WillDekkard
01-17-2010, 06:34 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- January 17th
* 38 BC Octavian marries Livia Drusilla.
* 1287 King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca.
* 1377 Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.
* 1524 Beginning of Giovanni da Verrazzano's voyage to find a passage to China.
* 1562 France recognizes the Huguenots under the Edict of Saint-Germain.
* 1595 Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
* 1605 First publication of Don Quixote.
* 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.
* 1773 Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle.
* 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.
* 1799 Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed.
* 1852 The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal.
* 1873 A group of Modoc warriors defeat the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War.
* 1885 A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
* 1893 The Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston, overthrows the government of Queen Liliuokalani of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
* 1899 The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
* 1904 Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
* 1912 Sir Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
* 1913 Raymond Poincarι is elected President of France.
* 1917 The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
* 1929 Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
* 1941 Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II.
* 1945 Soviet forces capture the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw.
* 1945 The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in.
* 1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappears in Hungary while in Soviet custody.
* 1946 The UN Security Council holds its first session.
* 1949 The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs.
* 1950 The Great Brinks Robbery 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company's offices in Boston, Massachusetts.
* 1961 President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military-industrial complex".
* 1966 A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea in the Palomares incident.
* 1973 Ferdinand Marcos becomes "President for Life" of the Philippines.
* 1977 Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a ten-year moratorium on Capital punishment in the United States.
* 1982 "Cold Sunday" in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities.
* 1983 The tallest department store in the world, Hudson's, flagship store in downtown Detroit closes due to high cost of operating.
* 1989 Stockton massacre: Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland Elementary School playground, 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.
* 1991 Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V.
* 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.
* 1997 A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
* 1998 Paula Jones accuses President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.
* 2001 President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
* 2002 Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
* 2007 The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.
- January 17th
* 38 BC Octavian marries Livia Drusilla.
* 1287 King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca.
* 1377 Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.
* 1524 Beginning of Giovanni da Verrazzano's voyage to find a passage to China.
* 1562 France recognizes the Huguenots under the Edict of Saint-Germain.
* 1595 Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
* 1605 First publication of Don Quixote.
* 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.
* 1773 Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle.
* 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.
* 1799 Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed.
* 1852 The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal.
* 1873 A group of Modoc warriors defeat the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War.
* 1885 A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
* 1893 The Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston, overthrows the government of Queen Liliuokalani of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
* 1899 The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
* 1904 Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
* 1912 Sir Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
* 1913 Raymond Poincarι is elected President of France.
* 1917 The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
* 1929 Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
* 1941 Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II.
* 1945 Soviet forces capture the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw.
* 1945 The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in.
* 1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappears in Hungary while in Soviet custody.
* 1946 The UN Security Council holds its first session.
* 1949 The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs.
* 1950 The Great Brinks Robbery 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company's offices in Boston, Massachusetts.
* 1961 President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military-industrial complex".
* 1966 A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea in the Palomares incident.
* 1973 Ferdinand Marcos becomes "President for Life" of the Philippines.
* 1977 Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a ten-year moratorium on Capital punishment in the United States.
* 1982 "Cold Sunday" in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities.
* 1983 The tallest department store in the world, Hudson's, flagship store in downtown Detroit closes due to high cost of operating.
* 1989 Stockton massacre: Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland Elementary School playground, 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.
* 1991 Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V.
* 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.
* 1997 A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
* 1998 Paula Jones accuses President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.
* 2001 President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
* 2002 Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
* 2007 The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.