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January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September January 2004: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2003: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2002: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2001: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2000: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 348 days remaining until the end of the year (349 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

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Events

• 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. Year 38 BC was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was Livia Drusilla, after 14 AD called Julia Augusta ( Classical Latin: LIVIA•DRVSILLA IVLIA•AVGVSTA (58 BC-29 AD was the wife of
• 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca. Alfonso III (1265 &ndash 18 June 1291) called the Liberal ( el Liberal) or the Free (also "the Frank" from Minorca ( Catalan and Spanish: Menorca; from Latin Balearis Minor, later Minorica "minor island" is one of the
• 1377 - Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon. See also Vicedomino de Vicedominis, a pope-elect who took the name Gregory XI. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Avignon (/aviɲɔ̃/ in French) ( Provençal: Avinhon in classical norm or Avignoun in Mistralian norm is a commune
• 1524 - Beginning of Giovanni da Verrazzano's voyage to find a passage to China. Giovanni da Verrazzano (c 1485 &ndash c 1528 was an Italian Explorer of North America, in the service of the French crown. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
• 1562 - France recognizes the Huguenots under the Edict of Saint-Germain. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France (or French Calvinists) from the sixteenth to the eighteenth The Edict of Saint-Germain was an Edict of toleration promulgated by the Regent Catherine de' Medici, in January 1562
• 1595 - Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. Henry IV (Henri IV ( 13 December 1553 &ndash 14 May 1610) ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and as Henry III Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1605 - First publication of Don Quixote. es '''''Don Quixote''''' (, see spelling and pronunciation below fully titled es '''''El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha''''' ("The Ingenious Hidalgo Don
• 1648 - England's Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament called by Charles I, on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. The Vote of No Addresses was a key event in the English Civil War. Charles I, (19 November 1600 &ndash 30 January 1649 was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. The English Civil War (1642-1651 was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists.
• 1773 - Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle. Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Captain James Cook FRS RN ( – 14 February 1779) was an English Explorer, Navigator and
• 1781 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens - Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The Colonial force The Colonial forces were commanded by Brigadier-General Daniel Morgan. Daniel Morgan (c 1735 &ndash July 6 1802) was an American pioneer soldier and United States Representative from Virginia. General Sir Banastre Tarleton 1st Baronet, GCB ( 21 August 1754 &ndash 16 January 1833) was a British South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America.
• 1799 - Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots were executed. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands Dun Mikiel Xerri ( Żebbuġ, 29 September 1737 - 17 January 1799) was a Maltese patriot
• 1852 - The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Boer (ˈbuːr in Dutch ˈbʊɚ/ /boʊɚ or /ˈbɔr/ in English is the Dutch word for Farmer which came to denote the descendants of the proto Afrikaans For the Russian theme park see Transvaal Park. The Transvaal (Afrikaans lit
• 1873 - First Battle of the Stronghold in the United States Modoc War. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The First Battle of the Stronghold ( January 17, 1873) was the second battle in the Modoc War of 1872&ndash1873 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Modoc War, or Modoc Campaign (also known as the Lava Beds War) was an armed conflict between the Native American Modoc tribe and the
• 1885 - A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Darvesh or Dervish ( Arabic and Persian: درویش) as it is known in European languages refers to members of Sufi The Battle of Abu Klea took place between the dates of January 16 and January 18, 1885, at Abu Klea Sudan, between the British Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa.
• 1893 - The Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston overthrows the government of Queen Liliuokalani of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Committee of Safety, formally the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, was a 13-member council composed of American Hawaiian and European Hawaiian traitors but a majority Lorrin Andrews Thurston (1857–1931 was a lawyer born and raised in the Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i who published the Pacific Commercial Advertiser (forerunner Liliuokalani ( September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) born Lydia Liliu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaeha, was the last The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of O{{okina}}ahu,
• 1899 - The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a Coral atoll having a Coastline of 12 miles (19 kilometers in the North Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions
• 1904 - Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( –) (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) was a Russian short-story writer and Playwright, considered to be one The Cherry Orchard (Вишнëвый сад or Vishniovy sad in Russian) is Russian Playwright Anton Chekhov 's last Moscow Art Theatre ( Russian: Московский Художественный Академический Театр МХАТ is a theatre company in Moscow
• 1912 - Sir Robert Falcon Scott (Scott of the Antarctic) reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth. Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (ˈɾuːɑl ˈɑmʉnsən ( July 16, 1872 – c
• 1913 - Raymond Poincaré is elected President of France. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Raymond Poincaré (20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934 was a French conservative Statesman who served as Prime Minister of France on five The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected
• 1917 - The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The United States Virgin Islands is a group of Islands in the Caribbean that are an Insular area of the United States.
• 1929 - Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. Elzie Crisler Segar ( December 8, 1894 &ndash October 13, 1938) was an American Cartoonist, best known as the creator of Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist
• 1941 - Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
• 1945 - Soviet forces capture the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland.
• 1945 - The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German "Auschwitz" redirects here For the town see Oświęcim Auschwitz-Birkenau () was the largest of Nazi Germany
• 1945 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappears in Hungary while in Soviet custody. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Raoul Wallenberg (August 4 1912 &ndash July 17 1947? was a Swedish Humanitarian of the prominent Swedish Wallenberg family who worked in Budapest Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic
• 1946 - The UN Security Council holds its first session. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1949 - The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Goldbergs was a comedy-drama broadcast from 1929 to 1946 on American Radio and later seen as a television Situation comedy (1949-56 Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic
• 1950 - The Great Brinks Robbery - 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company's offices in Boston, Massachusetts. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Great Brink's Robbery was an armed Robbery of the Brinks Building in Boston Massachusetts, USA on January 17, 1950.
• 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". Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general A military-industrial complex (MIC is a concept commonly used to refer to Policy relationships between Governments national Armed forces, and industrial
• 1966 - A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping four 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea in the Palomares hydrogen bombs incident. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Teller–Ulam design is a Nuclear weapon design which is used in Megaton -range Thermonuclear weapons and is more colloquially referred to as "the The Palomares hydrogen bombs incident occurred on January 17 1966 when a B-52G bomber of the USAF Strategic Air Command collided with a KC-135
• 1973 - Ferdinand Marcos becomes "President for Life" of the Philippines. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralín Marcos ( September 11, 1917 &ndash September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
• 1977 - Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a ten-year moratorium on Capital punishment in the United States. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Gary Mark Gilmore ( December 4, 1940 — January 17, 1977) was an American Criminal and Spree killer Execution by firing squad is a method of Capital punishment, particularly common in times of war The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment.
