About January 17
January 17, 2024 is the 17th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 349 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 24 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On January 17
- 1287 –King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca.
- 1377 –Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.
- 1595 –Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
- 1648 –England’s Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War.
- 1799 –Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed.
- 1811 –Mexican War of Independence: In the Battle of Calderón Bridge, a heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionists.
- 1885 –A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
- 1899 –The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
- 1913 –Raymond Poincaré is elected President of France.
- 1918 –Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
- 1929 –Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
- 1945 –The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in.
- 1945 –World War II: Soviet forces capture the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw.
- 1946 –The UN Security Council holds its first session.
- 1961 –Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
- 1969 –Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
- 1983 –The tallest department store in the world, Hudson’s, flagship store in downtown Detroit closes due to high cost of operating.
- 1992 –During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
- 1996 –The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
- 2010 –Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, resulting in at least 200 deaths.
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