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'''1873''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1873 |month=01|day=17|event=Indigenous [[Modoc]] fighters defeat the [[US|US army]] in the [[First Battle of the Stronghold]].}} | |||
'''1899''' | '''1899''' | ||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1899|month= | {{history calendar/calendar event|year=1899 |month=01|day=17|event=The [[United States of America]] annexes [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]].}} | ||
'''1917''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1917 |month=01|day=17|event=The United States buys the [[Virgin Islands]] from [[Denmark]].}} | |||
'''1920''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1920 |month=01|day=17|event=The [[Prohibition|National Prohibition act]] is passed in the United States.}} | |||
'''1945''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1945 |month=01|day=17|event=The [[SS]] begins evacuating [[Auschwitz]] concentration camp as the [[Red Army]] closes in.}} | |||
'''1961''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1961|month=01|day=17|event=[[DRC|Congolese]] independence leader [[Patrice Lumumba]] is executed near [[Lubumbashi|Élisabethville]] at the United States' and [[Belgium]]'s behest.}} | |||
'''1969''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1969 |month=01|day=17|event=[[Black Panthers]] [[John Huggins]] and [[Bunchy Carter]] are killed on the [[UCLA]] campus.}} | |||
'''2005''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=2005 |month=01|day=17|event=[[Communist Party of China|CPC]] General Secretary [[Zhao Ziyang]] dies aged 85 in [[Beijing]], [[China]].}} | |||
Latest revision as of 22:30, 27 July 2024
1873
- Indigenous Modoc fighters defeat the US army in the First Battle of the Stronghold.
1899
- The United States of America annexes Wake Island in the Pacific.
1917
- The United States buys the Virgin Islands from Denmark.
1920
- The National Prohibition act is passed in the United States.
1945
1961
- Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba is executed near Élisabethville at the United States' and Belgium's behest.
1969
- Black Panthers John Huggins and Bunchy Carter are killed on the UCLA campus.
2005
- CPC General Secretary Zhao Ziyang dies aged 85 in Beijing, China.