About January 17
January 17, 2023 is the 17th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 348 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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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 5 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On January 17
- 1524 –Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
- 1595 –Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
- 1608 –Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 men.
- 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.
- 1781 –American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens – Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
- 1885 –A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
- 1903 –El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
- 1912 –Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
- 1945 –Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again.
- 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.
- 1981 –President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
- 1982 –“Cold Sunday” - in the United States temperatures fell to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities.
- 1989 –Cleveland School massacre: Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland Elementary School playground in Stockton, California, killing five children and wounding 29 others and one teacher before taking his own life.
- 1991 –Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
- 1994 –1994 Northridge earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California.
- 1995 –The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people.
- 1996 –The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
- 2002 –Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
- 2010 –Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, resulting in at least 200 deaths.
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