#TodayInHistory – January 17
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January 17 – Some important events on this day
1584 ππΌ Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar
1773 ππΌ Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66Β° 33′ S)
1820 ππΌ English author Anne BrontΓ« is born
1873 ππΌ A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War
1912 ππΌ Captain Robert Scott’s expedition arrives at the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen
1920 ππΌ First day of prohibition of alcohol comes into effect in the US as a result of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution
1929 ππΌ Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip “Thimble Theater”
1946 ππΌ United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
1991 ππΌ Operation Desert Storm begins, with US-led coalition forces bombing Iraq, during the Gulf War
2007 ππΌ Doomsday Clock set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea’s 1st nuclear test
