January 17

January 17 in recent years

2024 (Wednesday)

2023 (Tuesday)

2022 (Monday)

2021 (Sunday)

2020 (Friday)

2019 (Thursday)

2018 (Wednesday)

2017 (Tuesday)

2016 (Sunday)

2015 (Saturday)

January 17is the 17th day of the year in theGregorian calendar;348 days remain until the end of the year (349 inleap years).

Events

Pre-1600

• 38 BC–Octaviandivorces his wifeScriboniaand marriesLivia Drusilla,ending the fragile peace between theSecond TriumvirateandSextus Pompey.
• 1362–Saint Marcellus' floodkills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea.
• 1377–Pope Gregory XIreaches Rome, after deciding to move the Papacy back to Rome fromAvignon.
• 1524–Giovanni da Verrazzanosets sail westward fromMadeirato find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
• 1562– France grants religious toleration to theHuguenotsin theEdict of Saint-Germain.
• 1595– During theFrench Wars of Religion,Henry IV of Francedeclares war on Spain.

1601–1900

• 1608– EmperorSusenyos Iof Ethiopia surprises anOromoarmy at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 of his men.
• 1641–Reapers' War:TheJunta de Braços(parliamentary assembly) of thePrincipality of Cataloniaaccepts the proposal of establishment of theCatalan Republicunder French protection.
• 1648– England'sLong Parliamentpasses the "Vote of No Addresses",breaking off negotiations withKing Charles Iand thereby setting the scene for the second phase of theEnglish Civil War.
• 1649– TheSecond Ormonde Peacecreates an alliance between theIrish RoyalistsandConfederatesduring theWar of the Three Kingdoms.The coalition was then decisively defeated during theCromwellian conquest of Ireland.
• 1773– CaptainJames Cookleads thefirst expeditionto sail south of theAntarctic Circle.
• 1781–American Revolutionary War:Battle of Cowpens:Continental troops under Brigadier GeneralDaniel Morgandefeat British forces under Lieutenant ColonelBanastre Tarletonat the battle inSouth Carolina.
• 1799–MaltesepatriotDun Mikiel Xerri,along with a number of other patriots, is executed.
• 1811–Mexican War of Independence:In theBattle of Calderón Bridge,a heavily outnumberedSpanishforce of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionaries.
• 1852– The United Kingdom signs theSand River Conventionwith theSouth African Republic.
• 1873– A group ofModocwarriors defeats theUnited States Armyin theFirst Battle of the Stronghold,part of theModoc War.
• 1885– A British force defeats a largeDervisharmy at theBattle of Abu Kleain theSudan.
• 1893–Lorrin A. Thurston,along with theCitizens' Committee of Public Safety,led theOverthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiiand the government ofQueen Liliʻuokalani.
• 1899– The United States takes possession ofWake Islandin the Pacific Ocean.

