January 17th, 1944

Born on January 17th, 1944

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What happened on January 17th, 1944?

January 17th, 1944

World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.

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What else happened on January 17th?

January 17th, 1377

Gregory XI, the last Avignon pope, entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city.

January 17th, 1999

In Little Saigon, California, a series of protests began when the owner of a video rental store displayed an image of Ho Chi Minh.

January 17th, 2010

The first spate of violence between Muslims and Christians began in Jos, Nigeria, and would end in more than 200 deaths.

January 17th, 2002

Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, began an eruption that killed hundreds and left about 120,000 people homeless in the nearby town of Goma.

January 17th, 1998

The Drudge Report became the first news source to break the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal to the public.

January 17th, 1989

Patrick Purdy opened fire in an elementary school in Stockton, California, killing 5 and wounding 32 others.

January 17th, 1966

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker during aerial refueling over the Mediterranean Sea, dropping three hydrogen bombs on land near Palomares, Spain, and a fourth one into the sea.

January 17th, 1961

Three days before leaving office, U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a farewell speech to the nation, in which he warned about the dangers of the military–industrial complex.

January 17th, 1948

Indonesian National Revolution: The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesian republicans was ratified, in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to resolve disputes arising from the Linggadjati Agreement of 1946.

January 17th, 1946

The United Nations Security Council, the organ of the United Nations charged with the maintenance of international peace and security, held its first meeting at Church House, Westminster.

January 17th, 1945

World War II: Australian troops advanced along the northern part of Bougainville Island (in present-day Papua New Guinea) and began fighting Japanese forces in the Battle of Tsimba Ridge.

January 17th, 1920

The Volstead Act went into effect, beginning the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.

January 17th, 1917

Denmark sold their portion of the Virgin Islands archipelago to the United States for US$25 million.

January 17th, 1912

Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition reached the South Pole, only to find that Roald Amundsen's team had beaten them by 33 days.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 17th

Born on January 17th, 1944

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

80

Jan Guillou

Swedish author

*January 17th, 1944, Södertälje

80

Roland Hetzer

German cardiac surgeon

*January 17th, 1944, Nové Hamry

80

Bernd Mutzelburg

German diplomat

*January 17th, 1944, Mainz

80

Jean-Pierre Berthet

French journalist

*January 17th, 1944, Aubervilliers

80

Georges Belaubre

French triathlete

*January 17th, 1944, Villefranche-sur-Saône

80

Concha Cuetos

Spanish actress

*January 17th, 1944, Madrid

80

Václav Bělohradský

Czech philosopher, politic writer, professor, sociologist, university educator and science writer

*January 17th, 1944, Prague

71

Beatriz Lockhart

Uruguayan musician

*January 17th, 1944, Montevideo †November 23rd, 2015

57

Einar Schleef

German dramatist, director, set designer, writer, painter, photographer, and actor (1944-2001)

*January 17th, 1944, Sangerhausen †July 21st, 2001, Berlin

80

Victor Denisov

Russian playwright

*January 17th, 1944, Moscow

80

Veronica Grymonprez

Belgian gymnast

*January 17th, 1944, Berlin

80

Chishty Mujahid

Pakistani cricket commentator

*January 17th, 1944, Delhi

80

Irene Patricia Murphy Keeley

United States federal judge

*January 17th, 1944, Brooklyn

80

Else Bugge Fougner

Norwegian politician

*January 17th, 1944, Moss Municipality

80

Mahieddine Khalef

Algerian footballer

*January 17th, 1944, Mechra Bel Ksiri

80

Judy Paradis

American politician and teacher

*January 17th, 1944, St. Agatha

80

Takashi Inoguchi

Japanese political scientist

*January 17th, 1944, Niigata

79

Carlos Romero Deschamps

Mexican politician

*January 17th, 1944, Tampico †October 19th, 2023, Mexico City

74

Viktor Yerin

Russian general and politician

*January 17th, 1944, Kazan †March 20th, 2018, Moscow

79

Shlomo Yitzhaki

Israeli economist

*January 17th, 1944, Baghdad †April 17th, 2023

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74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

33

Qiu Zihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 17th, 1991, Xiamen

78

Geir Lundestad

Norwegian historian and director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute

*January 17th, 1945, Sulitjelma †September 22nd, 2023

75

Jeanette Fitzsimons

New Zealand politician (1945-2020)

*January 17th, 1945, Dunedin †March 5th, 2020, Thames Hospital

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

86

Sonja Sutter

German actress

*January 17th, 1931, Freiburg im Breisgau †June 2nd, 2017, Baden

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

83

Jens Bratlie

13th Prime Minister of Norway

*January 17th, 1856, Nordre Land Municipality †September 15th, 1939, Oslo

42

Dwyane Wade

American former basketball player

*January 17th, 1982, Chicago

79

Javed Akhtar

Indian writer, poet and lyricist

*January 17th, 1945, Khairabad

60

Michelle Obama

Lawyer and former First Lady of the United States

*January 17th, 1964, Chicago

47

Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil

Danish politician

*January 17th, 1977, Zealand

93

James Earl Jones

American actor

*January 17th, 1931, Arkabutla

47

Sverre Rotevatn

Norwegian Nordic combined skier

*January 17th, 1977, Lillehammer Municipality

95

Elisabeth Gesche

German nurse and honorary consul

*January 17th, 1924, Funchal †May 27th, 2019

65

Stefan Ritter

German classical archaeologist

*January 17th, 1959, Schmalkalden

77

Anne Cutler

Psycholinguist and educator

*January 17th, 1945, Armadale †June 7th, 2022, Nijmegen

66

Eveline Peterson

Badminton player

*January 17th, 1877, Jalpaiguri †November 30th, 1943, Totnes

37

Jenny Wallwork

British badminton player

*January 17th, 1987, Bolton

80

Tabaré Vázquez

President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020

*January 17th, 1940, Montevideo †December 6th, 2020, Montevideo

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79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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