• 1982 - "Cold Sunday" in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) "Cold Sunday" was a meteorological event which took place on January 17, 1982, when unprecedentedly cold air swept down from Canada The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1983 - BBC Breakfast Time launched at 6:30am on BBC One. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Breakfast Time was British television 's first national Breakfast show, beating ITV 's TV-am to the air by two weeks BBC Radio Devon and BBC Radio Cornwall launched on the same day.
• 1985 - British Telecom announces the retirement of the United Kingdom's red telephone boxes. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) BT Group plc (formerly British Telecommunications plc) which trades as BT (ˌbiːˈtiː bee tee) (previously known as British Telecom and still The red telephone box, a public telephone kiosk designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, is a familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom, Malta
• 1989 - Stockton massacre: Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland Elementary School playground, killing five children and wounding 29 others and one teacher before taking his own life. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Stockton massacre was an incident of Mass murder that occurred on January 17, 1989, at Cleveland Patrick Edward Purdy (? – January 17 1989) was a Mass murderer who killed 5 children all Southeast Asian refugees and wounded 30 others in An assault rifle is a Selective fire Rifle or Carbine (not to be confused with a semi-automatic only replica firing Ammunition with muzzle
• 1991 - Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Scud is a series of Tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War and exported widely to other countries For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.
• 1991 - Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V. Childhood and education When Prince Harald was born in Skaugum he was the first heir to the throne of Norway to be born in Norway for several hundred years Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Olav V (2 July 1903 &ndash 17 January 1991 was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death
• 1994 - 1994 Northridge Earthquake: A magnitude 6. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) 7 earthquake hits Northridge, California. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer Northridge is a community in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles California, United States.
• 1995 - The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Great Hanshin Earthquake, or Kobe earthquake as it is more commonly known outside of Japan, was an Earthquake in Japan that occurred on Tuesday 3 earthquake hits near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1
• 1996 - The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in
• 1997 - A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Basic concept of GPS operation A GPS receiver calculates its position by carefully timing the signals sent by the constellation of GPS Satellites high above the Earth
• 1998 - Paula Jones accuses President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Paula Corbin Jones (born Paula Rosalee Corbin on September 17, 1966, in Lonoke Arkansas) is a former Arkansas state employee who William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States
• 2001 - President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Meriwether Lewis ( August 18, 1774 &ndash October 11, 1809) was an American Explorer, Soldier, and public administrator Lieutenant (abbreviated Lt or Lieut) is a Military, Naval, Paramilitary, Fire service, Emergency medical services See " Captain " for other versions of this rank In the uniformed services of the United States, captain is a federal
• 2002 - Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Mount Nyiragongo is a Stratovolcano in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Great Rift Valley. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to
• 2007 - The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock face maintained since 1947 by the board of directors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the University North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia,

Births

• 1463 - Friedrich III, Elector of Saxony (d. Frederick III Elector of Saxony ( 17 January 1463 &ndash 5 May 1525) also known as Frederick the Wise, was Elector 1525)
• 1484 - George Spalatin, German reformer (d. Georg(e Spalatin was the Pseudonym taken by Georg Burkhardt ( January 17, 1484 &ndash January 16, 1545) an important 1545)
• 1501 - Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (d. Leonhart Fuchs ( 17 January 1501 &ndash 10 May 1566) sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs, was a German Physician 1566)
• 1504 - Pope Pius V (d. Pope 1572)
• 1560 - Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. Gaspard Bauhin, or Caspar Bauhin ( January 17, 1560 – December 5, 1624) was a Swiss Botanist who wrote 1624)
• 1600 - Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Spanish playwright (d. Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Henao ( January 17, 1600 &ndash May 25, 1681) was a Dramatist of the Spanish Golden 1681)
• 1612 - Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English Civil War general (d. Thomas Fairfax 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (17 January 1612 &ndash 12 November 1671 was a general and parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War. 1671)
• 1666 - Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist (d. Antonio Maria Valsalva ( Imola, January 17, 1666 – Bologna, February 2, 1723) was an Italian Anatomist 1723)
• 1686 - Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (d. Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Archibald Bower ( January 17, 1686 - September 3, 1766) was a Scottish Historian. 1766)
• 1706 - Benjamin Franklin American statesman (d. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Benjamin Franklin ( April 17 1790 was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. 1790)
• 1712 - John Stanley, English composer (d. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1712 ( MDCCXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Charles John Stanley ( January 17, 1712 &ndash May 19, 1786) was an English Composer and Organist. 1786)
• 1719 - William Vernon, American merchant (d. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a William Vernon ( January 17, 1719 &ndash December 22, 1806) of Newport Rhode Island was a New England trader who played 1806)
• 1732 - Stanislaw II August Poniatowski, King and Grand Duke of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Stanisław II August Poniatowski (born Count Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; January 17 1732 – February 12 1798 was the last King 1798)
• 1734 - François-Joseph Gossec, Belgian composer (d. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1734 ( MDCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a François-Joseph Gossec ( January 17, 1734 — February 16, 1829) was a Belgian composer of operas string quartets symphonies 1829)
• 1761 - James Hall, Scottish geologist (d. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sir James Hall of Dunglass 4th Baronet ( January 17, 1761 - June 23, 1832) was a geologist and Geophysicist, born at 1832)
• 1789 - August Neander, German theologian (d. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johann August Wilhelm Neander ( January 17, 1789 - July 14, 1850) was a German theologian and church historian 1850)
• 1814 - 'Mrs Henry Wood', English novelist (d. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mrs Ellen Wood (née Price) ( January 17, 1814 – February 10, 1887) was an English Novelist, better known 1887)
• 1820 - Anne Brontë, British author (d. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Anne Brontë (ˈbrɒnti (17 January 1820 &ndash 28 May 1849 was a British Novelist and Poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family 1849)
• 1828 - Eduard Remenyi, Hungarian violinist (d. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Eduard Remenyi, Reményi Ede, born Eduard Hoffmann ( January 17, 1828, Miskolc, Hungary – May 15, 1898 1898)
• 1828 - Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War general (d. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lewis Addison Grant ( January 17, 1828 &ndash March 20, 1918) was a teacher lawyer soldier in the Union Army during the American 1918)
• 1831 - Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Elisabeth Franziska Maria Archduchess of Austria Princess of Hungary and Bohemia ( 17 January 1831, Ofen Hungary - 14 February 1903 1903)
• 1832 - Henry Martyn Baird, American educationalist (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Henry Martyn Baird (1832-1906 American Historian and educationalist was a son of Robert Baird (1798-1863 a Presbyterian preacher and author 1906)
• 1834 - August Weismann, German biologist (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Friedrich Leopold August Weismann (Birth January 17, 1834 in Frankfurt am Main; Death 1914)
• 1850 - Aleksandr Taneyev, Russian composer (d. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Alexander Sergeievich Taneyev (Russian Алексáндр Сергéевич Танéев also transliterated as Taneiev Tanaiev Taneieff and Taneyeff in English January 17 1918)
• 1851 - A. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Arthur Burdett Frost (January 17 1851 - June 22 1928 was an early American illustrator graphic artist and comics writer 1928)
• 1853 - Alva Belmont, American socialite (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Alva Erskine Belmont ( January 17, 1853 – January 26, 1933) née Alva Erskine Smith, also called (1875–96 Alva Vanderbilt 1933)
• 1857 - Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Eugène Augustin Lauste ( 17 January 1857 in Montmartre, France - 27 June 1935 in Montclair New Jersey) was 1935)
• 1857 - Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wilhelm Kienzl ( 17 January, 1857 &ndash 19 October, 1941) was an Austrian Opera Composer. 1941)
• 1858 - Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian writer (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Tomás Carrasquilla Naranjo (1858 - 1940 was a Colombian writer who lived among two centuries in the region of Antioquia. 1940)
• 1860 - Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Douglas Hyde (Dubhghlas de hÍde Pseudonym An Craoibhín Aoibhinn) (17 January 1860 &ndash 12 July 1949 was an Anglo-Irish scholar of the Irish language The President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ is the Head of state of Ireland. 1949)
• 1863 - David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common David Lloyd George 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor OM, PC (17 January 1863 &ndash 26 March 1945 was a British Statesman and the only The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1945)
• 1863 - Constantin Stanislavski, Russian theatre practitioner (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski (Константин Theatre practitioner is a modern term to describe someone who both creates theatrical Performances and who produces a theoretical Discourse that 1938)
• 1865 - Gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year General Sir Charles Fergusson 7th Baronet GCMG, KCB, DSO, MVO ( 17 January 1865 &ndash 20 February 1951)
• 1867 - Carl Laemmle, German-born film executive (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting This article is about Carl Laemmle the founder of Universal Pictures. 1939)
• 1871 - David Earl Beatty British admiral (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Admiral of the Fleet David Beatty 1st Earl Beatty GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (17 January 1871 – 11 March 1936 was an Admiral 1936)
• 1871 - Nicolae Iorga, Romanian writer (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nicolae Iorga (his name may also be rendered as Nicolas Jorga in foreign works January 17, 1871, Botoşani – November 27, 1940)
• 1875 - Florencio Sánchez, Uruguayan dramatist (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Florencio Sánchez ( January 17, 1875 – November 7, 1910) was a Uruguayan Playwright. Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America 1910)
• 1877 - May Gibbs, Australian children's author (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Cecilia May Gibbs MBE ( 17 January 1877 &ndash 27 November 1969) was an Australian children's author illustrator and 1969)
• 1880 - Mack Sennett, Canadian film director (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Mack Sennett ( January 17, 1880 &ndash November 5, 1960) was an Academy Award -winning director and was known as the innovator 1960)
• 1881 - Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Antoni Marian Łomnicki (b January 17, 1881 in Lwów (now Lviv - July 4, 1941 in Lemberg) (now Lviv was a Polish 1941)
• 1882 - Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Noah Beery ( January 17 1882 – April 1 1946) was an American actor 1946)
• 1883 - Sir Compton Mackenzie, Scottish novelist (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie ( January 17, 1883, West Hartlepool, England – November 30, 1972 in Edinburgh 1972)
• 1886 - Ronald Firbank, British novelist (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank ( 17 January 1886 - 21 May 1926) was a British Novelist. 1926)
• 1886 - Glenn L. Martin, American aviation pioneer (d. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glenn Luther Martin ( January 17, 1886 - December 5, 1955) was an aviation pioneer 1955)
• 1897 - Marcel Petiot, French mass murderer (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot (January 17 1897 – May 25 1946 was a French doctor and Serial killer convicted of multiple Murders after the discovery 1946)
• 1899 - Al Capone, American gangster (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who 1947)
• 1899 - Nevil Shute, English author (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nevil Shute Norway ( 17 January 1899 - 12 January 1960) was both a popular novelist and a successful aeronautical engineer 1960)
• 1901 - Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-born philosopher (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Aron Gurwitsch ( January 17, 1901 – June 25, 1973) was a Lithuanian born Jewish American Philosopher working 1973)
• 1903 - Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Assamese poet, playwright, film maker (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Jyoti Prasad Agarwala (1903-1953 ( Assamese: জ্যোতিপ্ৰসাদ আগৰৱালা was a playwright songwriter poet 1953)
• 1905 - Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Guillermo Stábile ( January 17, 1905 - December 27, 1966) born in Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires was a Argentine 1966)
• 1905 - Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Peggy Gilbert, born Margaret F Knechtges ( January 17, 1905 &ndash February 12, 2007) was an American Jazz 2007)
• 1905 - Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Raymond Lee Cunningham ( January 17 1905 &ndash July 30 2005) was an American Third baseman in Major League Baseball 2005)
• 1907 - Henk Badings, Dutch composer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Henk Badings ( Bandung, Java, January 17, 1907 - Maarheeze, June 26, 1987) was a Dutch composer 1987)
• 1908 - Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Constantine "Cus" D'Amato ( January 17, 1908 &ndash November 4, 1985) was a boxing manager and trainer who handled the careers 1985)
• 1911 - George Joseph Stigler, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year George Joseph Stigler ( January 17, 1911 December 1, 1991) was a U The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1991)
• 1914 - William Stafford, American poet and essayist (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William Stafford may refer to William Stafford (poet, American poet William Stafford (1500-1565, courtier to Henry VIII and Edward VI 1993)
• 1914 - Anacleto Angelini, Chilean businessman (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Anacleto Angelini Fabbri ( January 17 1914 &ndash August 28 2007) was an Italian born Chilean businessman 2007)
• 1914 - Irving Brecher, American Screenwriter
• 1917 - M. G. Ramachandran, Indian politician, actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Irving Brecher (b January 17 1914, in New York City New York) enjoyed early success as a Screenwriter for the Marx Brothers; he Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran Menon ( Tamil: மருதூர் கோபால இராமச்சந்திரன் Malayalam:മരുതൂര് 1987)
• 1917 - Ramón Cardemil, Chilean huaso (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Ramón Cardemil Moraga ( 17 January 1917 &ndash 8 September 2007) was a Chilean rodeo Horse rider, considered 2007)