1901–present

• 1903–El Yunque National ForestinPuerto Ricobecomes part of the United StatesNational Forest Systemas the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
• 1904–Anton Chekhov'sThe Cherry Orchardreceives its premiere performance at theMoscow Art Theatre.
• 1912– British polar explorer CaptainRobert Falcon Scottreaches the South Pole,one month afterRoald Amundsen.
• 1915–RussiadefeatsOttoman Turkeyin theBattle of Sarikamishduring theCaucasus CampaignofWorld War I.
• 1917– The United States pays Denmark $25 million for theVirgin Islands.
• 1918–Finnish Civil War:The first serious battles take place between theRed Guardsand theWhite Guard.
• 1920–Alcohol Prohibitionbegins in the United States as theVolstead Actgoes into effect.
• 1941–Franco-Thai War:Vichy Frenchforcesinflict a decisive defeatover theRoyal Thai Navy.
• 1943–World War II:Greek submarine Papanikoliscaptures the 200-ton sailing vesselAgios Stefanosand mans her with part of her crew.
• 1944– World War II:Alliedforces launch the first offour assaultsonMonte Cassinowith the intention of breaking through theWinter Lineand seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
• 1945– World War II: TheVistula–Oder Offensiveforces German troops out ofWarsaw.
• 1945 – TheSS-Totenkopfverbändebegin the evacuation of theAuschwitz concentration campas theRed Armycloses in.
• 1945 – Swedish diplomatRaoul Wallenbergis taken intoSovietcustody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again.
• 1946– TheUN Security Councilholds its first session.
• 1948– TheRenville Agreementbetween theNetherlandsandIndonesiais ratified.
• 1950– TheGreat Brink's Robbery:Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices inBoston.
• 1950 –United Nations Security Council Resolution 79relating toarms controlis adopted.
• 1961– U.S. PresidentDwight D. Eisenhowerdelivers a televisedfarewell address to the nationthree days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex"as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
• 1961 – FormerCongolesePrime MinisterPatrice Lumumbais murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
• 1966–Palomares incident:AB-52bomber collides with aKC-135 Stratotankerover Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kilotonnuclear bombsnear the town ofPalomaresand another one into the sea.
• 1969–Black Panther PartymembersBunchy CarterandJohn Hugginsare killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus ofUCLA.
• 1977–Capital punishment in the United Statesresumes after a ten-year hiatus, as convicted murdererGary Gilmoreisexecuted by firing squadin Utah.
• 1981–President of the PhilippinesFerdinand Marcosliftsmartial laweight years and five months after declaring it.
• 1991–Gulf War:Operation Desert Stormbegins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for theF-117.LCDR Scott Speicher'sF/A-18C HornetfromVFA-81is shot down by aMig-25and is the first American casualty of the War.Iraqfires eightScudmissiles intoIsraelin an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
• 1991 – Crown Prince Harald of Norway becomesKing Harald V,following the death of his father,King Olav V.
• 1992– During a visit to South Korea,Japanese Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawaapologizes for forcing Korean women intosexual slaveryduring World War II.
• 1994– The 6.7 M_w Northridge earthquakeshakes theGreater Los Angeles Areawith a maximumMercalli intensityof IX (Violent), leaving 57 people dead and more than 8,700 injured.
• 1995– The 6.9 M_w Great Hanshin earthquakeshakes the southernHyōgo Prefecturewith a maximumShindoof VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
• 1996– TheCzech Republicapplies for membership in theEuropean Union.
• 1997–Cape Canaveral Air Force Station:ADelta IIcarrying theGPS IIR-1satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
• 1998–Clinton–Lewinsky scandal:Matt Drudgebreaks the story of theBill Clinton–Monica Lewinskyaffair on hisDrudge Reportwebsite.
• 2002–Mount Nyiragongoerupts in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo,displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
• 2007– TheDoomsday Clockis set to five minutes to midnight in response toNorth Korea's nuclear testing.
• 2008–British Airways Flight 38crashes short of the runway atHeathrow Airport,injuring 47.
• 2010–Riotingbegins between Muslim and Christian groups inJos, Nigeria,results in at least 200 deaths.
• 2013– Former cyclistLance Armstrongconfesses tohis dopingin an airing ofOprah's Next Chapter.
• 2013– Shahzad Luqman ismurderedby members ofGolden DawninPetralona,Athens,leading the creation of new measures to combat race-based attacks inGreece.
• 2016– PresidentBarack Obamaannounces theJoint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
• 2017–The search forMalaysia Airlines Flight 370is announced to be suspended.
• 2023–An avalanche strikes Nyingchi, Tibet,killing 28 people.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1342–Philip II, Duke of Burgundy(d. 1404)
• 1429–Antonio del Pollaiuolo,Italian artist (d.c.1498)
• 1463–Frederick III, Elector of Saxony(d. 1525)
• 1463 –Antoine Duprat,French cardinal (d. 1535)
• 1472–Guidobaldo da Montefeltro,Italian captain (d. 1508)
• 1484–George Spalatin,German priest and reformer (d. 1545)
• 1501–Leonhart Fuchs,German physician and botanist (d. 1566)
• 1504–Pope Pius V(d. 1572)
• 1517–Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk,English Duke (d. 1554)
• 1560–Gaspard Bauhin,Swiss botanist, physician, and academic (d. 1624)
• 1574–Robert Fludd,English physician, astrologer, and mathematician (d. 1637)
• 1593–William Backhouse,English alchemist and astrologer (d. 1662)
• 1600–Pedro Calderón de la Barca,Spanish playwright and poet (d. 1681)

