Today is Thursday, January 17, the 17th day of 2013. There are 348 days left in the year.
1773 ― Captain James Cook becomes first to cross Antarctic Circle
1871 ― First cable car patented, by Andrew S. Hallidie (begins service in 1873)
1904 ― Anton Chekhov's ``The Cherry Orchard” opens at the Moscow Art Theater
1929 ― Popeye makes first appearance, in comic strip ``Thimble Theatre”
1946 ― United Nations Security Council holds its first meeting
1951 ― China refuses ceasefire in Korea
1969 ― Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in U.S.
1979 ― Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran
1990 ― Who, Simon & Garfunkel, Four Seasons, Four Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters & Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1998 ― President Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones