January 17 in history
Events on January 17
Notable events that happened on January 17 in past years.
- 2026
Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crashed near Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi, after losing contact en route to Makassar.
Wikipedia article: 2026 Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crash - 2013
Former cyclist Lance Armstrong confesses to his doping in an airing of Oprah's Next Chapter.
Wikipedia article: Lance Armstrong - 2007
The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's nuclear testing.
Wikipedia article: Doomsday Clock - 1995
The 6.9 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of 7, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
Wikipedia article: Kobe earthquake - 1991
Crown Prince Harald of Norway becomes King Harald V, following the death of his father, King Olav V.
Wikipedia article: Harald V - 1969
Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
Wikipedia article: Black Panther Party - 1950
The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
Wikipedia article: Great Brink's Robbery - 1945
The SS-Totenkopfverbände begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as the Red Army closes in.
Wikipedia article: SS-Totenkopfverbände - 1941
Franco-Thai War: Vichy French forces inflict a decisive defeat over the Royal Thai Navy.
Wikipedia article: Franco-Thai War - 1915
Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
Wikipedia article: Russia - 1899
The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
Wikipedia article: Wake Island - 1852
The United Kingdom signs the Sand River Convention with the South African Republic.
Wikipedia article: Sand River Convention - 1649
The Second Ormonde Peace creates an alliance between the Irish Royalists and Confederates during the War of the Three Kingdoms. The coalition was then decisively defeated during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
Wikipedia article: Second Ormonde Peace - 1562
France grants religious toleration to the Huguenots in the Edict of Saint-Germain.
- 38 BC
Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.
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