1601–1900

• 1612–Thomas Fairfax,English general and politician (d. 1671)
• 1640–Jonathan Singletary Dunham,American settler (d. 1724)
• 1659–Antonio Veracini,Italian violinist and composer (d. 1745)
• 1666–Antonio Maria Valsalva,Italian anatomist and physician (d. 1723)
• 1686–Archibald Bower,Scottish historian and autor (d. 1766)
• 1693–Melchor de Navarrete,Spanish colonial governor ofCartagena de Indias(Colombia, 1739 - 1742); of Spanish Florida (1749 - 1752); and of Yucatán (Mexico, 1754 - 1758) (d. 1761)
• 1706–Benjamin Franklin,American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6thPresident of Pennsylvania(d. 1790)
• 1712–John Stanley,English organist and composer (d. 1786)
• 1719–William Vernon,American businessman (d. 1806)
• 1728–Johann Gottfried Müthel,German pianist and composer (d. 1788)
• 1732–Stanisław August Poniatowski,Polish-Lithuanian king (d. 1798)
• 1734–François-Joseph Gossec,French composer and conductor (d. 1829)
• 1761–Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet,Scottish geologist and geophysicist (d. 1832)
• 1789–August Neander,German historian and theologian (d. 1850)
• 1793–Antonio José Martínez,Spanish-American priest, rancher and politician (d. 1867)
• 1814–Ellen Wood,English author (d. 1887)
• 1820–Anne Brontë,English author and poet (d. 1849)
• 1828–Lewis A. Grant,American lawyer and general,Medal of Honorrecipient (d. 1918)
• 1828 –Ede Reményi,Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1898)
• 1832–Henry Martyn Baird,American historian and academic (d. 1906)
• 1834–August Weismann,German biologist, zoologist, and geneticist (d. 1914)
• 1850–Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti,Brazilian cardinal (d. 1930)
• 1850 –Alexander Taneyev,Russian pianist and composer (d. 1918)
• 1851–A. B. Frost,American author and illustrator (d. 1928)
• 1853–Alva Belmont,American suffragist (d. 1933)
• 1853 –T. Alexander Harrison,American painter and academic (d. 1930)
• 1857–Wilhelm Kienzl,Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)
• 1857 –Eugene Augustin Lauste,French-American engineer (d. 1935)
• 1858–Tomás Carrasquilla,Colombian author (d. 1940)
• 1860–Douglas Hyde,Irish academic and politician, 1stPresident of Ireland(d. 1949)
• 1863–David Lloyd George,Welsh lawyer and politician,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom(d. 1945)
• 1863 –Konstantin Stanislavski,Russian actor and director (d. 1938)
• 1865–Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet,English general and politician, 3rdGovernor-General of New Zealand(d. 1951)
• 1867–Carl Laemmle,German-born American film producer, co-foundedUniversal Studios(d. 1939)
• 1867 –Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet,English colonel, pilot, and polo player (d. 1934)
• 1871–David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty,English admiral (d. 1936)
• 1871 –Nicolae Iorga,Romanian historian and politician, 34thPrime Minister of Romania(d. 1940)
• 1875–Florencio Sánchez,Uruguayan journalist and playwright (d. 1910)
• 1876–Frank Hague,American lawyer and politician, 30thMayor of Jersey City(d. 1956)
• 1877–Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková,Czech botanist and zoologist (d. 1937)
• 1877 –May Gibbs,English-Australian author and illustrator (d. 1969)
• 1880–Mack Sennett,Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1960)
• 1881–Antoni Łomnicki,Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
• 1881 –Harry Price,English psychologist and author (d. 1948)
• 1882–Noah Beery, Sr.,American actor (d. 1946)
• 1883–Compton Mackenzie,English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1972)
• 1886–Glenn L. Martin,American pilot and businessman, founded theGlenn L. Martin Company(d. 1955)
• 1887–Ola Raknes,Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)
• 1888–Babu Gulabrai,Indian philosopher and author (d. 1963)
• 1897–Marcel Petiot,French physician and serial killer (d. 1946)
• 1898–Lela Mevorah,Serbian librarian (d. 1972)
• 1899–Al Capone,American mob Boss (d. 1947)
• 1899 –Robert Maynard Hutchins,American philosopher and academic (d. 1977)
• 1899 –Nevil Shute,English engineer and author (d. 1960)