• 1918 - Keith Joseph, British politician (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Keith Sinjohn Joseph Baron Joseph, CH, PC ( 17 January 1918 &ndash 10 December 1994) was a British Barrister 1994)
• 1921 - Antonio Prohias, Cuban cartoonist (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar 1998)
• 1922 - Luis Echeverría Álvarez, President of Mexico
• 1922 - Nicholas Katzenbach, American politician
• 1922 - Betty White, American actress
• 1923 - Carol Raye, Australian actress
• 1925 - Robert Cormier, American author (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Luis Echeverría Álvarez (born January 17, 1922) served as President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976 The Constitutional Citizen President of the United Mexican States (the official title in Spanish is Ciudadano Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach (born January 17, 1922) is an American lawyer who served as United States Attorney General during the Lyndon Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922) is a film and television actress with a career spanning 60 years Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carol Raye (born Kathleen Mary Corkery 17 January 1923, London, England) is an Australian based theatre and Television Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Edmund Cormier ( January 17, 1925 – November 2, 2000) was an American author Columnist, and newspaper reporter 2000)
• 1925 - Abdul Kardar, Pakistani cricketer
• 1925 - Edgar Ray Killen, American convict, former preacher and K.K.K. member
• 1926 - Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and statesman
• 1926 - Moira Shearer, Scottish actress (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Edgar Ray "Preacher" Killen (born 17 January 1925) is an American former Ku Klux Klan organizer who conspired to kill three Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Newton Norman Minow (born January 17, 1926) is an American Attorney and former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Moira Shearer Lady Kennedy ( 17 January, 1926 &ndash 31 January, 2006) was an internationally famous Scottish ballet dancer 2006)
• 1927 - Dr Tom Dooley, American humanitarian (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tom Dooley or Thomas Dooley may refer to Tom Dooley (humanitarian (1927-1961 American humanitarian who worked in Laos and Vietnam 1961)
• 1927 - Norman Kaye, Australian actor and musician (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norman James Kaye (17 January 1927 &ndash 28 May 2007 was an Australian actor and Musician. 2007)
• 1927 - Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer
• 1928 - Jean Barraqué, French composer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Eartha Mae Kitt (born on January 17 1927) is an American actress, Singer, and Cabaret star Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean-Henri-Alphonse Barraqué ( January 17, 1928 &ndash August 17, 1973) was a French Composer and writer on music who 1973)
• 1928 - Vidal Sassoon, English cosmetologist
• 1929 - Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Vidal Sassoon (born January 17, 1928) is a British Hairdresser and businessman Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Jacques Omer "Jake the Snake" Plante ( January 17, 1929 – February 27, 1986) was a Canadian professional Ice hockey 1986)
• 1930 - Eddie LeBaron, American football player
• 1931 - James Earl Jones, American actor
• 1931 - L. Douglas Wilder, 66th Governor of Virginia
• 1931 - Don Zimmer, American baseball coach
• 1932 - Sheree North, American actress (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Wayne LeBaron Jr (born January 7, 1930 in San Rafael, California) is a former American football Quarterback in Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American Actor of Film and stage well known for his deep basso Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American Politician and was the first African American to be elected The Governor of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term Donald William Zimmer (born January 17, 1931 in Cincinnati Ohio) is a former Infielder, manager, and a coach in Major League Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Sheree North ( January 17, 1932 – November 4, 2005) was a two-time Emmy Award -nominated American actress 2005)
• 1933 - Dalida, French singer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dalida ( January 17, 1933 &ndash May 3, 1987) was an Egyptian born singer of Italian origin who lived most of her 1987)
• 1933 - Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, KBE ( صدرالّدين آغا خان,) (17 January 1933 &ndash 12 May 2003 served as United Nations High Commissioner 2003)
• 1933 - Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Shari Lewis (born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz; January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998) was a Jewish American 1998)
• 1935 - Ruth Ann Minner, Governor of Delaware
• 1939 - Maury Povich, American talk show host
• 1940 - Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan runner
• 1941 - Dame Gillian Weir, New Zealand organist
• 1942 - Muhammad Ali, American boxer
• 1942 - Ita Buttrose, Australian journalist and businesswoman
• 1942 - Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist
• 1942 - Nancy Parsons, American actress (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ruth Ann Minner (born January 17 1935) is an American Politician and Businesswoman from Milford, in Kent County The Governor of Delaware is the executive officer of the US state of Delaware. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maurice Richard "Maury" Povich (born January 17, 1939) is an American TV Talk show personality who currently hosts Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kipchoge ("Kip" Keino (born January 17, 1940) chairman of the Kenyan Olympic Committee (KOC is a retired Kenyan athlete and Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dame Gillian Constance Weir DBE (born 17 January 1941) is an internationally-renowned Organist. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Biography Early life Cassius Clay Jr was born on January 17 1942 Ita Clare Buttrose AO OBE (born 17 January, 1942) is an Australian journalist and businesswoman Ulf Hoelscher is a Violinist born in Germany in 1943 Soloist with the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Wiener Symphoniker the BBC Symphony Orchestra Nancy Anne Parsons ( January 17, 1942 - January 5, 2001) was an American Actress. 2001)
• 1943 - René Préval, President of Haiti
• 1943 - Geoffrey Deuel, American actor
• 1943 - Chris Montez, American singer
• 1944 - Françoise Hardy, French singer
• 1945 - Javed Akhtar, Indian lyricist, poet and scriptwriter
• 1946 - Michèle Deslauriers, Quebec actress
• 1948 - Davíð Oddsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland
• 1948 - Jim Ladd, American freeform (radio format) Disc Jockey
• 1948 - Anne Queffélec, French pianist
• 1949 - Mick Taylor, British musician (The Rolling Stones)
• 1949 - Andy Kaufman, American comedian (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. René Garcia Préval ( IPA: /ʀəne pʀeval/ (born January 17, 1943) is a Haitian politician and Agronomist who has been The President of Haiti is the Head of state of the Republic of Haiti. WikipediaPersondata --> Geoffrey Jacob Deuel ( January 17, 1943) is an American Actor. Chris Montez (born Ezekiel Christopher Montanez, January 17 1943, Los Angeles, California) is a Mexican American Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Françoise Madeleine Hardy fʁɑ̃swaz aʁˈdi (born January 17, 1944 in Paris) is a French Singer, actress and Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Javed Akhtar ( Urdu: جاوید اختر; Hindi: जावेद अख़्तर born Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michèle Deslauriers (born Quebec, January 17, 1946) is a Canadian Actress. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Davíð Oddsson (IPA ˈɔtsɔn (born 17 January 1948 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic politician and the longest-serving Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Iceland (Forsætisráðherra Íslands is Iceland 's Head of government. Jim Ladd (born January 15 1948) an American Disc jockey, Radio producer and Writer, is one of the few notable remaining Freeform, or freeform radio, is a Radio station programming format in which the Disc jockey is given total control over Anne Queffélec (born January 17 1948) is a French Pianist, born in Paris. Michael "Mick" Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) is an English Musician best known as a Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman (January 17 1949 &ndash May 16 1984 was an American Entertainer, Actor and Performance artist While often referred 1984)
