Historical Events In January - 17

1992  Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews) on this day in history.   

1992  Bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95 on January - 17.   

1993  On January - 17 14th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 32 awards   

1993  On this day in history ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies   

1994  6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage on this day in history.   

1994  On January - 17 a magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes Southern California, killing 61 people and causing $20 billion in damage.   

1994  On January - 17 a pre-dawn earthquake struck the Los Angeles area, claiming 61 lives and causing widespread damage.   

1994  On January - 17 liz Taylor released from the hospital after hip treatment   

1995  7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan (5,372 die) on this day in history.   

1995  On January - 17 a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing more than 5,000 people.   

1995  More than 6,000 die as a magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Kobe, Japan on this day in history.   

1995  Great Hanshin earthquake in Japan killing 6,434 people on January - 17.   

1996  Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman got life in prison and 16 others were also sentenced to jail for plotting to bomb the United Nations on January - 17.   

1998  On this day in history president Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones   

2000  Almost 50,000 people marched in Columbia, S.C., to protest the flying of the Confederate battle flag over the state Capitol on January - 17.   

2001  On this day in history jewish Holocaust survivors win compensation deal from Austria for assets stripped from them when Austria was part of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.   

2001  Parts of California were plunged into darkness after utility companies failed to deliver enough electrical power. The rolling blackouts affected as many as 2 million people on this day in history.   

2002  The U.S. Justice Department began an international manhunt for five suspected al-Qaida members believed to be plotting a new suicide attack on January - 17.   

2002  On this day in history the volcano on Mount Nyiragongo, near the town of Goma in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, erupted causing at least 45 deaths and leaving an estimated 55,000 people homeless.   

2004  Authorities placed the U.S. military death toll in Iraq at 500, including 346 in combat on January - 17.   

2007  On January - 17 doomsday Clock is set to 5 minutes to midnight.   

2007  Hurricane force winds from storm Kyrill claim at least 40 lives in western Europe on January - 17.   

2007  On January - 17 protests occur in India and the United Kingdom against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara were alleged to have been racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.   

2013  106 people are massacred by Syrian army forces in Homs on this day in history.   

2014  On this day in history 21 people are killed in a suicide bombing in a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan   

2017  US President Barack Obama commutes WikiLeaks discloser Chelsea Manning's prison sentence from 35 to 7 years on January - 17.   

2017  On January - 17 nigerian military mistakely bomb refugee camp killing more than 70 in Rann, Borno state   

2017  Search for missing aircraft MH370 over the Indian Ocean is called off on January - 17.   

2019  On January - 17 a vehicle-bound suicide bomb attack in Bogotá, Colombia, kills 22 people and injures 68 others, making it the deadliest attack on the Colombian capital since 2003.   

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1342  Philip, the Bold, duke of Burgundy was born on January - 17.   

1463  Frederick III, the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-25), protector Luther was born on this day in history.   

1484  George Spalatin, German reformer (d. 1545) was born on January - 17.   

1501  Leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist (History of Plants) was born on this day in history.   

1504  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72) was born on January - 17.   

1517  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes) was born on January - 17.   

1545  Antonio Pace, composer was born on January - 17.   

1560  Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.   

0395  On this day in history theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49   

1103  On January - 17 frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies   

1119  On January - 17 boudouin VII Hapkin, count of Flanders, dies   

1229  Albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68 on January - 17.   

1369  Death of King Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (b. 1328) on January - 17.   

1468  Death of Skanderbeg, Albanian leader (b. 1405) on this day in history.   

1598  On January - 17 death of fyodor I Tsar of Russia (b. 1557)   

1604  On January - 17 santino Garsi, composer, dies at 61