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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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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)

1377
Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.
Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed.
A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
U.S. President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis’ rank from Lieutenant to Captain.

Who were born on ?

Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English Civil War general (d. 1671)
David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister (d. 1945)
Mack Sennett, Canadian film director (d. 1960)
Betty White, American actress
L. Douglas Wilder, American 66th Governor of Virginia
Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist (d. 1998)
Michel Vaarten, Belgian cyclist
Sylvie Testud, French actress
Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
Hale Appleman, American actor

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