1901–present

• 1901–Aron Gurwitsch,Lithuanian-American philosopher and author (d. 1973)
• 1904–Hem Vejakorn,Thai painter and illustrator (d. 1969)
• 1905–Ray Cunningham,American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1905 –Peggy Gilbert,American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2007)
• 1905 –Eduard Oja,Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (d. 1950)
• 1905 –Guillermo Stábile,Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1966)
• 1905 –Jan Zahradníček,Czech poet and translator (d. 1960)
• 1907–Henk Badings,Indonesian-Dutch composer and engineer (d. 1987)
• 1907 –Alfred Wainwright,British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator (d. 1991)
• 1908–Cus D'Amato,American bo xing manager and trainer (d. 1985)
• 1911–Busher Jackson,Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1966)
• 1911 –John S. McCain Jr.,American admiral (d. 1981)
• 1911 –George Stigler,American economist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1991)
• 1914–Anacleto Angelini,Italian-Chilean businessman (d. 2007)
• 1914 –Irving Brecher,American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1914 –Howard Marion-Crawford,English actor (d. 1969)
• 1914 –Paul Royle,Australian lieutenant and pilot (d. 2015)
• 1914 –William Stafford,American poet and author (d. 1993)
• 1916–Peter Frelinghuysen Jr.,American lieutenant and politician (d. 2011)
• 1917–M. G. Ramachandran,Indian actor, director, and politician, 3rdChief Minister of Tamil Nadu(d. 1987)
• 1918–Keith Joseph,English lawyer and politician,Secretary of State for Education(d. 1994)
• 1918 –George M. Leader,American soldier and politician, 36thGovernor of Pennsylvania(d. 2013)
• 1920–Georges Pichard,French author and illustrator (d. 2003)
• 1921–Jackie Henderson,Scottish footballer (d. 2005)
• 1921 –Asghar Khan,Pakistani general and politician (d. 2018)
• 1921 –Charlie Mitten,English footballer and manager (d. 2002)
• 1921 –Antonio Prohías,Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998)
• 1922–Luis Echeverría,Mexican academic and politician, 50thPresident of Mexico(d. 2022)
• 1922 –Nicholas Katzenbach,American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 65thUnited States Attorney General(d. 2012)
• 1922 –Betty White,American actress, game show panelist, television personality, and animal rights activist (d. 2021)
• 1923–Rangeya Raghav,Indian author and playwright (d. 1962)
• 1924–Rik De Saedeleer,Belgian footballer and journalist (d. 2013)
• 1924 –Jewel Plummer Cobb,American biologist, cancer researcher, and academic (d. 2017)
• 1925–Gunnar Birkerts,Latvian-American architect (d. 2017)
• 1925 –Robert Cormier,American author and journalist (d. 2000)
• 1925 –Abdul Hafeez Kardar,Pakistani cricketer and author (d. 1996)
• 1926–Newton N. Minow,American lawyer and politician (d. 2023)
• 1926 –Moira Shearer,Scottish-English ballerina and actress (d. 2006)
• 1926 –Clyde Walcott,Barbadian cricketer (d. 2006)
• 1927–Thomas Anthony Dooley III,American physician and humanitarian (d. 1961)
• 1927 –Eartha Kitt,American actress and singer (d. 2008)
• 1927 –Harlan Mathews,American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
• 1927 –E. W. Swackhamer,American director and producer (d. 1994)
• 1928–Jean Barraqué,French composer (d. 1973)
• 1928 –Vidal Sassoon,English-American hairdresser and businessman (d. 2012)
• 1929–Philip Latham,British actor (d. 2020)
• 1929 –Jacques Plante,Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1986)
• 1929 –Tan Boon Teik,Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician,Attorney-General of Singapore(d. 2012)
• 1931–James Earl Jones,American actor (d. 2024)
• 1931 –Douglas Wilder,American sergeant and politician, 66thGovernor of Virginia
• 1931 –Don Zimmer,American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
• 1932–John Cater,English actor (d. 2009)
• 1932 –Sheree North,American actress and dancer (d. 2005)
• 1933–Dalida,Egyptian-French singer and actress (d. 1987)
• 1933 –Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan,French-Pakistani diplomat,United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(d. 2003)
• 1933 –Shari Lewis,American actress, puppeteer/ventriloquist, and television host (d. 1998)
• 1934–Donald Cammell,Scottish-American director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1935–Ruth Ann Minner,American businesswoman and politician, 72ndGovernor of Delaware(d. 2021)
