1258 — Battle of Bình Lệ Nguyên
On 17 January 1258, Đại Việt forces under King Trần Thái Tông confronted the invading Mongol army led by Uriyangkhadai at Bạch Hạc, in present-day northern Vietnam.
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The published January 17 chronology runs from 1258 to 2026, a span of 768 years. It contains 112 sourced records across 43 countries and 8 event categories. These figures describe the current collection, not all events that occurred on this date.
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- Politics & society · 38 records
- War & conflict · 37 records
- Sport · 15 records
- Disasters · 8 records
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- United States · 25 records
- United Kingdom · 7 records
- People's Republic of China · 4 records
- Japan · 3 records
- Australia · 2 records
Compare events across time
These pairs share a category and calendar date; the pairing does not imply a historical connection.
- War & conflict: Battle of Bình Lệ Nguyên (1258) and East Aleppo offensive begins (2017) appear 759 years apart in this collection.
- Politics & society: Pope Gregory XI enters Rome (1377) and 2019 Bloc Québécois leadership election (2019) appear 642 years apart in this collection.
- Exploration: Giovanni da Verrazzano sails west from the Madeira archipelago (1524) and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad (1997) appear 473 years apart in this collection.
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January 17 historical events
1377 — Pope Gregory XI enters Rome
On 17 January 1377, Pope Gregory XI made his formal entry into Rome after returning from Avignon. His journey had begun in September 1376, and restored the papal court to Rome.
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1468 — Death of Skanderbeg
On 17 January 1468, the Albanian commander Skanderbeg died. He had led almost twenty-five years of resistance to Ottoman rule. His death marked the end of his personal leadership of the rebellion, rather than an end to all Albanian resistance.
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1524 — Giovanni da Verrazzano sails west from the Madeira archipelago
Giovanni da Verrazzano sailed west aboard La Dauphine from an islet near Madeira. The voyage took him along the Atlantic coast of North America.
The date follows Verrazzano’s voyage account.
Madeira archipelago, Portugal · Exploration · Checked 2026-11-07
1583 — French Fury
The "French Fury" was a failed attempt by Francis, Duke of Anjou, to conquer the city of Antwerp by surprise on 17 January 1583.
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1601 — Capture of Portobello (1601)
On 17 January 1601, an English naval expedition led by the privateer William Parker captured and sacked the Spanish port of Portobelo, in present-day Panama, during the Anglo–Spanish War.
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1608 — Susenyos defeats an Oromo force at Ebenat
On 17 January 1608, Ethiopian emperor Susenyos I defeated an Oromo force at Ebenat. James Bruce, citing the emperor’s Royal Chronicle, reported 12,000 Oromo dead and 400 losses on the emperor’s side.
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1625 — Battle of Blavet
On 17 January 1625, Huguenot forces led by Soubise attacked a French royal fleet in Blavet harbour, now Port-Louis in Brittany, France. The encounter helped trigger the second Huguenot rebellion against the French Crown.
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1626 — Battle of Wallhof
Battle of Wallhof (Latvian: Valles kauja, also known as Battle of Walmojza) was fought between Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on 17 January 1626.
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1640 — Action of 12–17 January 1640
The action of 12–17 January 1640 was a naval battle between a Dutch fleet and a combined Spanish-Portuguese fleet during the Eighty Years' War. The battle took place on the Brazilian coast off Pernambuco and was an attempt by a fleet consisting of approximately eighty vessels transporting about 5,000 soldiers under the command of Portuguese Admiral Fernando de Mascarenhas to land reinforcements to bolster the Portuguese militia besieging the city of Recife.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
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1642 — Battle of Kempen
The Battle of Kempen took place on 17 January 1642 during the Thirty Years' War, outside Kempen, Germany. A combined Franco-Hessian army, led by de Guébriant and von Eberstein respectively, defeated an Imperial force under General de Lamboy. The Imperial army disintegrated, with the majority either captured or killed. Defeat ended Imperial plans for an invasion of Champagne, and temporarily secured French-Hessian control of the Lower Rhine.
