17 January
Notable Births
Samuel (singer)
b. 2002
American singer (born 2002)
Enzo Fernández
b. 2001
Argentine footballer (born 2001)
Kang Chan-hee
b. 2000
South Korean singer and actor (born 2000)
Devlin DeFrancesco
b. 2000
Canadian racing driver
Ayo Dosunmu
b. 2000
American basketball player (born 2000)
Isa Briones
b. 1999
British and American actor and singer (born 1999)
Sophie Molineux
b. 1998
Australian cricketer (born 1998)
Jeff Reine-Adélaïde
b. 1998
French footballer (born 1998)
Jake Paul
b. 1997
American influencer and professional boxer (born 1997)
Kyle Tucker
b. 1997
American baseball player (born 1997)
Allonzo Trier
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Indya Moore
b. 1995
American actor and model (born 1995)
Lucy Boynton
b. 1994
British actress (born 1994)
Mark Steketee
b. 1994
Australian cricketer
Stanislav Galiev
b. 1992
Russian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Trevor Bauer
b. 1991
American baseball player (born 1991)
Willa Fitzgerald
b. 1991
American actress (born 1991)
Esapekka Lappi
b. 1991
Finnish rally driver (born 1991)
Santiago Tréllez
b. 1990
Colombian footballer (born 1990)
Ryuichi Sakamoto
b. 1952
Japanese composer (1952–2023)
Notable Deaths
Didier Guillaume
d. 2025
French politician (1959–2025)
Jules Feiffer
d. 2025
American cartoonist and author (1929–2025)
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
d. 2025
1st President of Mongolia from 1990 to 1997
Denis Law
d. 2025
Scottish footballer (1940–2025)
Lucile Randon
d. 2023
French supercentenarian (1904–2023)
Birju Maharaj
d. 2022
Indian dancer, singer, and composer (1938–2022)
Derek Fowlds
d. 2020
English actor (1937–2020)
Colo (gorilla)
d. 2017
Western lowland gorilla
Blowfly (musician)
d. 2016
American musician (1939–2016)
Melvin Day
d. 2016
New Zealand artist (1923–2016)
V. Rama Rao
d. 2016
Indian politician
Sudhindra Thirtha (Kashi Math)
d. 2016
Indian guru
Faten Hamama
d. 2015
Egyptian actress and producer (1931–2015)
Don Harron
d. 2015
Canadian actor and comedian
Francine Lalonde
d. 2014
Canadian politician (1940–2014)
Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green
d. 2014
British businessman, politician and author (1942–2014)
John J. McGinty III
d. 2014
Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1940–2014)
Sunanda Pushkar
d. 2014
Indo-Canadian businessperson (1962–2014)
Suchitra Sen
d. 2014
Indian actress (1931–2014)
Jakob Arjouni
d. 2013
German author (1964–2013)
On This Day in History
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2026
Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crashed near Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi, after losing contact en route to Makassar.
2026 Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crash
2023
An avalanche strikes Nyingchi, Tibet, killing 28 people.
2023 Nyingchi avalanche
2017
The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is announced to be suspended.
Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
2016
President Barack Obama announces the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an agreement intended to limit Iran's nuclear program.
Barack Obama
2013
Former cyclist Lance Armstrong confesses to his doping in an airing of Oprah's Next Chapter.
Lance Armstrong
2013
Shahzad Luqman is murdered by members of Golden Dawn in Petralona, Athens, leading the creation of new measures to combat race-based attacks in Greece.
Murder of Shahzad Luqman
2010
Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, results in at least 200 deaths.
2010 Jos riots
2008
British Airways Flight 38 crashes short of the runway at Heathrow Airport, injuring 47.
British Airways Flight 38
2007
The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's nuclear testing.
Doomsday Clock
2002
Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
Mount Nyiragongo
1998
Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website.
Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
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.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
1996
The Czech Republic applies for membership in the European Union.
Czech Republic
1995
The 6.9 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of 7, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
1995 Hanshin earthquake
1994
The 6.7 Mw Northridge earthquake shakes the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 57 people dead and more than 8,700 injured.
1994 Northridge earthquake
1992
During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
Prime Minister of Japan
1991
Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
Gulf War
1991
Crown Prince Harald of Norway becomes King Harald V, following the death of his father, King Olav V.
Harald V
1989
Patrick Purdy opens fire at an elementary school in Stockton, California, killing five and wounding 31 others.
Stockton schoolyard shooting
1981
President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
President of the Philippines