• 1936–John Boyd,English academic and diplomat,British ambassador to Japan(d. 2019)
• 1936 –A. Thangathurai,Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1997)
• 1937–Alain Badiou,French philosopher and academic
• 1938–John Bellairs,American author and academic (d. 1991)
• 1938 –Toini Gustafsson,Swedish cross country skier
• 1939–Christodoulos of Athens,Greek archbishop (d. 2008)
• 1939 –Maury Povich,American talk show host and producer
• 1940–Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni,Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (d. 2015)
• 1940 –Kipchoge Keino,Kenyan athlete
• 1940 –Tabaré Vázquez,Uruguayan physician and politician, 39thPresident of Uruguay(d. 2020)
• 1941–István Horthy, Jr.,Hungarian physicist and architect
• 1942–Muhammad Ali,American boxer and activist (d. 2016)
• 1942 –Ita Buttrose,Australian journalist and author
• 1942 –Ulf Hoelscher,German violinist and educator
• 1942 –Nigel McCulloch,English bishop
• 1943–Chris Montez,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 –René Préval,Haitian agronomist and politician, 52ndPresident of Haiti(d. 2017)
• 1944–Ann Oakley,English sociologist, author, and academic
• 1945–Javed Akhtar,Indian poet, playwright, and composer
• 1945 –Anne Cutler,Australian psychologist and academic (d. 2022)
• 1947–Joanna David,English actress
• 1947 –Jane Elliot,American actress
• 1948–Davíð Oddsson,Icelandic politician, 21stPrime Minister of Iceland
• 1949–Anita Borg,American computer scientist and academic (d. 2003)
• 1949 –Gyude Bryant,Liberian businessman and politician (d. 2014)
• 1949 –Augustin Dumay,French violinist and conductor
• 1949 –Andy Kaufman,American actor and comedian (d. 1984)
• 1949 –Mick Taylor,English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950–Luis López Nieves,Puerto Rican-American author and academic
• 1952–Tom Deitz,American author (d. 2009)
• 1952 –Darrell Porter,American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
• 1952 –Ryuichi Sakamoto,Japanese pianist, composer, and producer (d. 2023)
• 1953–Jeff Berlin,American bass player and educator
• 1953 –Carlos Johnson,American singer and guitarist
• 1954–Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,American environmental lawyer, writer, and conspiracy theorist
• 1955–Steve Earle,American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, author and actor
• 1955 –Pietro Parolin,Italian cardinal
• 1955 –Steve Javie,American basketball player and referee
• 1956–Damian Green,English journalist and politician
• 1956 –Paul Young,English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957–Steve Harvey,American actor, comedian, television personality and game show host
• 1957 –Ann Nocenti,American journalist and author
• 1958–Tony Kouzarides,English biologist, cancer researcher
• 1959–Susanna Hoffs,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1960–John Crawford,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 –Chili Davis,Jamaican-American baseball player and coach
• 1961–Brian Helgeland,American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962–Jun Azumi,Japanese broadcaster and politician, 46thJapanese Minister of Finance
• 1962 –Jim Carrey,Canadian-American actor, comedian, and producer
• 1962 –Sebastian Junger,American journalist and author
• 1962 –Denis O'Hare,American actor and singer
• 1963–Colin Gordon,English footballer, agent, manager and chief executive
• 1963 –Kai Hansen,German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1964–Michelle Obama,American lawyer and activist, 44thFirst Lady of the United States
• 1964 –John Schuster,Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
• 1965–Sylvain Turgeon,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966–Trish Johnson,English golfer
• 1966 –Joshua Malina,American actor
• 1966 –Shabba Ranks,Jamaican rapper, musician, and songwriter
• 1967–Richard Hawley,English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1968–Rowan Pelling,English journalist and author
• 1968 –Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer,Dutch author, poet, and scholar
• 1969–Naveen Andrews,English actor
• 1969 –Lukas Moodysson,Swedish director, screenwriter, and author
• 1969 –Tiësto,Dutch DJ and producer
• 1970–Cássio Alves de Barros,Brazilian footballer
• 1970 –Jeremy Roenick,American ice hockey player and actor
