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#TodayInHistory – January 17

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January 17 – Some important events on this day

1584 πŸ‘‰πŸΌ Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar
1773 πŸ‘‰πŸΌ Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66Β° 33′ S)
1820 πŸ‘‰πŸΌ English author Anne BrontΓ« is born
1873 πŸ‘‰πŸΌ A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War
1912 πŸ‘‰πŸΌ Captain Robert Scott’s expedition arrives at the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen
1920 πŸ‘‰πŸΌ First day of prohibition of alcohol comes into effect in the US as a result of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution
1929 πŸ‘‰πŸΌ Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip “Thimble Theater”
1946 πŸ‘‰πŸΌ United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
1991 πŸ‘‰πŸΌ Operation Desert Storm begins, with US-led coalition forces bombing Iraq, during the Gulf War
2007 πŸ‘‰πŸΌ Doomsday Clock set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea’s 1st nuclear test

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