January 17 Holidays

🕰️ 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... ↗

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🎂 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