• 1970 –Genndy Tartakovsky,Russian-American animator, director, and producer
• 1971–Giorgos Balogiannis,Greek basketball player
• 1971 –Richard Burns,English race car driver (d. 2005)
• 1971 –Lil Jon,American rapper and producer
• 1971 –Kid Rock,American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1971 –Sylvie Testud,French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1973–Cuauhtémoc Blanco,Mexican footballer and actor
• 1973 –Chris Bowen,Australian politician, 37thTreasurer of Australia
• 1973 –Liz Ellis,Australian netball player and sportscaster
• 1973 –Aaron Ward,Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1974–Yang Chen,Chinese footballer and manager
• 1974 –Vesko Kountchev,Bulgarian viola player, composer, and producer
• 1974 –Derrick Mason,American football player
• 1975–Freddy Rodriguez,American actor
• 1977–Leigh Whannell,Australian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1978–Lisa Llorens,AustralianParalympian
• 1978 –Ricky Wilson,English singer-songwriter
• 1980–Maksim Chmerkovskiy,Ukrainian-American dancer and choreographer
• 1980 –Zooey Deschanel,American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1980 –Modestas Stonys,Lithuanian footballer
• 1981–Warren Feeney,Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1981 –Ray J,American singer, actor, and television personality
• 1981 –Michael Zigomanis,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982–Dwyane Wade,American basketball player
• 1982 –Andrew Webster,Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1982 –Amanda Wilkinson,Canadian singer
• 1983–Álvaro Arbeloa,Spanish footballer
• 1983 –Ryan Gage,English actor
• 1983 –Johannes Herber,German basketball player
• 1983 –Rick Kelly,Australian race car driver
• 1983 –Marcelo Garcia,Brazilian martial artist
• 1984–Calvin Harris,Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer
• 1984 –Dexter Lumis,American wrestler
• 1985–Pablo Barrientos,Argentinian footballer
• 1985 –Simone Simons,Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1986–Viktor Stålberg,Swedish ice hockey player
• 1987–Cody Decker,American baseball player
• 1987 –Oleksandr Usyk,Ukrainian boxer
• 1988–Andrea Antonelli,Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)
• 1988 –Earl Clark,American basketball player
• 1988 –Will Genia,Australian rugby player
• 1988 –Jonathan Keltz,American actor
• 1988 –Héctor Moreno,Mexican footballer
• 1989–Taylor Jordan,American baseball player
• 1989 –Kelly Marie Tran,American actress
• 1990–Santiago Tréllez,Colombian footballer
• 1990 –Tyler Zeller,American basketball player
• 1991–Trevor Bauer,American baseball player
• 1991 –Willa Fitzgerald,American actress
• 1991 –Esapekka Lappi,Finnish rally driver
• 1991 –Alise Post,American BMX rider
• 1992–Stanislav Galiev,Russian ice hockey player
• 1994–Lucy Boynton,American-English actress
• 1994 –Mark Steketee,Australian cricketer
• 1995–Indya Moore,American actor and model
• 1996–Allonzo Trier,American basketball player
• 1997–Jake Paul,American boxer, actor, rapper, and social media personality
• 1997 –Kyle Tucker,American baseball player
• 1998–Sophie Molineux,Australian cricketer
• 1998 –Jeff Reine-Adelaide,French footballer
• 1999–Isa Briones,American actor and singer
• 2000–Kang Chan-hee,South Korean singer and actor
• 2000 –Devlin DeFrancesco,Canadian race car driver
• 2000 –Ayo Dosunmu,American basketball player
• 2001–Enzo Fernández,Argentinian footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 395–Theodosius I,Roman emperor (b. 347)
• 644–Sulpitius the Pious,French bishop and saint
• 764–Joseph of Freising,German bishop
• 1040–Mas'ud I of Ghazni,Sultan of theGhaznavid Empire(b. 998)
• 1156–André de Montbard,fifthGrand Master of the Knights Templar
• 1168–Thierry, Count of Flanders(b. 1099)
• 1229–Albert of Riga,German bishop (b. 1165)
• 1329–Saint Roseline,Carthusian nun (b. 1263)
• 1334–John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond(b. 1266)
• 1345–Henry of Asti,Greek patriarch
• 1345 –Martino Zaccaria,GenoeseLord of Chios
• 1369–Peter I of Cyprus(b. 1328)
• 1456–Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont,French translator (b. 1395)
• 1468–Skanderbeg,Albanian soldier and politician (b. 1405)
• 1523–Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg,German landgravine (b. 1466)
• 1588–Qi Jiguang,Chinese general (b. 1528)
• 1598–Feodor I of Russia(b. 1557)

