Today is Thursday, January 17, the 17th day of 2019. There are 348 days left in the year.
1718 — Avalanche destroys Leukerbad, Switzerland
1757 — German Diet declares war on Prussia
1827 — Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander
1852 — British recognize independence of Transvaal, South Africa
1871 — First cable car patented
1904 — Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at the Moscow Art Theater
1912 — English explorer Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole
1914 — Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der Bogen des Odysseus" premieres in Berlin
1915 — Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine
1718 — Avalanche destroys Leukerbad, Switzerland
1757 — German Diet declares war on Prussia
1827 — Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander
1852 — British recognize independence of Transvaal, South Africa
1871 — First cable car patented
1904 — Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at the Moscow Art Theater
1912 — English explorer Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole
1914 — Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der Bogen des Odysseus" premieres in Berlin
1915 — Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine
