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Today in History: Tuesday, January\u00a0 17, 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Jan. 17, 1961, in his farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned against “the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.”
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1562<\/td>\nFrench Protestants were recognized under the Edict of St. Germain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1706<\/td>\nStatesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1806<\/td>\nThomas Jefferson’s daughter, Martha, gave birth to James Madison Randolph, the first child born in the White House.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1893<\/td>\nHawaii’s monarchy was overthrown.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1893<\/td>\nRutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the United States, died in Fremont, Ohio, at age 70.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1899<\/td>\nGangster Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1945<\/td>\nSoviet and Polish forces liberated Warsaw during World War II.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1945<\/td>\nSwedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, was taken into Soviet custody in Budapest, Hungary. (His fate has never been determined.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1946<\/td>\nThe United Nations Security Council held its first meeting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nConvicted murderer Gary Gilmore was shot by a firing squad at Utah State Prison in the first U.S. execution in a decade.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nA magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Southern California, killing at least 61 people and causing $20 billion worth of damage.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nA magnitude 7.2 earthquake devastated the city of Kobe, Japan; more than 6,000 people were killed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nA court in Ireland granted the first divorce in the Roman Catholic country’s history.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nPresident Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit when he answered questions from lawyers for Paula Jones, who had accused Clinton of sexual harassment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nFaced with an electricity crisis, California used rolling blackouts to cut off power to hundreds of thousands of people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nChess master Bobby Fischer died at age 64.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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First lady Michelle Obama turns 53 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Betty White<\/td>\nActress (“The Golden Girls”)<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James Earl Jones<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maury Povich<\/td>\nTalk show host<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muhammad Ali<\/td>\nBoxing Hall of Famer<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mick Taylor<\/td>\nRock musician (Rolling Stones)<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/td>\nLawyer, environmental activist<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steve Earle<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Young<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steve Harvey<\/td>\nActor, comedian<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Susanna Hoffs<\/td>\nRock musician, singer (The Bangles)<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jim Carrey<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denis O\u2019Hare<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joshua Malina<\/td>\nActor (“The West Wing,” “Sports Night”)<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Naveen Andrews<\/td>\nActor (“Lost”)<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kid Rock<\/td>\nRapper<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Zooey Deschanel (“New Girl”) turns 37 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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