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Jan 17, 2012
Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang resigns as chief executive officer.
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Jan 17, 2010
2010 Penang dragon boat accident occurs in Penang, Malaysia
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Jan 17, 2010
Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, resulting in at least 200 deaths.
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Jan 17, 2007
The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.
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Jan 17, 2002
Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
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Jan 17, 2001
President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
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Jan 17, 1998
Paula Jones accuses President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.
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Jan 17, 1997
A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
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Jan 17, 1996
The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
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Jan 17, 1995
The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people.
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Jan 17, 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.
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Jan 17, 1991
Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V.
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Jan 17, 1983
The tallest department store in the world, Hudson's, flagship store in downtown Detroit closes due to high cost of operating.
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Jan 17, 1982
"Cold Sunday" - in the United States temperatures fell to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities.
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Jan 17, 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.
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Jan 17, 1973
Ferdinand Marcos becomes "President for Life" of the Philippines.
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Jan 17, 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.
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Jan 17, 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".
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Jan 17, 1950
The Great Brinks Robbery – 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company's offices in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Jan 17, 1949
The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs.
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Jan 17, 1946
The UN Security Council holds its first session.
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Jan 17, 1945
Soviet forces capture the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw.
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Jan 17, 1945
The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in.
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Jan 17, 1945
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappears in Hungary while in Soviet custody.
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Jan 17, 1941
Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II.
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