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1649 — Second Ormonde Peace signed
On 17 January 1649, the Marquess of Ormonde, leading the Irish Royalists, signed the Second Ormonde Peace with the Irish Confederates. The treaty formed an alliance between former Protestant and Catholic opponents during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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1742 — Battle of Schärding
The Battle of Schärding (17 January 1742) took place during the War of the Austrian Succession near the present German-Austrian border. Johann Leopold Bärnklau with 4,000 Austrians defeated Count Toerring and 7,000 Bavarians. The Austrians lost 100 casualties while inflicting 650 casualties on their adversaries and capturing 5 cannons and 10 colors. This was part of an Austrian invasion of Bavarian territory under the overall command of Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller.
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1746 — Battle of Falkirk Muir
During the Jacobite rising of 1745, the Battle of Falkirk Muir (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr na h-Eaglaise Brice) on 17 January 1746 was the last noteworthy Jacobite success. The battlefield has been inventoried and protected by Historic Scotland under the Historic Environment (Amendment) Act 2011.
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1773 — Cook’s expedition crosses the Antarctic Circle
On 17 January 1773, the crews of James Cook’s expedition became the first recorded Europeans to cross the Antarctic Circle. The expedition did not sight the Antarctic continent.
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1781 — Battle of Cowpens
The Battle of Cowpens was a military engagement of the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781, near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina. An American army of nearly 2,000 regulars and militia under Brigadier general Daniel Morgan defeated a force of about 1,000 British and Loyalist troops commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Banastre Tarleton. It was the worst defeat suffered by the British in North America during the conflict following the 1777 Saratoga campaign. The battle was part of the British "Southern strategy" in which British forces attempted to retake control over the American South under the belief that there was a significant Loyalist population there.
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1787 — Battle of Kachkalikov
The Battle of Kachkalikov, also known as the Battle of Ghachalq, was a surprise attack conducted by Chechen fighters of the Kachkalikov clan led by Ibba-Mullah, on a Russian army led by Colonel Savalyev on January 17, 1787.
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1799 — Execution of Dun Mikiel Xerri and his companions
On 17 January 1799, Dun Mikiel Xerri and fellow Maltese opponents of French rule were executed in Valletta.
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1811 — Battle of Calderón Bridge
On 17 January 1811, royalist and insurgent forces fought the Battle of Calderón Bridge near Guadalajara, in present-day Mexico. The royalist victory was a major setback for the independence forces led by Miguel Hidalgo and his fellow commanders.
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1849 — 1849 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
The 1849 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held in the 2nd Wisconsin Legislature on January 17, 1849. Incumbent Democratic U.S. senator Isaac P. Walker was re-elected to a full six-year term. In the 1849 legislative session, Democrats held a majority in both chambers, but their majority was more tenuous due to the recent schism with the Free Soil Party.
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1852 — Sand River Convention
The Sand River Convention (Afrikaans: Sandrivierkonvensie) of 17 January 1852 was a convention whereby the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland formally recognised the independence of the Boers north of the Vaal River.
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1864 — Battle of Dandridge
The Battle of Dandridge, January 17, 1864, was a minor battle of the American Civil War that occurred in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Wanting to push the Confederates out of their winter headquarters and having received reports of good forage south of the French Broad River, Union forces under Maj. Gen. John G. Parke advanced on Dandridge, near the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad, on January 14, with orders to cross the river and occupy the area for the Federals. This movement forced Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, who had been operating around Dandridge, to fall back beyond Kimbrough's Crossroads.
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1864 — Battle of Iłża (1864)
The Battle of Iłża, one of many clashes of the January Uprising, took place on January 17, 1864, near the town of Iłża, which at that time belonged to Russian-controlled Congress Poland. A party of 830 Polish rebels, commanded by Karol Kalita, clashed with a 400-strong detachment of the Imperial Russian Army. Poles lost 5 men, while Russian losses were much higher. The battle began when Russian infantry and Cossacks under Colonel Sukhonin attacked three rebel companies of Polish 3rd Stopnica Regiment, which were stationed in the village of Lubienia.
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1865 — George's Schoolhouse Raid
The George's Schoolhouse Raid was a Confederate partisan raid led by local guerrilla John Mobberly on the Union garrison at Lovettsville in Loudoun County, Virginia on January 17, 1865, during the American Civil War. The raid was tactically inconclusive. After surprising the sleeping garrison, the Confederates were driven away by superior force, taking with them only a few horses and prisoners. The raid is notable for being the last partisan action in Loudoun County involving Elijah V. White's 35th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry.
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1871 — 1871 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
The 1871 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on January 17, 1871. Incumbent Republican Senator Henry Wilson was re-elected easily to a third term as a member of the Republican Party. Wilson would not finish the term, since he was elected Vice President of the United States in 1872. At the time, Massachusetts elected United States senators by a majority vote of each separate house of the Massachusetts General Court, the House and the Senate.
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1871 — Battle of the Lisaine
The Battle of the Lisaine, also known as the Battle of Héricourt, was fought from 15 January to 17 January 1871 between German and French forces. The French were led by Charles Denis Bourbaki, and were attempting to relieve the Siege of Belfort. The Germans prepared XIV Corps (Baden) and several other divisions, some 40,000–45,000 men, to halt the French advance of about 110,000 men.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
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1873 — First Battle of the Stronghold
The First Battle of the Stronghold (January 17, 1873) was the second battle in the Modoc War of 1872–1873. The battle was fought between the United States Army under Lieutenant Colonel Frank Wheaton and a band of the Native American Modoc tribe from Oregon and California, led by Captain Jack (Kintpuash in Modoc). The US Army forces tried to dislodge the Modoc from the natural fortress, now called Captain Jack's Stronghold, in the lava beds along the south shore of Tule Lake in northeastern California. They had illegally left the Klamath Reservation in Oregon, to which they had been relocated from their territory in order to enable European Americans to settle in the area.
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1885 — Battle of Abu Klea
On 17 January 1885, British forces defeated Mahdist forces at Abu Klea in Sudan. The British Desert Column was advancing to relieve General Charles George Gordon, who was besieged at Khartoum.
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1889 — 1889 London County Council election
The first election to the County Council of London took place on 17 January 1889. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the two-member seats. Although the election was not contested on a party political basis, soon after the election, the majority of councillors formed the Progressive Party.
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1893 — Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
On January 17, 1893, a coup led by the Committee of Safety overthrew Queen Liliʻuokalani and the Hawaiian Kingdom on Oahu.
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1893 — 1893 Massachusetts election of a US senator
On January 17, 1893, the Massachusetts legislature elected Republican Henry Cabot Lodge to the United States Senate. He succeeded Henry L. Dawes, who had chosen not to seek a fourth term.
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1896 — Battle of Las Taironas
The Battle of Las Taironas was a battle of the Cuban War of Independence that took place on January 17, 1896 at Pinar del Río between Cuban forces led by Major General Antonio Maceo and the Spanish led by lieutenant colonel Ulpiano Sanchez Echevarria who was a Cuban native.
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1899 — 1899 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
An election for the United States Senate was held by the Pennsylvania General Assembly beginning on January 17, 1899, to fill the seat then held by Matthew Quay for a six-year term beginning March 4, 1899. Quay was a candidate for re-election, but he was damaged by a pending indictment for involvement in financial irregularities with state money; his trial took place during the three months that the legislature attempted to resolve the Senate deadlock, and he was acquitted the day it adjourned, having failed to elect a senator.
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1899 — 1899 United States Senate election in New York
The 1899 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 17, 1899. Incumbent Democratic Senator Edward Murphy Jr. stood for re-election to a second term but was defeated by Republican Chauncey Depew. Republicans had maintained control of both houses of the legislature in the 1898 New York state election.
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1903 — Bombardment of Fort San Carlos
The Bombardment of Fort San Carlos occurred during the Venezuelan Crisis on January 17, 1903, when two warships of the Imperial German Navy tried to penetrate into Lake Maracaibo but were repulsed by the garrison of San Carlos de la Barra after a brief exchange of fire.
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1903 — The Luquillo Forest Reserve is established in Puerto Rico
A U.S. proclamation set aside land in Puerto Rico’s Luquillo Mountains as a forest reserve. The protected area later became known as El Yunque National Forest.
