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Jan 16, 2009
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

This will be 17th day of the year and 348 days will remain in the year.


January 17 Birthdays

Benjamin Franklin
1706–1790, American Statesman.

 David Lloyd George
statesman (1863)

 Robert Maynard Hutchins
educator (1899)

 Nora Kaye
ballerina (1920)

 James Earl Jones
actor (1931)

 Muhammad Ali
boxer (1942)

 Jim Carrey
actor, comedian (1962)

 Naveen Andrews
actor (1969)

 Kid Rock
rock musician (1971)

 Zooey Deschanel
actor (1980)

 Dwyane Wade
basketball player (1982)

January 17 in History

1706

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston.

1806

James Madison Randolph, the grandson of Thomas Jefferson, became the first child born in the White House.

1893

Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani was forced to abdicate by a group of planters and businessmen.

1945

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody.

1977

Gary Gilmore became the first person executed in the U.S. since the death penalty was reintroduced.

1991

Operation Desert Storm was launched against Iraq.

1998

President Clinton became the first sitting U.S. president to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit.

2001

Gov. Gray Davis declared a state of emergency concerning California's electricity crisis.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.

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