1601–1900

• 1617–Fausto Veranzio,Croatian bishop and lexicographer (b. 1551)
• 1705–John Ray,English botanist and historian (b. 1627)
• 1718–Benjamin Church,American colonel (b. 1639)
• 1737–Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann,German architect (b. 1662)
• 1738–Jean-François Dandrieu,French organist and composer (b. 1682)
• 1751–Tomaso Albinoni,Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671)
• 1826–Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga,Spanish-French composer (b. 1806)
• 1834–Giovanni Aldini,Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762)
• 1850–Elizabeth Simcoe,English-Canadian painter and author (b. 1762)
• 1861–Lola Montez,Irish actress and dancer (b. 1821)
• 1863–Horace Vernet,French painter (b. 1789)
• 1869–Alexander Dargomyzhsky,Russian composer (b. 1813)
• 1878–Edward Shepherd Creasy,English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1884–Hermann Schlegel,German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
• 1887–William Giblin,Australian lawyer and politician, 13thPremier of Tasmania(b. 1840)
• 1888–Big Bear,Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
• 1891–George Bancroft,American historian and politician, 17thUnited States Secretary of the Navy(b. 1800)
• 1893–Rutherford B. Hayes,American general, lawyer, and politician, 19thPresident of the United States(b. 1822)
• 1896–Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover,Welsh writer and patron of the arts (b. 1802)