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1904 — Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard premieres in Moscow
Anton Chekhov's last play, The Cherry Orchard, premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre. Konstantin Stanislavski directed the production and also played Gaev.
The Moscow playbill gives January 17, 1904 in the Julian calendar then used in Russia, equivalent to January 30 in the Gregorian calendar.
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1905 — 1905 United States Senate election in New York
The 1905 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 17, 1905. Incumbent Senator Chauncey Depew was re-elected to a second term in office. He was renominated unanimously after former Governor Frank S. Black dropped his challenge, and easily won the election given the Republican Party's large majorities in both houses.
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1908 — Ashburton by-election, 1908
The Ashburton by-election, 1908 was a by-election held in England on 17 January 1908 to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashburton in Devon.
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1912 — Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the expedition had various scientific and geographical objectives. Scott wished to continue the scientific work that he had begun when leading the Discovery Expedition from 1901 to 1904, and wanted to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole. He and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, where they found that a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen had preceded them by 34 days.
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1915 — Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I
The Battle of Sarikamish was an engagement between the Russian and Ottoman Empires during World War I. It took place from 22 December 1914, to 17 January 1915, as part of the Caucasus campaign. The battle resulted in a decisive Russian victory. The Ottoman plan relied on highly mobile troops capable of reaching specific objectives at precise times, drawing on German and Napoleonic tactical principles.
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1918 — USS Monocacy incident
On 17 January 1918, Chinese troops on the banks of the Yangtze River fired on the American gunboat USS Monocacy near Chenglin, China. The gunboat returned fire.
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1920 — US national alcohol prohibition takes effect
On January 17, 1920, national alcohol prohibition took effect in the United States under the Eighteenth Amendment and the relevant provisions of the Volstead Act. Some provisions of the act had already taken effect in October 1919.
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1923 — Newcastle-upon-Tyne East by-election, 1923
The Newcastle-upon-Tyne East by-election of 1923 was held on 17 January 1923. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Joseph Nicholas Bell.
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1923 — Juan de la Cierva’s C.4 autogyro makes an official test flight
The C.4 autogyro designed by Juan de la Cierva flew at Getafe near Madrid. Its rotor spun freely in flight, while a separate propeller provided forward thrust.
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1928 — Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1928
The Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1928 was held on January 17, 1928. Like in most Southern states between Reconstruction and the civil rights era, Louisiana's Republican Party was virtually nonexistent in terms of electoral support. This meant that the Democratic Party primary held on this date was the real contest over who would be governor. The 1928 election resulted in the election of Huey Long as Governor of Louisiana, and created a political realignment in the state between Long and anti-Long factions that lasted for several decades.
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1929 — Popeye makes his comic strip debut
Popeye first appeared in E. C. Segar’s newspaper comic strip Thimble Theatre, which had been running for about a decade.
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1931 — Hu Yepin arrested in Shanghai
On 17 January 1931, writer Hu Yepin was arrested with other attendees at a secret Chinese Communist Party meeting at the Oriental Hotel in the Shanghai International Settlement. British police carried out the arrests.
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1941 — Battle of Ko Chang
The Battle of Ko Chang took place on 17 January 1941 during the Franco-Thai War. A flotilla of French warships attacked a smaller force of Thai vessels, including a coastal defence ship. The battle resulted in a tactical victory by the French Navy over the Royal Thai Navy, although the strategic result is dubious. Two Thai ships were sunk and one was heavily damaged, with no French losses.
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1942 — Convoy PQ 8
Convoy PQ 8 (8–17 January 1942) was an Arctic convoy of the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The convoy left Iceland on 8 January 1942. On 12 January the convoy had to turn south to avoid ice; the weather was calm, visibility was exceptional, with a short period of twilight around noon. The convoy arrived in Murmansk nine days later.
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1945 — Soviet forces take Warsaw during the Vistula–Oder offensive
On 17 January 1945, Soviet forces entered Warsaw as German forces abandoned the city during the Vistula–Oder offensive. They encountered the destruction left after the Warsaw Uprising.
