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).

 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)

Category:Days o the year
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