Friday January 17, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the rd week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

38 BC
Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.
395
Emperor Theodosius I dies at Milan, the Roman Empire is re-divided into an eastern and a western half. The Eastern Roman Empire is centered in Constantinople under Arcadius, son of Theodosius, and the Western Roman Empire in Mediolanum under Honorius, his brother, at the age of 10.
1377
Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.
A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War.
The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
The UN Security Council holds its first session.
1994 Northridge earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California.
Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report.
U.S. President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis’ rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, resulting in at least 200 deaths.

Who were born on ?

1484
George Spalatin, German reformer (d. 1545)
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903)
Harry Price, English psychic researcher and writer (d. 1948)
Henk Badings, Dutch composer (d. 1987)
Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and statesman
Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian
Kid Rock, American singer
Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress
Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer
Sophie Dee, Welsh pornographic actress

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