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1946 — First meeting of the United Nations Security Council
On 17 January 1946, the United Nations Security Council held its first meeting at Church House in Westminster, London.
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1948 — Renville Agreement
The Renville Agreement was a United Nations Security Council-brokered political accord between the Netherlands, which was seeking to re-establish its colony in Southeast Asia, and Indonesian Republicans seeking Indonesian independence during the Indonesian National Revolution. Ratified on 17 January 1948, the agreement was an unsuccessful attempt to resolve the disputes that arose following the 1946 Linggadjati Agreement.
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1950 — United Nations Security Council Resolution 79
United Nations Security Council Resolution 79, adopted on January 17, 1950, having received and the text of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 300 concerning the regulation and general reduction of conventional armaments and armed forces, the Council decided to transmit the resolution to the Commission for Conventional Armaments for further study in accordance with the Commission’s plan of work. The resolution was adopted with nine votes.
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1950 — Final day of Finland’s 1950 presidential elector voting
On 17 January 1950, Finland completed its two-day popular voting to choose presidential electors. The electors subsequently chose the president; the overall election returned Juho Kusti Paasikivi to office.
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1950 — Armed robbers steal cash and checks from Brink's in Boston
Robbers entered the Brink's offices in Boston and took about $1.2 million in cash and $1.5 million in checks and other negotiable items.
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1951 — 1951 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
The 1951 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election was held on 17 January to choose the fifth leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. The election was won by Hutt MP and incumbent deputy-leader Walter Nash.
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1953 — Iraqi parliamentary election, 1953
Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 17 January 1953. The result was a victory for the Constitutional Union Party, which won 67 of the 135 seats. Only 57 seats were contested.
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1956 — Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1956
The Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1956 was held on January 17, 1956. The 1956 election saw the election of Earl K. Long to his second full term as Governor of Louisiana. He received over 50% of the vote, defeating his opponents so soundly that no runoff vote was needed.
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1956 — Voting for Finland's 1956 presidential electors concludes
Finland finished two days of voting for the electoral college. The electors chose the next president in a separate vote the following month.
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1957 — Battle of La Plata (1957)
The Battle of La Plata was a battle fought on January 17, 1957, in the coastal village of La Plata in the Sierra Maestra mountain range of Cuba during the Cuban Revolution. It is notable as the first battle of the revolution following the Landing of the Granma which was a success for the rebels, who had previously suffered a heavy defeat at the Battle of Alegría de Pío in which the vast majority of their forces had been killed, wounded or captured.
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1961 — Patrice Lumumba and two colleagues killed in Katanga
On 17 January 1961, Patrice Lumumba, Maurice Mpolo and Joseph Okito were killed near Elisabethville in Katanga, in present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lumumba had been the country’s first prime minister. A later Belgian parliamentary inquiry placed the execution on that evening.
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1961 — Dwight Eisenhower delivers his farewell address
President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address on national television from the Oval Office. He warned about the potential influence of what he called the military-industrial complex.
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1965 — 1964 Emperor's Cup final
1964 Emperor's Cup Final was the 44th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at Kobe Oji Stadium in Hyōgo on January 17, 1965. Yawata Steel and Furukawa Electric won the championship.
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1966 — 1966 Palomares accident
The Palomares accident occurred on 17 January 1966, when a United States Air Force B-52G bomber collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refueling at 31,000 feet (9,450 m) over the Mediterranean Sea, near the Spanish village of Palomares in Almería province. The collision destroyed the tanker, killing all four crew members, and caused the bomber to break apart, resulting in the deaths of three of its seven crew members.
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1977 — 1977 Beninese coup attempt
On 17 January 1977, a group of French-led mercenaries tried and failed to overthrow the government of the People's Republic of Benin led by Mathieu Kérékou, whose communist party—the People's Revolutionary Party of Benin (PRPB)—was the only allowed political party in the country. The coup, which was also known as Opération Crevette ("Operation Shrimp"), included a failed invasion of the port city of Cotonou by mercenaries contracted by a group of exiled Beninese political rivals.