• 1952 - Darrell Porter, American baseball player (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Darrell Ray Porter ( January 17 1952 – August 5 2002) was a former American Catcher in Major League Baseball 2002)
• 1952 - Larry Fortensky, seventh husband of Elizabeth Taylor
• 1952 - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician
• 1954 - Susan Kiefel, Australian lawyer and judge
• 1954 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American lawyer and environmental activist
• 1955 - Steve Earle, American musician
• 1956 - Paul Young, English musician
• 1957 - Keith Chegwin, English television presenter
• 1957 - Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian and radio personality
• 1959 - Susanna Hoffs, American musician
• 1959 - Momoe Yamaguchi, Japanese singer and actress
• 1960 - John Crawford, American musician
• 1960 - Chili Davis, Jamaican-born American baseball player
• 1960 - Chatchai Plengpanich, Thai actor
• 1961 - Brian Helgeland, American writer and film director
• 1961 - Maia Chiburdanidze, Russian women's Chess grandmaster
• 1962 - Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1962 - Sebastian Junger, American journalist and author
• 1963 - Kai Hansen, German singer and guitarist (Gamma Ray)
• 1964 - Andy Rourke, English bass guitarist (The Smiths)
• 1964 - Michelle Obama, wife of Barack Obama
• 1965 - Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 - Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer
• 1966 - Stephin Merritt, American singer and songwriter (The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths, The Gothic Archies)
• 1966 - Joshua Malina, American actor
• 1966 - Shabba Ranks, Jamaican singer
• 1967 - Richard Hawley, English singer, guitarist and songwriter (Pulp, The Longpigs)
• 1967 - Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Lawrence Lee "Larry" Fortensky (born 17 January 1952) is a former Teamster who became Elizabeth Taylor 's seventh husband from Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Susan Mary Kiefel QC (born 17 January 1954) is a judge of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Robert Francis Kennedy Jr (born January 17, 1954 in Washington D Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Stephen 'Steve' Fain Earle (ɝl is an American Singer-songwriter, well known for his rock and Country music, as well as his political views Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English pop musician Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Keith "Cheggers" Chegwin (born 17 January 1957 in Bootle) is an English Television presenter, former Child actor Broderick Steven "Steve" Harvey (born January 17, 1956 in Welch West Virginia) is an American Comedian, Actor The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American Vocalist, Guitarist and Actress best known as a member of Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Crawford (born John Buckner Crawford on January 17, 1960) is a singer/songwriter whose efforts with the band Berlin were an essential part of Charles Theodore "Chili" Davis, nicknamed "Jamaican Sensation" (born January 17, 1960 in Kingston Jamaica) is a former Outfielder Chatchai Plengpanich (ฉัตรชัย เปล่งพานิช born January 17, 1960) is a Thai film and television actor Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brian Helgeland (born January 17, 1961 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a Norwegian-American movie Writer Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maia Chiburdanidze (მაია ჩიბურდანიძე born January 17, 1961) is a Georgian Chess grandmaster, and the Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Eugene Redmond "Jim" Carrey (born January 17 1962 is a Canadian-American Film actor and Comedian. Sebastian Junger (born January 17 1962 in Belmont Massachusetts) is an American Author and Journalist, most famous for Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kai Michael Hansen (born January 17, 1963, in Hamburg, West Germany) is a Power metal Guitarist and Vocalist Gamma Ray is a Power metal band from north Germany, founded by former Helloween Guitarist, singer and Songwriter Kai Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Andy Rourke (born Andrew Michael Rourke 17 January 1964, in Manchester, England) is a Bass guitarist best known for being a former The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982 Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17 1964 is an American Lawyer and the wife of Illinois Senator Barack Obama, the Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Sylvain Turgeon (born January 17, 1965 in Rouyn-Noranda Quebec, Canada) is a former NHL player and the older brother of retired NHLer Nikolaos (Nikos Nioplias or Nioblias (Νίκος Νιόπλιας born on 17 January 1965 is a Greek footballer Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Stephin Merritt (born January 17 1966) is an American Singer-songwriter based in California (formerly in New York City The Magnetic Fields is a band led by New York City singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt. The 6ths is a band created by Stephin Merritt, also the prime mover behind The Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies and Future Bible Heroes. The Gothic Archies is a self-described "goth-bubblegum band" created and largely performed by Stephin Merritt, more famously of The Magnetic Fields. Joshua Charles Malina (born January 17, 1966) is an American Film and stage Actor. Shabba Ranks (born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, 17 January 1966, Sturgetown St Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Richard Hawley (born Richard Willis Hawley, 17 January 1967, Sheffield, England) is a Guitarist, Singer, Pulp were an English Alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978 by Jarvis Cocker ( vocals Guitar) Longpigs were a British band who rose to fame on the fringe of Britpop in the 1990s comprising Crispin Hunt ( vocals) Richard Hawley Filippo Raciti ( 17 January 1967 - 2 February 2007) was an Italian police officer ("ispettore capo di polizia" 2007)
• 1967 - Song Kang-ho, South Korean actor
• 1968 - Craig Strong, American actor & voice actor
• 1968 - Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Dutch writer
• 1968 - Svetlana Masterkova, Russian athlete
• 1969 - Lukas Moodysson, Swedish film writer and director
• 1969 - Naveen Andrews, British actor
• 1969 - Tijs Verwest, (DJ Tiësto) Dutch DJ
• 1970 - Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player
• 1970 - Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-born animator
• 1970 - James Wattana, Thai snooker player
• 1971 - Kid Rock, American singer
• 1971 - Richard Burns, English rally driver (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Song Kang-ho (born January 17 1967 in Gimhae) is a leading South Korean film actor. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Craig Strong (born as Craig Michael Bistrong, January 17 1968) is a voice actor, actor and the CEO of VoiceStarz. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (born January 17, 1968, Rijswijk) Dutch poet novelist polemicist and classic scholar was born in Rijswijk Svetlana Alexandrovna Masterkova (Russian ru светлана александровна мастеркова (born January 17, 1968) is a Russian Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karl Frederik Lukas Moodysson (Swedish ˈlʉːkas ˈmɔdːʏsɔn (born January 17, 1969) is a Swedish Film writer and director Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born January 17, 1969) is an Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated British Actor. Tiësto ( born Tijs Verwest ( on January 17 1969 is a Grammy -nominated Dutch trance DJ and Record producer. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeremy James Roenick (born January 17, 1970, in Boston Massachusetts, United States) is a professional Ice hockey player currently Genndy Tartakovsky (Геннадий Тартаковский (Gennadiy Tartakovskiy born January 17 1970 is an Emmy Award -winning Russian born Jewish- James Wattana (born January 17, 1970) as Wattana Pu-Ob-Orm, then renamed to Ratchapol Pu-Ob-Orm in 2003 is a Thai professional Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Robert James Ritchie (born January 17 1971 in Romeo Michigan) known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American Musician and actor known for his over-the-top Richard Burns ( January 17 1971, Reading Berkshire, England &ndash November 25 2005) was a British rally 2005)
