Today in History : January 17
1601 : The Treaty of Lyons ends a short war between France and Savoy.
1746 : Charles Edward Stuart, the young pretender, defeats the government forces at the battle of Falkirk in Scotland.
1773 : Captain James Cook becomes the first person to cross the Antarctic Circle.
1819 : Simon Bolivar the “liberator” proclaims Columbia a republic.
1893 : Queen Liliuokalani, the Hawaiian monarch, is overthrown by a group of American sugar planters led by Sanford Ballard Dole.
1852 : At the Sand River Convention, the British recognize the independence of the Transvaal Board.
1912 : Robert Scott reaches the South Pole only a month after Roald Amundsen.
1939 : The Reich issues an order forbidding Jews to practice as dentists, veterinarians and chemists.
1945 : The Red army occupies Warsaw.
1963 : Soviet leader Khrushchev visits the Berlin Wall.
1985 : A jury in New Jersey rules that terminally ill patients have the right to starve themselves.
Born on January 17
1504 : Pius V, Pope 1566-1572.
1706 : Benjamin Franklin, statesman, diplomat, scientist and inventor who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac.
1860 : Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer famous for The Seagull and Three Sisters.
1863 : David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister during World War I.
1899 : Al Capone, U.S. mobster known as “Scarface Al” who ran most of Chicago and the surrounding area.
1922 : Betty White, actress; created memorable characters in TV sitcoms from the 1950s into the 21st century (Life with Elizabeth, Mary Tyler Moore, The Golden Girls, Hot in Cleveland) and was a popular guest on TV game shows. At age 88 and a half she became the oldest person ever to host Saturday Night Live (2010).
1942 : Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], U.S. boxer, “The Greatest,” who is the only three-time heavyweight champion.
1964 : Michelle Robinson Obama, wife of US President Barack Obama.
1601 : The Treaty of Lyons ends a short war between France and Savoy.
1746 : Charles Edward Stuart, the young pretender, defeats the government forces at the battle of Falkirk in Scotland.
1773 : Captain James Cook becomes the first person to cross the Antarctic Circle.
1819 : Simon Bolivar the “liberator” proclaims Columbia a republic.
1893 : Queen Liliuokalani, the Hawaiian monarch, is overthrown by a group of American sugar planters led by Sanford Ballard Dole.
1852 : At the Sand River Convention, the British recognize the independence of the Transvaal Board.
1912 : Robert Scott reaches the South Pole only a month after Roald Amundsen.
1939 : The Reich issues an order forbidding Jews to practice as dentists, veterinarians and chemists.
1945 : The Red army occupies Warsaw.
1963 : Soviet leader Khrushchev visits the Berlin Wall.
1985 : A jury in New Jersey rules that terminally ill patients have the right to starve themselves.
Born on January 17
1504 : Pius V, Pope 1566-1572.
1706 : Benjamin Franklin, statesman, diplomat, scientist and inventor who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac.
1860 : Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer famous for The Seagull and Three Sisters.
1863 : David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister during World War I.
1899 : Al Capone, U.S. mobster known as “Scarface Al” who ran most of Chicago and the surrounding area.
1922 : Betty White, actress; created memorable characters in TV sitcoms from the 1950s into the 21st century (Life with Elizabeth, Mary Tyler Moore, The Golden Girls, Hot in Cleveland) and was a popular guest on TV game shows. At age 88 and a half she became the oldest person ever to host Saturday Night Live (2010).
1942 : Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], U.S. boxer, “The Greatest,” who is the only three-time heavyweight champion.
1964 : Michelle Robinson Obama, wife of US President Barack Obama.
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