This Day In History
January 17
John Jacob Astor is born Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina Anne Bronte is born Sherman's army is delayed by rain Americans overthrow Hawaiian monarchy Winston Churchill hears speech on the tragedy of war PGA is formed Allies make their move on Cassino, Italy Soviets capture Warsaw The Great Brinks Robbery Boston thieves pull off historic robbery Corvette unveiled at GM Motorama Eisenhower bids farewell Eisenhower warns of military-industrial complex Eisenhower warns of the "military-industrial complex" NBC Television greenlights The Monkees H-bomb lost in Spain South Vietnamese forces raid POW camp Nixon threatens President Thieu The execution of Gary Gilmore U.S. Supreme Court decides Universal v. Sony, as VCR usage takes off Paula Jones accuses Bill Clinton of sexual harassment Earthquake rocks Los Angeles
John Jacob Astor is born Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina Anne Bronte is born Sherman's army is delayed by rain Americans overthrow Hawaiian monarchy Winston Churchill hears speech on the tragedy of war PGA is formed Allies make their move on Cassino, Italy Soviets capture Warsaw The Great Brinks Robbery Boston thieves pull off historic robbery Corvette unveiled at GM Motorama Eisenhower bids farewell Eisenhower warns of military-industrial complex Eisenhower warns of the "military-industrial complex" NBC Television greenlights The Monkees H-bomb lost in Spain South Vietnamese forces raid POW camp Nixon threatens President Thieu The execution of Gary Gilmore U.S. Supreme Court decides Universal v. Sony, as VCR usage takes off Paula Jones accuses Bill Clinton of sexual harassment Earthquake rocks Los Angeles
