Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 17

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This is a list of selected January 17 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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National Day in Menorca (1287) refimprove sections
1524 – Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano set sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean. refimprove section
1781American Revolutionary War: American forces won a surprising victory over the British at the Battle of Cowpens, one of the most pivotal battles of the war. lots of CN tags (8), especially in one section
1885Mahdist War: British troops defeated Mahdist Sudanese forces at the Battle of Abu Klea in Khartoum, Sudan. needs more footnotes
1899 – The United States took possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean. Copyedit needed banner
1904 – Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play, The Cherry Orchard, premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre. cleanup list
1915World War I: During the Caucasus Campaign's Battle of Sarikamish, Russian troops defeated Ottoman forces who were ill-prepared for winter conditions. refimprove section
1917 – Denmark sold their portion of the Virgin Islands archipelago to the United States for US$25 million. Too much uncited
1929 – American cartoonist E. C. Segar's character Popeye first appeared in his newspaper comic strip Thimble Theater. refimprove section
1946 – The United Nations Security Council, the organ of the United Nations charged with the maintenance of international peace and security, held its first meeting at Church House, Westminster. Orange "update needed" banner
1955USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, put to sea for the first time from Groton, Connecticut, with the message, "Underway on nuclear power." lots of CN tags (17)
1977 – Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad in Utah, ending a four-year moratorium on the death penalty in the United States. trivial pop culture references
1981 – President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifted martial law, eight years and five months after declaring it. multiple issues
1991Harald V, the current King of Norway, succeeded to the throne upon the death of his father Olav V. refimprove section
1994 – A 6.7 Mw earthquake killed 72 people, injured more than 9,000 others, and caused an estimated US$20 billion in damage in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. unreferenced sections
1995 – The Great Hanshin earthquake struck near Kobe, Japan, killing over 6,000 people and causing over ¥10 trillion (US$200 billion) worth of damage. refimprove

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January 17

Queen Liliʻuokalani of Hawaii
Queen Liliʻuokalani of Hawaii
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