1901–present

• 1903–Ignaz Wechselmann,Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
• 1908–Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany(b. 1835)
• 1909–Agathon Meurman,Finnish politician and journalist (b. 1826)
• 1909 –Francis Smith,Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4thPremier of Tasmania(b. 1819)
• 1911–Francis Galton,English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)
• 1927–Juliette Gordon Low,American founder of theGirl Scouts of the USA(b. 1860)
• 1930–Gauhar Jaan,One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India. (b. 1873)
• 1931–Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia(b. 1864)
• 1932–Ahmet Derviş,Turkish general (b. 1881)
• 1932 –Albert Jacka,Australian captain,Victoria Crossrecipient (b. 1893)
• 1933–Louis Comfort Tiffany,Americanstained glassartist (b. 1848)
• 1936–Mateiu Caragiale,Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885)
• 1942–Walther von Reichenau,German field marshal (b. 1884)
• 1947–Pyotr Krasnov,Russian historian and general (b. 1869)
• 1947 –Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve,Canadian cardinal (b. 1883)
• 1951–Jyoti Prasad Agarwala,Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)
• 1952–Walter Briggs Sr.,American businessman (b. 1877)
• 1961–Patrice Lumumba,Congolese politician, 1stPrime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo(b. 1925)
• 1970–Simon Kovar,Russian-Americanbassoonplayer and educator (b. 1890)
• 1970 –Billy Stewart,American rhythm and blues singer and pianist (b. 1937)
• 1972–Betty Smith,American author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1977–Dougal Haston,Scottish mountaineer (b. 1940)
• 1977 –Gary Gilmore,American murderer (b. 1940)
• 1981–Loukas Panourgias,Greek footballer and lawyer (b. 1899)
• 1984–Kostas Giannidis,Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1987–Hugo Fregonese,Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1987 –Lawrence Kohlberg,American psychologist and author (b. 1927)
• 1988–Percy Qoboza,South African journalist and author (b. 1938)
• 1991–Olav V of Norway(b. 1903)
• 1992–Frank Pullen,English soldier and businessman (b. 1915)
• 1993–Albert Hourani,English-Lebanese historian and academic (b. 1915)
• 1994–Yevgeni Ivanov,Russian spy (b. 1926)
• 1994 –Helen Stephens,American runner, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1918)
• 1996–Barbara Jordan,American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
• 1996 –Sylvia Lawler,English geneticist (b. 1922)
• 1997–Bert Kelly,Australian farmer and politician, 20thAustralian Minister for the Navy(b. 1912)
• 1997 –Clyde Tombaugh,American astronomer and academic, discoveredPluto(b. 1906)
• 2000–Philip Jones,English trumpet player and educator (b. 1928)
• 2000 –Ion Rațiu,Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
• 2002–Camilo José Cela,Spanish author and politician,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1916)
• 2002 –Roman Personov,Russian physicist and academic (b. 1932)
• 2003–Richard Crenna,American actor and director (b. 1926)
• 2004–Raymond Bonham Carter,English banker (b. 1929)
• 2004 –Harry Brecheen,American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)
• 2004 –Ray Stark,American film producer (b. 1915)
• 2004 –Noble Willingham,American actor (b. 1931)
• 2005–Charlie Bell,Australian businessman (b. 1960)
• 2005 –Virginia Mayo,American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1920)
• 2005 –Albert Schatz,American microbiologist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2005 –Zhao Ziyang,Chinese politician, 3rdPremier of the People's Republic of China(b. 1919)
• 2006–Pierre Grondin,Canadian surgeon (b. 1925)
• 2007–Art Buchwald,American journalist and author (b. 1925)
• 2007 –Yevhen Kushnaryov,Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1951)
• 2007 –Uwe Nettelbeck,German record producer, journalist and film critic (b. 1940)
• 2008–Bobby Fischer,American chess player and author (b. 1943)
• 2008 –Ernie Holmes,American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1948)
• 2009–Anders Isaksson,Swedish journalist and historian (b. 1943)
• 2010–Gaines Adams,American football player (b. 1983)
• 2010 –Jyoti Basu,Indian politician and 9thChief Minister of West Bengal(b. 1914)
• 2010 –Michalis Papakonstantinou,Greek journalist and politician,Foreign Minister of Greece(b. 1919)
• 2010 –Erich Segal,American author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 2011–Don Kirshner,American songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
• 2012–Julius Meimberg,German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
• 2012 –Johnny Otis,American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1921)
• 2012 –Marty Springstead,American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937)
• 2013–Mehmet Ali Birand,Turkish journalist and author (b. 1941)
• 2013 –Jakob Arjouni,German author (b. 1964)
• 2013 –Yves Debay,Belgian journalist (b. 1954)
• 2013 –John Nkomo,Zimbabwean politician,Vice President of Zimbabwe(b. 1934)
• 2013 –Lizbeth Webb,English soprano and actress (b. 1926)
• 2014–Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin,Indian spiritual leader, 52ndDa'i al-Mutlaq(b. 1915)
• 2014 –Francine Lalonde,Canadian educator and politician (b. 1940)
• 2014 –Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green,English businessman and politician (b. 1942)
• 2014 –John J. McGinty III,American captain,Medal of Honorrecipient (b. 1940)
• 2014 –Sunanda Pushkar,Indian-Canadian businesswoman (b. 1962)
• 2014 –Suchitra Sen,Indian film actress (b. 1931)
• 2015–Ken Furphy,English footballer and manager (b. 1931)
• 2015 –Faten Hamama,Egyptian actress and producer (b. 1931)
• 2015 –Don Harron,Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 2016–Blowfly,American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)
• 2016 –Melvin Day,New Zealand painter and historian (b. 1923)
• 2016 –V. Rama Rao,Indian lawyer and politician, 12thGovernor of Sikkim(b. 1935)
• 2016 –Sudhindra Thirtha,Indian religious leader (b. 1926)
• 2017–Tirrel Burton,American football player and coach (b. 1929)
• 2017 –Colo,Americanwestern lowland gorilla,first gorilla born in captivity and oldest recorded (b. 1956)
• 2019–S. Balakrishnan,Malayalam movie composer (b. 1948)
• 2020–Derek Fowlds,British actor (b.1937)
• 2021–Rasheed Naz,Pakistani film and television actor (b. 1948)
• 2022–Birju Maharaj,Indian dancer (b. 1937)
• 2023–Lucile Randon,French supercentenarian (b. 1904)

Holidays and observances

• Christianfeast day:
  • Anthony the Great
  • BlessedAngelo Paoli
  • BlessedGamelbert of Michaelsbuch
  • Charles Gore(Church of England)
  • Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo(one ofSaints of the Cristero War)
  • Mildgyth
  • Our Lady of Pontmain
  • Sulpitius the Pious
  • January 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• National Day(Menorca,Spain)
• The opening ceremony ofPatras Carnival,celebrated untilClean Monday.(Patras,Greece)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times:On This Day
• Historical Events on January 17