Historical Events In January - 17

1938  On this day in history william H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79   

1939  On this day in history ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert   

1941  On this day in history kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II.   

1941  On this day in history jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82   

1942  On January - 17 frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61   

1943  Tin Can Drive Day on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history corvette Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean   

1944  Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

1945  Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation on this day in history.   

1945  Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation) on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history liberation of Warsaw from the Nazi by Soviet troops   

1945  Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary on January - 17.   

1945  On this day in history warsaw is liberated by Polish and Soviet forces during WWII.   

1946  The United Nations Security Council meets for the first time on January - 17.   

1946  United Nations Security Council holds its first meeting on January - 17.   

1946  On January - 17 united Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting   

1946  On this day in history gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59   

1947  On January - 17 muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die   

1947  On this day in history muiden Neth ammunition factory explodes, 16 die   

1948  On January - 17 netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire   

1948  On January - 17 trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in New York City NY   

1949  The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs on January - 17.   

1950  On January - 17 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities   

1950  "Alive & Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 46 perfs on January - 17.   

1951  On January - 17 china refuses cease-fire in Korea   

1951  China refuses ceases-fire in Korea on January - 17.   

1952  Walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Det Tigers), dies at 74 on January - 17.   

1954  Jacques Cousteau's first network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) on this day in history.   

1954  On January - 17 jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS)   

1955  On January - 17 uSS Nautilus (SSN-571), the first nuclear-powered submarine, is commissioned and sends the message "underway on nuclear power"   

1955  Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage on January - 17.   

1955  On this day in history j A Veraart, economist, dies at 68   

1957  9-county commission recommends creation of BART on January - 17.   

1959  The African country of Mali is formed with the joining of Senegal and French Sudan on January - 17.   

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1342  On this day in history birth of philip, the Bold, duke of Burgundy   

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

1484  On this day in history birth of george Spalatin, German reformer (d. 1545)   

1501  On January - 17 birth of leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist (History of Plants)   

1504  On this day in history birth of pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72)   

1517  On January - 17 birth of antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes)   

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

1560  Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. 1624) was born on January - 17.   

0395  On January - 17 theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49   

1103  Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies on this day in history.   

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

1229  On this day in history albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68   

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

1468  On January - 17 death of skanderbeg, Albanian leader (b. 1405)   

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

1604  On this day in history santino Garsi, composer, dies at 61