• 1971 - Leonardo Ciampa, Italian-American musician
• 1971 - Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress
• 1971 - Sylvie Testud, French actress
• 1971 - Ann Wolfe, female boxer
• 1972 - Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter
• 1972 - Benno Fürmann, German actor
• 1973 - Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer
• 1973 - Liz Ellis, Australian netball captain
• 1973 - Aaron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 - Yang Chen, Chinese footballer
• 1974 - Derrick Mason, American football player
• 1974 - Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian musician
• 1975 - Tom Jenkinson, English musician (Squarepusher)
• 1975 - Freddy Rodriguez, Puerto Rican-American actor
• 1975 - Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter/producer
• 1977 - Kevin Fertig, American professional wrestler
• 1977 - Leigh Whannell, Australian screenwriter/actor
• 1980 - Zooey Deschanel, American actress
• 1980 - Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian ballroom dancer
• 1980 - Kimberly Spicer, American model
• 1980 - Gareth McLearnon, Northern Irish flautist
• 1981 - Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer
• 1981 - Scott Mechlowicz, American actor
• 1981 - Ray J, American R&B singer
• 1982 - Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
• 1982 - Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer
• 1982 - Alex Varkatzas, American Singer (Atreyu)
• 1983 - Alvaro Arbeloa, Spanish Footballer
• 1983 - Johannes Herber, German basketball player
• 1983 - Andrea Lowell, American Model
• 1983 - Rick Kelly, Australian racing driver
• 1983 -Julie Budet, French Electronic-Pop Musician
• 1985 - Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica)
• 1985 - Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer BeForU
• 1985 - Kang-In, South Korean singer/dancer/actor/MC/DJ(Super Junior)

Deaths

• 395 - Theodosius I, Roman Emperor
• 1229 - Albert of Buxhoeveden, German soldier
• 1369 - King Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (b. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Ciampa" redirects here For the Geometer moth Genus, see Ciampa (moth. is a Japanese Actress and Singer. Filmography Stage productions Kiki's Delivery Service (as Kiki Sylvie Testud (born January 17, 1971) is a highly acclaimed double César Award winning French Actress, Writer and Ann Wolfe (born January 17, 1971) is a female boxer who held world titles in four different weight classes simultaneously Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese R&B and pop singer His soulful voice and unconventional looks won him fans following his debut in 1992 Benjamin "Benno" Fürmann (born January 17 1972) is a German film and television Actor. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo (born January 17 1973 in Mexico DF) also known as Cuau or Temo, is a Mexican international football Elizabeth (Liz Ellis (born 17 January 1973) is a retired Australian Netball player a member of the national team from 1992 until 2007 and captain Aaron Ward (born January 17 1973 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is an Ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Boston Bruins Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Yang Chen (杨晨 born January 17, 1974 in Beijing, China) is a professional football player Derrick James Mason (born January 17, 1974 in Detroit Michigan) is an American football Wide receiver plays for the Baltimore Vesko (born Vesselin Valentinov Kountchev on January 17, 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria) Early life Vesko Kountchev Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Squarepusher is the performing Pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, an English Electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. Freddy Rodriguez (born January 17, 1975) is an American actor known for playing the characters Hector Federico "Rico" Rami Yacoub (born 17 January 1975) is a Swedish member of the songwriting/production crew of Maratone along with Max Martin and Arnthor Birgisson Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Kevin Matthew Fertig (born January 17, 1977) World Wrestling Entertainment (2002-2005 Ohio Valley Wrestling (2002-2004 In April Leigh Whannell (born January 17 1977 is an Australian Screenwriter, producer, and Actor, perhaps most known for his work on the ''Saw'' Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Zooey Claire Deschanel (born January 17 1980 is an American actress, Musician and Singer. Maksim Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy (Максим Алекса́ндрович Чмерковский Максим Oлекса́ндрович Чмерковський (born January Kimberly A Spicer is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy 's Playmate of the Month in June Gareth McLearnon (born January 17 1980 began his Flute playing career in his native Belfast, making his way through the ranks of the 39th Old Boys Flute Band before Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Warren Feeney (born January 17 1981 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a professional footballer Scott David Mechlowicz (born January 17, 1981) is an American Actor. William Ray Norwood Jr (born January 17, 1981) better known by his Stage name Ray J, is an American Actor, Songwriter Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr (born January 17 1982) is an American professional Basketball player who currently plays for the Miami Heat Amanda Nichole Wilkinson (born January 17[[ 982]] in Belleville, Ontario, Canada) is a well known country Singer. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Álvaro Arbeloa Coca (born 17 January 1983) is a Spanish football player who is currently playing for English Premier League side Johannes Herber (born 17 January 1983 in Darmstadt, (West Germany) is a Basketball player who plays for ALBA Berlin in Rick Kelly (born on January 17, 1983 in Mildura, Victoria, Australia) is a V8 Supercar racing driver and the younger Yelle (a feminised acronym of YEL, "You enjoy life" is Julie Budet a French singer from the town of Saint-Brieuc, Bretagne. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Simone Simons (born Hoensbroek, January 17, 1985) is a Dutch Mezzo-soprano singer who is the lead vocalist of Symphonic metal Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen subsequent to his departure from After Forever. is a J-pop singer as well as a member of the Konami -produced J-Pop group BeForU. BeForU is an all female J-Pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Kim Youngwoon (born January 17, 1985) better known by his Stage name Kang-in, is a Singer, entertainer and a member of Korean Super Junior (슈퍼주니어 often stylized SUPERJUNIOR) sometimes referred to as SJ or SuJu (슈주 is a thirteen-member Boy band Events By Place Roman Empire After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Empire is re-divided into an eastern and a western half Flavius Theodosius (January 11 347 – January 17 395 also called Theodosius I and Theodosius the Great ( Greek: Θεοδόσιος Α΄ The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Albert of Riga or Albert of Livonia (bīskaps Alberts Albrecht von Buxthoeven c Peter I of Cyprus or Pierre I de Lusignan ( Nicosia, October 9, 1328 &ndash Palace of La Cava, Nicosia, January 17 1328)
• 1468 - Skanderbeg, Albanian leader (b. Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg ( 6 May 1405 &ndash 17 January 1468) ( Albanian: Gjergj Kastriot Skënderbeu, widely known as 1405)
• 1598 - Fyodor I Tsar of Russia (b. Fyodor I Ivanovich (Фёдор I Иванович (31 May 1557 - 16/17 January (NS 1598 was the last Rurikid Tsar of Russia (1584 - 1598 son 1557)
• 1617 - Faust Vrančić, Croatian inventor (b. Faust Vrančić (1551 Šibenik – January 17 1617) was a Croatian humanist Philosopher, Historian, Diplomat 1551)
• 1654 - Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (b. Paulus Potter (1625–1654 was a Dutch painter, specialized in animals in landscapes 1625)
