17 Januar
The 17t o Januar is the 17t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 348 days ti come (349 in lowp years).
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Events
- 395 - The Roman Empire is split intae East an Wast.
- 1893 - A coup in Hawaii removes Queen Liliuokalani frae pouer.
- 1912 - Robert Falcon Scott an his team reach the Sooth Pole a month efter Roald Amundsen. They die on the return journey.
- 1913 - Raymond Poincaré is electit Preses o Fraunce.
- 1920 - Alcohol Prohibition enters intae force in the Unitit States.
- 1941 - Warld War II: Breetish passenger ship "Almeda" is torpedoed bi a German U-boat northeast o Rockall, killin aw 360 fowk on baird.
- 1961 - Congolese politeecian Patrice Lumumba is murthert.
- 1972 - Bangladesh gets its current banner.
- 1991 - Operation Desert Storm begins in the Gulf War in order tae get Iraq's forces oot o Kuwait.
- 1991 - Harald V o Norawa becomes King.
- 1994 - Yirdquauk in Northridge, Californie: 57 fowk are kilt.
- 1995 - Yirdquauk in Kobe, Japan: 4,000 tae 6,500 fowk are kilt.
- 1996 - The Czech Republic applies tae jyn the European Union.
- 2002 - The Nyiragongo volcanic eruption in the Democratic Republic o the Congo kills 147 fowk.
- 2019 - A car bomb attack in Bogota, Colombie, kills 21 fowk.
Births
- 1504 − Pius V, Pape (d. 1572)
- 1686 - Archibald Bower, Scots historian (d. 1766)
- 1706 - Benjamin Franklin, American statesman an polymath (d. 1790)
- 1726 - Hugh Mercer, Scots sodger an medicinar (d. 1777)
- 1738 - James Anderson, Scots botanist (d. 1809)
- 1761 - Sir James Hall, 4t Baronet, Scots geologist an geopheesicist (d. 1832)
- 1764 - Princess Maria Carolina o Savoy (d. 1782)
- 1779 - Maria Cristina o Naples (d. 1849)
- 1785 - Leonard Horner, Scots merchand, geologist an eddicational reformer (d. 1864)
- 1820 - Anne Brontë, Inglis writer (d. 1849)
- 1860 - Douglas Hyde, 1st Preses o Ireland (d. 1949)
- 1863 - David Lloyd George, Welsh politeecian, Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick (d. 1945)
- 1863 - Konstantin Stanislavsky, Roushie actor an theatre director (d. 1938)
- 1883 - Sir Compton Mackenzie, Scots novelist, actor an poleetical activist (d. 1972)
- 1899 - Al Capone, American gangster (d. 1947)
- 1922 - Betty White, American actress
- 1926 - Moira Shearer, Scots actress an dancer (d. 2006)
- 1927 - Eartha Kitt, American sangster (d. 2008)
- 1928 - Matt McGinn, Scots sangster-sangwriter, actor, writer an poet (d. 1977)
- 1931 - James Earl Jones, American actor
- 1931 - Douglas Wilder, American politeecian
- 1932 - Jackie Henderson, Scots fitbawer (d. 2005)
- 1934 - Donald Cammell, Scots film director (d. 1996)
- 1942 - Muhammad Ali, American boxer (d. 2016)
- 1943 - René Préval, umwhile Preses o Haiti (d. 2017)
- 1945 - Jeanette Fitzsimons, New Zealand politeecian (d. 2020)
- 1948 - Eddie Gray, Scots fitbawer
- 1949 - Gyude Bryant, Liberian politeecian (d. 2014)
- 1956 − Damian Green, Inglis politeecian
- 1962 - Jim Carrey, Canadian-American actor an comedian
- 1964 - Michelle Obama, umwhile First Lady o the Unitit States
- 1969 - Tiësto, Dutch DJ an muisicker
- 1971 - Leslie Benzies, Scots video gemme producer
- 1980 - Zooey Deschanel, American actress
- 1984 - Calvin Harris, Scots DJ an muisicker
Daiths
- 395 - Theodosius I, Roman Emperor (b. 347)
- 1598 - Tsar Feodor I o Roushie (b. 1557)
- 1882 - Daniel Macnee, Scots penter (b. 1806)
- 1893 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19t Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1822)
- 1961 - Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politeecian (b. 1925)
- 1991 - King Olav V o Norawa (b. 1903)
- 1997 - Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (b. 1906)
- 2008 - Bobby Fischer, American-Icelandic chess player (b. 1943)
- 2008 - Della Purves, Scots botanical airtist (b. 1945)
- 2015 - Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress (b. 1931)
Halidays
- Naitional Day (Minorca)
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