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1977 — Gary Gilmore executed as US executions resume
On January 17, 1977, convicted murderer Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad in Utah. His execution marked the resumption of executions in the United States after a ten-year hiatus.
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1979 — 1978–79 Durand Cup final
The 1978–79 Durand Cup final was the 74th final of the Durand Cup, the oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 17 January 1979 at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi. East Bengal won the final 3–0 to claim their 8th Durand Cup title.
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1984 — Ian Sinclair elected leader of Australia’s National Party
On 17 January 1984, following Doug Anthony’s retirement, Australia’s National Party elected Ian Sinclair as leader. Ralph Hunt was elected deputy leader.
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1988 — First HASC benefit concert
On January 17, 1988, the inaugural HASC benefit concert took place at Avery Fisher Hall in New York. The concert raised support for Camp HASC, a summer camp for children with special needs.
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1989 — Stockton schoolyard shooting
The Stockton schoolyard shooting occurred at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California, on January 17, 1989. The perpetrator, 24-year-old Patrick Purdy, shot and killed five children and wounded thirty-one others—all but one of them children—before committing suicide approximately three minutes after first opening fire. The shooting sparked intense public controversy regarding private ownership of assault weapons, and ultimately inspired the Roberti–Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989, which prohibited the ownership and transfer of over fifty specific brands and models of assault weapons in California.
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1991 — Harald V succeeds to the Norwegian throne
Harald V became king of Norway following the death of his father, Olav V. His succession took effect immediately. His oath before parliament and the royal consecration were later ceremonies.
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1994 — 1994 Northridge earthquake
On January 17, 1994, at 04:30:55 Pacific Standard Time, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Greater Los Angeles area in California, United States. Its epicenter was beneath the San Fernando Valley.
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1995 — 1995 Hanshin earthquake
The Kobe earthquake, also known as the Great Hanshin Earthquake (Japanese: 阪神淡路大震災, Hepburn: Hanshin-Awaji daishinsai), occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region of Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum intensity of 7 on the JMA Seismic Intensity Scale (XI on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale). The tremors lasted for approximately 20 seconds. The hypocenter of the earthquake was located 17 km beneath its epicenter, on the northern end of Awaji Island, 20 km away from the center of the city of Kobe.
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1996 — 1995 Italian Super Cup played in January 1996
On 17 January 1996, Juventus defeated Parma 1–0 in the 1995 Italian Super Cup at the Stadio delle Alpi in Turin. Scheduling conflicts had delayed the match until January 1996.
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1996 — The Czech Republic applies to join the European Union
The Czech government formally applied for EU membership in a letter signed by Prime Minister Václav Klaus. The application included a memorandum explaining the country's aims. The Czech Republic joined the EU in May 2004.
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1997 — Pancrase: Alive 1
On January 17, 1997, Pancrase held its Alive 1 mixed martial arts event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
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1997 — Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad
GPS IIR-1 or GPS SVN-42 was the first Block IIR GPS satellite to be launched. It was to have been operated as part of the United States Air Force Global Positioning System. It was launched on 17 January 1997, and was destroyed 13 seconds into its flight due to a malfunction of the Delta II launch vehicle that was carrying it.
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1998 — 1998 Freedom Union leadership election
A leadership election for the Freedom Union (US) was held in the Czech Republic on 17 January 1998. Jan Ruml was elected the first leader of the party when he defeated businessman Karel Cieslar and Mayor of Kutná Hora Ivo Šanc.
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1999 — 1998 Empress's Cup final
1998 Empress's Cup Final was the 20th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 17, 1999. Prima Ham FC Kunoichi won the championship.
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1999 — Souled Out (1999)
Souled Out (1999) was the third Souled Out professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on January 17, 1999, from the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia. The main event was a Stun Gun ladder match between Scott Hall and Goldberg, based on Hall helping Kevin Nash in beating Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and ending Goldberg's undefeated streak, the previous month at Starrcade.
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2000 — 2000 Istanbul raids
The 2000 Istanbul raids (Turkish: 2000 İstanbul baskınları) were Turkish raids on safehouses operated by the Kurdish Hezbollah on January 17, 2000. The raids resulted in the death of Hüseyin Velioğlu, and severely weakened Hezbollah. The main raid was in Beykoz, while other raids were done in Üsküdar and Ümraniye. The raids were described as being the events that marked the beginning of Hezbollah's “decline”.
