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Historical Events
on January 17th
- Lead Story
- Boston thieves pull off historic robbery,1950
- American Revolution
- Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina,1781
- Automotive
- Corvette unveiled at GM Motorama,1953
- Civil War
- Sherman's army rained in,1865
- Cold War
- Eisenhower warns of the "military-industrial complex",1961
- Crime
- The Great Brinks Robbery,1950
- Disaster
- Earthquake rocks Los Angeles,1994
- General Interest
- Americans overthrow Hawaiian monarchy,1893
- Eisenhower bids farewell,1961
- H-bomb lost in Spain,1966
- The execution of Gary Gilmore,1977
- Hollywood
- U.S. Supreme Court decides Universal v. Sony, as VCR usage takes off,1984
- Literary
- Anne Bronte is born,1820
- Music
- NBC Television greenlights The Monkees,1966
- Old West
- John Jacob Astor is born,1763
- Presidential
- Eisenhower warns of military-industrial complex,1961
- Paula Jones accuses Bill Clinton of sexual harassment,1994
- Sports
- PGA is formed,1916
- Vietnam War
- South Vietnamese forces raid POW camp,1971
- Nixon threatens President Thieu,1972
- World War I
- Winston Churchill hears speech on the tragedy of war,1916
- World War II
- Allies make their move on Cassino, Italy,1944
- Soviets capture Warsaw,1945
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