January 17th in History

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January 17th in History

1773: Captain Cooks ship becomes the first to cross the Antartic Ocean
1911: Failed assassination attempt on premier Aristide Briand in French Assembly
1912: English explorer Robert F. Scott is first to reach the South Pole
1945: Liberation of Warsaw from the Nazi by Soviet troops
1959: The African country of Mali is formed with the joining of Senegal and French Sudan
1987: President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran

January 17th birthdays

1706: Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and scientist
1820: Anne Bronte, Youngest of the 'Bronte' sisters
1880: Mack Sennett, American director
1899: Al Capone, American gangster
1925: Rock Hudson, American actor