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2002 — Nyiragongo erupts and sends lava into Goma
Mount Nyiragongo erupted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fissures opened on its southern flank and lava flowed into Goma, destroying buildings and forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate.
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2004 — Hong Kong launches A Symphony of Lights
A Symphony of Lights began as a permanent light-and-sound show along Victoria Harbour. The original display brought together lighting on 18 waterfront buildings.
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2005 — 2005 Tobago House of Assembly election
House of Assembly elections were held in Tobago on 17 January 2005 to elect the twelve members of the Tobago House of Assembly. The Tobago Council of the People's National Movement won 11 seats with 58.02% of the vote, while the Democratic Action Congress won one seat with 40.41% of the vote.
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2007 — 2006 Libyan Super Cup played in January 2007
On January 17, 2007, Al Ittihad defeated Al Ahly Tripoli 1–0 at the 11 June Stadium in the 2006 Libyan Super Cup. It was Al Ittihad’s fifth consecutive victory in the competition.
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2007 — The Doomsday Clock moves to five minutes to midnight
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved its symbolic clock forward two minutes at a joint announcement in Washington and London. It cited the risks posed by nuclear weapons and climate change.
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2008 — British Airways Flight 38
British Airways Flight 38 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, to Heathrow Airport in London, United Kingdom, an 8,100-kilometre (4,400 nmi; 5,000 mi) trip. On 17 January 2008, the Boeing 777 aircraft crash-landed short of runway 27L at Heathrow. Of the 152 people on board, 47 were injured, 1 of them seriously.
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2009 — Kuala Terengganu by-election, 2009
Kuala Terengganu by-election of 2009 was held on 17 January 2009 after the death of the incumbent Member of Parliament, Razali Ismail. In the 2008 election, Datuk Razali won by a slim 628 vote majority, defeating Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) heavyweight Mohamad Sabu and 89-year-old independent candidate, Maimun Yusuf. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Barisan Nasional were confident that Barisan Nasional would retain the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat. The Prime Minister had rejected the assumption that there would be a big swing by the voters to the Opposition.
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2009 — UFC 93
UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on January 17, 2009 at The O2, Dublin in Dublin, Ireland.
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2009 — 2009 W-League grand final (January)
The 2008–09 W-League grand final was the grand final of the inaugural season of the W-League, the premier league of football (soccer) in Australia. Top of the table in the regular season Queensland Roar hosted home-and-away third-placed Canberra United FC at Ballymore Stadium in Herston, Brisbane in the Saturday 17 January 2009 season decider. In a closely contested match, the Roar defeated United 2–0.
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2010 — Ukrainian presidential election, 2010
The Ukrainian presidential election of 2010 was Ukraine's fifth presidential election since declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The first round was held on January 17, 2010. The run-off between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych followed on February 7, 2010. On February 14, Viktor Yanukovych, with 48.95% of the popular vote, was declared President-elect and winner of the 2010 Ukrainian Presidential election. According to Article 104 of Ukraine's Constitution, the President must be sworn into office within 30 days from the official declaration of the poll before the Ukrainian parliament.
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2010 — TNA Genesis (2010)
The 2010 Genesis was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on January 17, 2010 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the fifth event under the Genesis chronology and the first event of the 2010 TNA PPV schedule. The PPV poster was released in early December 2009, promoting Hulk Hogan's debut on TNA PPV.
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2012 — First Battle of Ménaka
The First Battle of Menaka is an attack led on January 17, 2012, by armed groups of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and marks the beginning of the Tuareg rebellion of 2012. This is the first in a series of battles aimed a capturing most of the north Mali from the army by the rebels.
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2012 — Puxin level-crossing collision
A Taiwan Railways train collided with a gravel truck at a level crossing near Puxin in Yangmei, Taiwan. The train driver died following the collision.
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2013 — El Protector (2013)
El Protector (2013) was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on January 17, 2013, in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The 2013 El Protector was the second annual event produced under that name and held in January each year.
