January 17

Events

 * - marries.
 * - King invades.
 * - moves the Papacy back from  to.
 * - Beginning of 's voyage to find a passage to.
 * - recognizes the s under the.
 * - declares war to.
 * - First publication of .
 * - 's passes the Vote of No Address, breaking off negotiations with  and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the.
 * - : - Continental troops under Brigadier General  defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel  at the battle in.
 * -, along with a handful of other patriots was shot, after that an attempted revolt went awry.
 * - proclaims the Republic of.
 * - recognizes the independence of the  colonies of the.
 * - in the.
 * - A force defeats a large  army at the  in the.
 * - The, led by overthrows the government of Queen  of the.
 * - The takes possession of  in the.
 * - 's  premiered at the.
 * - Sir (Scott of the Antarctic) reaches the, one month after.
 * - is elected.
 * - The (PGA) is formed.
 * - The pays  $25 million for the.
 * -, a  created by , first appears in the.
 * - forces under the order of  opened fire at communist force,  resumes after.
 * - forces capture the almost completely destroyed  city of.
 * 1945  - The  begin the evacuation of the  as  forces close in.
 * 1945  -  diplomat  disappears in  while in  custody.
 * - The holds its first session.
 * - , the first on American, first airs.
 * - The - 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company's offices in.
 * - writes his poem.
 * - U.S. President 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."
 * - A bomber collides with a  over, dropping four 70-kiloton s near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea in the.
 * - becomes "President for Life" of the.
 * - Convicted murderer is executed by a  in, ending a ten-year moratorium on  in the.
 * - in the  sees temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities.
 * - announces the retirement of the 's famous es.
 * - : began early in the morning.  fires 8  missiles into  in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
 * 1991  -  becomes King of  on the death of his father,.
 * - A magnitude 6.7 hits ; see.
 * - A magnitude 7.3 (known as "") hits near, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,433 people.
 * - The applies for membership of the.
 * - A carrying a  satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
 * - accuses   of.
 * -  posthumously raises  ' rank from  to.
 * - erupts in the, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
 * - is set to five minutes to midnight in response to N. Korea nuclear testing

