt, American sangster (d. 2008)
- 1931 - James Earl Jones, American actor
- 1931 - Douglas Wilder, American politeecian
- 1942 - Muhammad Ali, American boxer
- 1943 - René Préval, former Preses o Haiti
- 1949 - Gyude Bryant, Liberian politeecian (d. 2014)
- 1956 − Damian Green, Inglis politeecian
- 1962 - Jim Carrey, Canadian actor an comedian
- 1964 - Michelle Obama, First Lady o the Unitit States
- 1984 - Calvin Harris, Scots DJ an musician
Daiths[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 395 - Theodosius I, Roman Emperor (b. 347)
- 1598 - Tsar Feodor I o Roushie (b. 1557)
- 1893 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19t Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1822)
- 1961 - Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politeecian (b. 1925)
- 1991 - Keeng Olav V o Norawa (b. 1903)
- 1997 - Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (b. 1906)
- 2008 - Bobby Fischer, American-Icelandic chess player (b. 1943)
- 2015 - Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress (b. 1931)
Halidays[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Naitional Day (Minorca)
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