17TH
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST SABINUS OF PIACENZA; ST JULIAN
SABAS; ST ANTONY THE ABBOT; ST GEULF OR GENOU; ST RICHIMIR; ST SULPICUS II OR SULPICE OF
BOURGES; & SAINTS SPEUSIPPUS, ELEUSIPPUS, & MELEUSSIPPUS." |
| 17TH |
1584 |
BOHEMIA ADOPTS THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR. |
| 17TH |
1718 |
AN AVALANCHE DESTROYS EVERY BUILDING IN
LEUKERBAD, SWITZERLAND, KILLING 53. |
| 17TH |
1773 |
"CAPTAIN COOKS" ‘RESOLUTION’ BECAME
THE FIRST SHIP TO CROSS THE ANTARCTIC CIRCLE. |
| 17TH |
1775 |
NINE ELDERLY WOMEN WERE BURNED AT
KALISK, POLAND, AS WITCHES FOR CAUSING BAD HARVESTS. |
| 17TH |
1926 |
"GEORGE BURNS" MARRIES "GRACIE ALLEN." |
| 17TH |
1929 |
"POPEYE" MAKES FIRST
APPEARANCE IN COMIC STRIP, "THIMBLE THEATRE." |
| 17TH |
1930 |
"NORMAN ‘WIZARD’ SMITH", SET A NEW WORLD
LAND SPEED RECORD OF 148.637 miles per hour IN HIS CAR "ANZAC" ON THE SANDS OF
NINETY MILE BEACH, KAITAIA, NEW ZEALAND. |
| 17TH |
1933 |
ENGLISH BOWLER, "HAROLD
LARWOOD" FELLS AUSTRALIAN WICKETKEEPER/BATSMAN, "W.A. OLDFIELD" WITH A
SHORT BALL AS BODYLINE REACHES ADELAIDE OVAL. |
| 17TH |
1944 |
MEAT RATIONING BEGINS IN AUSTRALIA. |
| 17TH |
1965 |
7 DIE IN VICTORIAN BUSHFIRES. |
| 17TH |
1966 |
A ‘B-52’ CARRYING 4 H-BOMBS COLLIDED WITH A
REFUELLING TANKER, KILLING 8 OF THE CREW & RELEASING THE BOMBS. |
| 17TH |
1977 |
U.S. DOUBLE MURDERER "GARY
GILMORE" BECAME THE FIRST TO BE EXECUTED IN THE USA IN A DECADE, HE CHOSE TO BE
EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD. |
| 17TH |
1978 |
THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POLICE COMMISSIONER, "HAROLD
SALISBURY" IS DISMISSED BY THE GOVERNMENT. |
| 17TH |
1980 |
"DEBBIE WARDLEY" 26, BECOMES
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FEMALE COMMERCIAL AIRLINE PILOT. |
| 17TH |
1989 |
A GUNMAN OPENS FIRE IN A CALIFORNIA SCHOOLYARD, KILLING 5
STUDENTS & WOUNDING 30. |
| 17TH |
1991 |
IRAQ FIRES 8 SCUD MISSILES AT ISRAEL. |
| 17TH |
1992 |
7 WERE KILLED BY AN IRA BOMB IN COUNTY TYRONE, NORTHERN
IRELAND. |
| 17TH |
1994 |
61 PEOPLE DIE IN AN EARTHQUAKE
MEASURING 6.6. ON THE RICHTER SCALE, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
$30 BILLION DAMAGE WAS CAUSED. |
| 17TH |
1995 |
"SHELLEY TAYLOR-SMITH" SWIMS 90km SYDNEY TO
WOLLONGONG IN 12hrs 24mins 7secs TO BREAK "DES RENFORD’S" RECORD BY MORE
THAN 15hrs. |
| 17TH |
1995 |
"AUSTRALIA" DEFEATED
"AUSTRALIA ‘A’" TO WIN CRICKETS WORLD SERIES CUP. |
| 17TH |
1995 |
MORE THAN 4,000 PEOPLE DIED WHEN A VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE
MEASURING 7.2 ON THE RICHTER SCALE STRUCK THE CITY OF KOBE, JAPAN. |
| 17TH |
1997 |
THE FIRST DIVORCE IN IRELAND WAS
GRANTED. |
| 17TH |
1998 |
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALLER, "GREG ANDERSON" WAS
SLIGHTLY INJURED WHEN A SHARK ATTACKED HIM WHILE HE WAS SURFING AT MIDDLETON, SOUTH
AUSTRALIA. |
| 17TH |
1998 |
U.S. PRESIDENT, "CLINTON"
FACES SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES FROM "PAULA JONES." |
| 17TH |
1998 |
U.S. BUTTERFLY SWIMMER, "MATT ZELEN" SWAM MOST OF A
100metre EVENT NAKED AFTER HIS BATHERS FELL OFF DURING THE EVENT BECAUSE HE FORGOT TO TIE
THEM.
HE WAS DISQUALIFIED FOR BREAKING UNIFORM CODES. |
| 17TH |
2000 |
A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ASKING
FOR THE COMMISSIONING OF THE ENDEAVOUR VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND, SOLD AT AUCTION IN
NEW ZEALAND FOR $40,000 |
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