Births

 * -, Elector of Saxony (d. )
 * -, German reformer (d. )
 * -, German physician and botanist (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Swiss botanist (d. )
 * -, Spanish playwright (d. )
 * -, English Civil War general (d. )
 * -, Scottish historian (d. )
 * - American statesman (d. )
 * -, English composer (d. )
 * -, American merchant (d. )
 * -, Scottish geologist (d. )
 * -, American entrepreneur (d. )
 * -, German theologian (d. )
 * -, British author (d. )
 * -, American Civil War General (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, American educationalist (d. )
 * -, American illustrator (d. )
 * -, American socialite (d. )
 * -, Colombian writer(d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * 1863  -, Russian  (d. )
 * -, German-born film executive (d. )
 * - British admiral (d. )
 * 1871  -, Romanian writer (d. )
 * -, an dramatist (d. )
 * -, Canadian film director (d. )
 * -, Polish mathematician (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American aviation pioneer (d. )
 * -, American gangster (d. )
 * 1899  -, English author (d. )
 * -, Assamese poet, playwright, film maker (d. )
 * -, Argentine footballer (d. )
 * 1905  -, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d.)
 * 1905  -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American boxing manager (d. )
 * -, American economist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American poet and essayist (d. )
 * 1914  -, Chilean businessman (d. )
 * -, Indian politician, actor (d. )
 * 1917  -, Chilean huaso (d. )
 * -, British politician (d. )
 * -, Cuban cartoonist (d. )
 * 1922  -, American politician
 * 1922  -, American actress
 * -, American author (d. )
 * 1925  -, Pakistani cricketer
 * -, American lawyer and statesman
 * 1926  -, Scottish actress (d. )
 * -, American actress and singer
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * 1928  -, English cosmetologist
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player (d. )
 * -, American football player
 * -, American actor
 * 1931  -, 66th
 * 1931  -, American baseball coach
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, French singer (d. )
 * 1933  -, French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (d. )
 * 1933  -, American ventriloquist (d. )
 * -, American talk show host
 * -, Kenyan runner
 * -, American boxer
 * 1942  -, German violinist
 * 1942  -, American actress (d. )
 * 1943  -, American actor
 * 1943  -, American singer
 * -, French singer
 * -, Indian lyricist, poet and scriptwriter
 * -, former
 * 1948  -, American  Disc Jockey
 * 1948  -, British musician
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * 1952  -, Japanese musician
 * -, Australian lawyer and judge
 * -, American musician
 * -, English musician
 * -, English television presenter
 * 1957  -, American actor, comedian and radio personality
 * -, American musician
 * 1959  -, Japanese singer and actress
 * -, American musician
 * 1960  -, Thai actor
 * -, American writer and film director
 * -, Canadian actor and comedian
 * 1962  -, American journalist and author
 * -, German musician/singer
 * -, English bass guitarist
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1965  -, Greek footballer
 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * 1966  -, Jamaican singer
 * -, English singer, guitarist and songwriter
 * 1967  -, Italian police officer (d. )
 * 1967  -, South Korean actor
 * -, Dutch writer
 * 1968  -, Russian athlete
 * -, Swedish film writer and director
 * 1969  -, British actor
 * 1969  -, (DJ Tiësto) Dutch DJ
 * -, American ice hockey player
 * 1970  -, Russian-born animator
 * 1970  -, Thai snooker player
 * -, American singer
 * 1971  -, English rally driver (d. )
 * 1971  -, Japanese actress
 * 1971  -, female boxer
 * 1971  -, Italian-American musician
 * -, Japanese singer and songwriter
 * -, Mexican footballer
 * 1973  -, Australian netball captain
 * -, Chinese footballer
 * 1974  -, American football player
 * -, English musician
 * 1975  -, Puerto Rican-American actor
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * 1977  -, Australian screenwriter/actor
 * -, American actress
 * 1980  -, Ukrainian ballroom dancer
 * 1980  -, American model
 * 1980  -, Northern Irish flautist
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * 1981  -, American actor
 * 1981  -, American  singer
 * -, American singer
 * 1982  -, American basketball player
 * 1982  -, Canadian singer
 * -, German basketball player
 * 1983  -, Australian racing driver
 * -, Dutch singer
 * 1985  -, Japanese singer
 * - ,South Korean singer/dancer/actor/MC/DJ
 * -, Dutch singer
 * 1985  -, Japanese singer
 * - ,South Korean singer/dancer/actor/MC/DJ

Deaths

 * -, German soldier
 * - King (murdered) (b. )
 * -, Albanian leader (b. )
 * -, Croatian inventor (b. )
 * -, Dutch painter (b. )
 * -, English naturalist (b. )
 * -, Plymouth Colony settler and military leader
 * -, German architect (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, Spanish composer (b. )
 * -, Italian physicist (b. )
 * -, Irish-born adventurer (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, German ornithologist (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, 19th (b. )
 * -, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. )
 * -, son of (b. )
 * -, American artist and designer (b. )
 * -, German field marshal (b. )
 * -, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. )
 * 1947  -, French  (b. )
 * -, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Russian-American bassoonist (b. )
 * 1970  -, American singer (b. )
 * -, American writer and singer (b. )
 * -, American murderer (b. )
 * -, Greek footballer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Argentine film director (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, English historian (b. )
 * -, American runner (b. )
 * -, American namesake of the system (b. )
 * 1996 - , American politician (b. )
 * 1996 - , Sudanese singer (b. )
 * -, American astronomer (b. )
 * -, American bluesman (b. )
 * -, American transexual (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, First Coptic Bishop of St. Antony Monastery (b. )
 * 2002  -, Spanish writer,  laureate (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Polish musician (b. )
 * 2004  -, American stage and film producer (b. )
 * 2004  -, American actor (b. )
 * 2004  -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Australian fast food executive (b. )
 * 2005  -, American actress (b. )
 * 2005  -, American microbiologist (b. )
 * 2005  -,  (b. )
 * -, American murderer (b. )
 * 2006  -, French Canadian cardiac surgeon (b. )
 * -, American humorist (b. )
 * 2007  -, Ukrainian politician (b. )
 * 2007  -, Ukrainian politician (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * Ancient -  observed

Religious observances

 * - of the following s:
 * Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Venerable
 * Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Venerable
 * Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Venerable
 * Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Venerable