January 17th, 1998

Born on January 17th, 1998

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What happened on January 17th, 1998?

January 17th, 1998

Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton–Lewinsky_scandal

January 17th, 1998

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drudge_Report

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, 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

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who had saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, was taken into Soviet custody during the Siege of Budapest and was never seen in public again.

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, 1998

28

Jeff Reine-Adélaïde

French association football player

*January 17th, 1998, Champigny-sur-Marne

28

Cai Chengyu

Chinese Mainland's singer

*January 17th, 1998, Suzhou

28

Emil Abaz

Association football player

*January 17th, 1998, Skopje

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Born in 1998

28

Jack Harlow

American rapper and singer

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

27

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

28

Chappell Roan

American pop singer

*February 19th, 1998, Willard

27

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

27

Latto

American rapper (born 1998)

*December 22nd, 1998, Columbus

27

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

28

Dave

British rapper

*June 5th, 1998, London

27

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

28

Sexyy Red

American rapper (born 1998)

*April 15th, 1998, St. Louis

28

Ayliva

German singer-songwriter

*April 4th, 1998, Recklinghausen

28

Anders Dreyer

Danish association football player

*May 2nd, 1998, Bramming

28

Ari Ólafsson

Icelandic singer

*May 21st, 1998, Reykjavík

27

Nikolas Cruz

American mass shooter and former student of Stoneman Douglas High School

*September 24th, 1998, Margate

28

Ingrid Syrstad Engen

Norwegian association football player

*April 29th, 1998, Melhus Municipality

27

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Bærum Municipality

27

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

28

Yulfira Barkah

Indonesian badminton player

*February 4th, 1998, Medan

28

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

27

Nina Chuba

German singer and actress

*October 14th, 1998, Wedel

27

BossMan Dlow

American rapper

*August 31st, 1998, Port Salerno

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No: With 365 days 1998 is a normal year and no leap year.

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