WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17, 2024
1501-Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna1584-Bohemia adopts the Gregorian calendar1929-Popeye makes first appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theatre"1944-Corvette Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean1946-United Nations Security Council holds its first meeting1951-China refuses cease-fire in Korea1957-9-county commission recommends creation of BART1966-USAF B-52 carrying 4 unarmed hydrogen bombs crashes on Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die1976-Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency1977-Zaire President Mobutu visits Belgium1979-Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran1983-Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians1987-President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran1989-Victoria Murden & Shirley Metz are first women to reach South Pole overland (on skis)199-Iraq fires 8 SCUD missiles on Israel - first U,S, pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn)1995-7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan (5,372 die)1995-Los Angeles Rams announce that they are moving to St. Louis1997-NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely/$25,000 for kicking came
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