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

Historical Event(s)

Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 men.
A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War.
Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
Inayatullah Khan, king of the Emirate of Afghanistan abdicates the throne after only three days into his reign.
The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs.
The Great Brinks Robbery – 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company’s offices in Boston, Massachusetts.
A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea in the Palomares incident.
During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
1994 Northridge earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California.
The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.

Who were born on ?

Henry Martyn Baird, American educationalist (d. 1906)
Sir Compton Mackenzie, Scottish novelist (d. 1972)
Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)
Jan Zahradníček, Czech poet (d. 1960)
Antonio Prohías, Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998)
René Préval, President of Haiti
Jim Ladd, American freeform (radio format) Disc Jockey
Keith Chegwin, English television presenter
Susanna Hoffs, American musician
Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States

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