• 1705 - John Ray, English naturalist (b. Year 1705 ( MDCCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Ray ( November 29, 1627 &ndash January 17, 1705) was an English naturalist, sometimes referred to as the 1627)
• 1718 - Captain Benjamin Church, Plymouth Colony settler and military leader
• 1737 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Captain Benjamin Church (c 1639-January 17 1718 was an American carpenter military officer and Ranger during America's Colonial era and specifically King Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann ( May 3 1662, Herford - January 17 1737, Dresden) was a German master builder who 1662)
• 1738 - Jean-François Dandrieu, French composer (b. Year 1738 ( MDCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Jean-François Dandrieu (c 1682 &ndash January 17 1738 was a French Baroque Composer, Harpsichordist and organist. 1682)
• 1751 - Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (b. Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (June 8 1671 Venice, Republic of Venice &ndash January 17 1751 Venice, Republic of Venice) was a Venetian 1671)
• 1826 - Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola ( January 27, 1806 – January 17, 1826) was a Spanish Basque 1806)
• 1834 - Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (b. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Giovanni Aldini ( April 10 1762 -- January 17 1834) Italian Physicist born at Bologna, was a brother of the 1762)
• 1861 - Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Eliza Rosanna Gilbert ( February 17, 1821 &ndash January 17, 1861) better known by the stage name Lola Montez, was an Irish 1821)
• 1863 - Horace Vernet, French painter (b. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Émile Jean-Horace Vernet ( 30 June 1789 - 17 January 1863) was a French painter of battles portraits and Orientalist 1789)
• 1869 - Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky ( Александр Сергеевич Даргомыжский) ( February 14 1813 &ndash January 17 1869 1813)
• 1874 - Chang and Eng Bunker, Siamese twins (b. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1811)
• 1884 - Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (b. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Hermann Schlegel ( June 10, 1804 - January 17, 1884) was a German Ornithologist. 1804)
• 1887 - William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Robert Giblin ( 4 November 1840 – 17 January 1887) was Premier of Tasmania ( Australia) from 5 March 1840)
• 1891 - George Bancroft, U. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Bancroft (October 3 1800 &ndash January 17 1891 was an American Historian and Statesman who was prominent in promoting Secondary education S. historian (b. 1800)
• 1893 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (b. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4 1822 January 17 1893 was an American politician, lawyer, military leader and the nineteenth The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1822)
• 1903 - Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Ignaz Wechselmann (b 1828 Nikolai, Prussian Silesia; d January 17, 1903, Budapest) was a Hungarian Architect 1828)
• 1908 - Ferdinand IV Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Ferdinand IV Grand Duke of Tuscany, ( Italian: Ferdinando IV Granduca di Toscana; full name in Italian Ferdinando Salvatore Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Battista 1835)
• 1909 - Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith ( 13 February 1819 &ndash 17 January 1909) was a British lawyer judge and politician who was the fourth 1819
• 1911 - Sir Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, eugenicist (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sir Francis Galton FRS ( 16 February 1822 &ndash 17 January 1911) half-cousin of Charles Darwin, was an 1822)
• 1927 - Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Juliette Gordon Low ( October 31, 1860 &ndash January 17, 1927) was an American youth leader and the founder of the Girl The Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA is a Youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad 1860)
• 1931 - Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grand Duke Peter (Pyotr Nikolaevich of Russia ( January 10, 1864 – January 17 1931) was the second son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaievich 1864)
• 1932 - Albert Jacka, VC, Australian soldier (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Albert Jacka VC MC & Bar (10 January 1893 &ndash 17 January 1932 was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valour "in the See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since 1893)
• 1933 - Louis Comfort Tiffany, American artist and designer (b. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Louis Comfort Tiffany ( February 18, 1848 &ndash January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts 1848)
• 1942 - Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Walter von Reichenau ( October 8, 1884 &ndash January 17, 1942) was a German Generalfeldmarschall. 1884)
• 1947 - Pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov ( Петр Николаевич Краснов in Russian) ( September 22 (10 old style) 1869 — January 17 1869)
• 1947 - Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, French Archbishop of Quebec (b. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve, OMI ( November 2, 1883 &mdash January 17, 1947) was a Canadian The Archdiocese of Québec (Archidioecesis Quebecensis Archidiocèse de Québec is the oldest Catholic see in the New World north 1883)
• 1961 - Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patrice Émery Lumumba ( 2 July, 1925 – 17 January, 1961) was an African anti-colonial leader and the first legally elected Prime 1925)
• 1964 - T.H. White, English author (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Terence Hanbury White ( 29 May 1906 &ndash 17 January 1964) was an English Author best known for his sequence of Arthurian 1906)
• 1967 - Evelyn Nesbit, American actress (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. (Florence Evelyn Nesbit ( December 25, 1884 &ndash January 17, 1967) was an American artists' model and chorus girl 1884)
• 1970 - Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoonist (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Simon Kovar ( May 22, 1890 – January 17, 1970) was a 20th century Bassoonist and one of the most renowned teachers of the instrument 1890)
• 1970 - Billy Stewart, American singer (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the English goalkeeper see Billy Stewart (footballer. For other persons of similar names see Bill Stewart and William Stewart. 1937)
• 1972 - Betty Smith, American writer and singer (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Betty Smith, née Elisabeth Wehner ( December 15 1896 - January 17, 1972) was an American author 1896)
• 1977 - Gary Gilmore, American murderer (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Gary Mark Gilmore ( December 4, 1940 — January 17, 1977) was an American Criminal and Spree killer 1940)
• 1981 - Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer (b. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Loukas Panourgias (born 1899 in Levadia) was a Greek footballer 1899)
• 1983 - Doodles Weaver, American actor (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Winstead Sheffield "Doodles" Weaver ( May 11, 1911 – January 17, 1983) was an American Comedian on radio 1911)
• 1987 - Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Hugo Fregonese ( April 8, 1908 Mendoza – January 17, 1987) was an Argentine Film director who worked both in 1908)
• 1991 - King Olav V of Norway (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Olav V (2 July 1903 &ndash 17 January 1991 was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death 1903)
• 1992 - Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Francis Henry "Frank" Pullen ( September 8 1915 – January 17 1992) was an English businessperson and racehorse owner 1915)
• 1993 - Albert Hourani, English historian (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Albert Habib Hourani (ألبرت حبيب حوراني March 31, 1915 &ndash January 17, 1993) was one of the most prominent scholars of 1915)
• 1994 - Helen Stephens, American runner (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Helen Herring Stephens ( February 3, 1918 &ndash January 17, 1994) was an American athlete, a double Olympic 1918)
