On This Day in History - January 17 |
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| What Happened On This Day In History - January 17 |
1773 January 17
1773-01-17
Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66 degrees 33' S)
1775 January 17
1775-01-17
9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Poland
1871 January 17
1871-01-17
1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)
1893 January 17
1893-01-17
-17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
1923 January 17
1923-01-17
Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied
1928 January 17
1928-01-17
1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented
1943 January 17
1943-01-17
Tin Can Drive Day
1945 January 17
1945-01-17
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary
1955 January 17
1955-01-17
Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage
1973 January 17
1973-01-17
New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life
1979 January 17
1979-01-17
USSR performs underground nuclear test
1985 January 17
1985-01-17
Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test (v England)
1991 January 17
1991-01-17
Operation Desert Storm: 1st U.S. pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn)
1998 January 17
1998-01-17
President Clinton faces sexual harrament charges from Paula Jones
2009 January 17
2009-01-17
Israel declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza War, effective January 18, as Hamas declares a ceasefire of its own
