| Date | Holiday | Category | Tags |
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International Mentoring Day January 17 | ||
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Popeye The Sailor Man Day January 17 | ||
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National Classy Day January 17 | ||
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National Hot Buttered Rum Day January 17 | ||
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🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2010 — Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, results in at least 200 deaths. ↗
- 2007 — The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's nuclear testing. ↗
- 2002 — Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. ↗
- 1998 — Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website. ↗
- 1997 — Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning... ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1998 — Jeff Reine-Adelaide, French footballer
- 1998 — Sophie Molineux, Australian cricketer
- 1994 — Mark Steketee, Australian cricketer
- 1991 — Trevor Bauer, American baseball player
- 1991 — Slade Griffin, Australian rugby league player
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