• 1994 - Yevgeny Ivanov, Soviet spy involved in the Profumo affair (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Captain Yevgeny Ivanov ( January 11 1926 &ndash January 17, 1994) was a Soviet Naval attaché at the Russian The Profumo Affair was a political scandal from 1963 in the United Kingdom that is named after the then Secretary of State for War, John Profumo 1926)
• 1996 - Amber Hagerman, American namesake of the Amber Alert system (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Amber Hagerman ( November 28, 1986 &ndash January 17, 1996) was a young girl who became a victim of an abduction and Murder An AMBER Alert is a Child abduction alert system, issued to the general public by various media outlets in Canada and in the United States, when police 1986)
• 1996 - Barbara Jordan, American politician (b. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Barbara Charline Jordan ( February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American politician from Texas 1936)
• 1996 - Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mostafa Sid Ahmed Almagbool (1953- 17 January 1996 مصطفى سيد احمد was a Sudanese singer. 1953)
• 1997 - Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (b. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Clyde William Tombaugh ( February 4, 1906 &ndash January 17, 1997) was an American Astronomer. 1906)
• 1997 - Bert Kelly, Australian politician (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Charles Robert "Bert" Kelly CMG ( 22 December 1912 - 17 January 1997) was an Australian politician and government 1912)
• 1998 - Junior Kimbrough, American bluesman (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Junior Kimbrough ( July 28 1930 — January 17 1998) was a prominent American Bluesman from Mississippi. 1930)
• 1999 - Robert Eads, American transsexual (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Robert Eads ( 18 December 1945 - 17 January 1999 in Toccoa Georgia) was a female-to-male Transsexual, whose life and death 1945)
• 2000 - Philip Jones, British trumpeter (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Philip Jones CBE ( March 12 1928 &ndash January 17 2000) was a British Trumpeter and leader of an internationally 1928)
• 2001 - Gregory Corso, American poet (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Gregory Nunzio Corso ( March 26, 1930 &ndash January 17, 2001) was an American Poet, youngest of the inner circle 1930)
• 2002 - Bishop Karas, First Coptic Bishop of St. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Biography Sorial Ayad Sorial was born on 17 January, 1955, in the Sudan. Antony Monastery (b. 1955)
• 2002 - Camilo Jose Cela, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Don Camilo José Cela Trulock Marquis of Iria Flavia (Don Camilo José Cela Trulock marqués de Iria Flavia ( May 11, 1916 — January The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1916)
• 2002 - Queenie Leonard, American actress (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Queenie Leonard (born Pearl Walker ( April 7, 1905 - January 17, 2002) was a British Character actress and Singer 1905)
• 2003 - Richard Crenna, American actor (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Donald Crenna ( November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American Film, Television and 1926)
• 2003 - Balint Vazsonyi, Hingarian pianist (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Balint Vazsonyi ( 7 March 1936 - 17 January 2003) is a Hungarian Pianist, international recitalist soloist with leading 1936)
• 2004 - Harry Brecheen, American baseball player (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Harry David Brecheen ( October 14 1914 &ndash January 17 2004) nicknamed "The Cat" was an American left-handed Pitcher 1914)
• 2004 - Czeslaw Niemen, Polish musician (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Czesław Niemen (real name Czesław Juliusz Wydrzycki) ( February 16, 1939 - January 17, 2004) was one of the most important and original 1939)
• 2004 - Ray Stark, American stage and film producer (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ray Stark ( October 3, 1915 – January 17, 2004) was an Academy Award -nominated American film producer and powerbroker known for his 1915)
• 2004 - Noble Willingham, American actor (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Noble Henry Willingham Jr ( August 31, 1931 &mdash January 17, 2004) was an American Television and Film 1931)
• 2005 - Charlie Bell, Australian fast food executive (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the basketball player see Charlie Bell (basketball: For the baseball player see Charlie Bell (baseball Charles Hamilton Bell 1960)
• 2005 - Virginia Mayo, American actress (b. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Virginia Mayo ( November 30 1920 – January 17 2005) was an American film actress. 1920)
• 2005 - Albert Schatz, American microbiologist (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Albert Schatz (2 February 1922 &ndash 17 January 2005 was a scientist who was eventually named the discoverer of Streptomycin, an Antibiotic remedy used to 1920)
• 2005 - Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Zhao Ziyang ( (17 October 1919&ndash17 January 2005 was a politician in the People's Republic of China. The Premier of the State Council ( sometimes incorrectly referred to as the "Prime Minister" is the Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of China 1919)
• 2006 - Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer, death by lethal injection administered at San Quentin prison (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Clarence Ray Allen ( January 16, 1930 &ndash January 17, 2006) was an American Killer who was executed by Lethal San Quentin State Prison is located on 432 acres (17 km² on Point San Quentin in Marin County, California, United States, north of San Francisco 1930)
• 2006 - Pierre Grondin, French Canadian cardiac surgeon (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pierre Grondin ( August 18, 1925 - January 17, 2006) was a Canadian cardiac surgeon who was one of the first doctors to 1925)
• 2007 - Art Buchwald, American humorist (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Arthur Buchwald (October 20 1925 &ndash January 17 2007 was an American humorist best known for his long-running column that he wrote in The 1925)
• 2007 - Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yevhen Petrovych Kushnaryov (Євген Петрович Кушнарьов Jevhen Petrovyč Kušnar'ov; Евгений Петрович Кушнарёв Evgenij 1951)
• 2008 - Bobby Fischer, American chess player (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Robert James "Bobby" Fischer ( March 9 1943 – January 17 2008) was an American -born Chess Grandmaster 1943)
• 2008 - Ernie Holmes, American football player (b. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Earnest Lee "Ernie" Holmes, also nicknamed "Fats" ( July 11, 1948 &ndash January 17, 2008) was an American football 1948)
• 2008 - Allan Melvin, American actor (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Allan Melvin ( February 18, 1923 - January 17, 2008) was an American Character actor who appeared in several television 1923)

Holidays and observances

• Ancient Latvia - Zirgu Diena observed
• Catholicism - Feast day of the following saints:
  • St. Anthony
  • Amelbert
  • Sulpitius the Pious
• Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Venerable Anthony the Great
• January 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On this day in Canada

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Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. As a Christian Ecclesiastical term Catholic —from the Greek adjective, meaning "general" or "universal"—is described The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity Saint Anthony the Great (c 251–356 also known as Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, The Blessed Gamelbert was a Catholic priest who worked in the 8th century in the area of the present Deggendorf in Bavaria in Germany Sulpitius (Sulpicius the Pious or the Débonnaire, born at Vatan ( Diocese of Bourges) of noble parents before the end of the sixth century Saint Anthony the Great (c 251–356 also known as Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Jan 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan 18 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 30 by Old Calendarists

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