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January 17: Day of the Week
January 17, 2024 was the 17th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 349 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.
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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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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.
January 17 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.
1287
King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca.
1852
The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal.
1885
A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
1989
Cleveland School massacre: Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland Elementary School playground in Stockton, California, killing five children and wounding 29 others and one teacher before taking his own life.
1997
A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
1998
Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report.
2001
U.S. President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis’ rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
2007
The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.
Who were born on January 17?
1600
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (d. 1681)
1933
Dalida, French singer (d. 1987)
1944
Françoise Hardy, French singer
1949
Mick Taylor, British musician (The Rolling Stones)
1952
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician
1959
Momoe Yamaguchi, Japanese singer and actress
1963
Kai Hansen, German singer and guitarist (Gamma Ray)
1967
Song Kang-ho, South Korean actor
1970
James Wattana, Thai snooker player
1970
Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player
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