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2013 — Bellator 85
On January 17, 2013, Bellator 85 took place at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California, United States. Broadcast live on Spike TV, it opened Bellator’s eighth season.
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2013 — Murder of Shehzad Luqman in Athens
In the early hours of 17 January 2013, Shehzad Luqman, a 27-year-old man of Pakistani origin, was murdered while cycling to work in Petralona, Athens. Two Golden Dawn members were arrested and convicted of the murder.
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2014 — 2014 Malaysian Charity Shield
On 17 January 2014, Pahang defeated LionsXII 1–0 at the Darul Makmur Stadium in Kuantan, Malaysia, to win the 2014 Piala Sumbangsih. The match drew 40,000 spectators.
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2015 — World Series of Fighting 17: Shields vs. Foster
World Series of Fighting 17: Shields vs. Foster was a mixed martial arts event held January 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. This event aired on NBCSN in the U.S and on TSN2 in Canada.
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2015 — 2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election
The 2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election (Chinese: 2015年中國國民黨主席補選) was held on 17 January 2015 in Taiwan. This was the sixth direct election of the chairman in the Kuomintang history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote.
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2016 — UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz
UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz (also known as UFC Fight Night 81) was a mixed martial arts event held on January 17, 2016 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
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2016 — Conclusion of the CHP’s 35th ordinary convention
On 17 January 2016, Turkey’s Republican People’s Party concluded its 35th ordinary convention, which had begun on 16 January. The meeting followed the party’s defeat in the November 2015 general election.
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2017 — East Aleppo offensive begins
On 17 January 2017, the Syrian Army began an offensive in eastern Aleppo province. Its objectives included preventing further advances by Turkish-backed rebels, capturing the Islamic State stronghold of Dayr Hafir, and securing water infrastructure and the Jirah military airbase.
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2017 — Underwater search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 suspended
On 17 January 2017, the underwater search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was suspended. The aircraft had disappeared on 8 March 2014, prompting a multinational search in Southeast Asia and the southern Indian Ocean.
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2018 — Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closes at 31,983.41
The Hang Seng Index closed at a record 31,983.41, exceeding the benchmark’s previous intraday high set in October 2007.
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2019 — 2019 Bloc Québécois leadership election
The 2019 Bloc Québécois leadership election was initiated by the resignation of party leader Martine Ouellet in June 2018. While originally scheduled to be held on February 24, 2019 on a one member, one vote basis, Yves-François Blanchet, as the only candidate in the race following the nomination deadline of January 15, 2019, was officially acclaimed Leader of the Bloc Québécois on January 17, 2019.
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2020 — LFA 80: Garcia vs. Marsical
On January 17, 2020, Legacy Fighting Alliance held LFA 80: Garcia vs. Marsical at the Route 66 Casino Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The event aired on UFC Fight Pass.
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2021 — 2021 Supercopa de España final
The 2021 Supercopa de España final decided the winner of the 2021 Supercopa de España, the 37th edition of the annual Spanish football super cup competition. The match was played on 17 January 2021 at the Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville, Spain. The match was a clásico between Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao. Athletic Bilbao won the match 3–2 after extra time to win their third Supercopa de España title.
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2021 — 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional final
The Copa Diego Armando Maradona final was the final match to decide the champions of the 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional (renamed "Copa Diego Armando Maradona"), the 1st edition of this national cup. It was played on 17 January 2021 at the Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario in San Juan between Boca Juniors and Banfield.
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2023 — 2023 Nyingchi avalanche
An avalanche struck a road in Nyingchi at around 7:50 PM China Standard Time on 17 January 2023. Twenty-eight people were killed and 53 others were rescued, five of whom were seriously injured. Local reports attributed the avalanche to high winds and warming temperatures, and identified most of the victims as travelers during the spring travel rush prior to the Chinese New Year.
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2026 — 2026 Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crash
On 17 January 2026, an ATR 42 operated by Indonesia Air Transport crashed in the Bulusaraung mountain area of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It had been flying from Adisutjipto Airport to Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport. All ten people aboard were killed.
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