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)