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| January 17th, 2005 (January 17 2005) | Death | Charlie Bell, Australian fast food executive (born in 1960) | |
| January 17th, 2005 (January 17 2005) | Death | Virginia Mayo, American actress (born in 1920) | |
| January 17th, 2005 (January 17 2005) | Death | Albert Schatz, American microbiologist (born in 1920) | |
| January 17th, 2005 (January 17 2005) | Death | Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People s Republic of China (born in 1919) | |
| January 17th, 1995 (January 17 1995) | Event | The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people. | |
| January 17th, 1985 (January 17 1985) | Event | British Telecom announces the retirement of the United Kingdom s red telephone boxes. | |
| January 17th, 1985 (January 17 1985) | Birth | Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica) | |
| January 17th, 1985 (January 17 1985) | Birth | Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer BeForU | |
| January 17th, 1985 (January 17 1985) | Birth | Kang-In, South Korean singer/dancer/actor/MC/DJ(Super Junior) | |
| January 17th, 1975 (January 17 1975) | Birth | Tom Jenkinson, English musician (Squarepusher) | |
| January 17th, 1975 (January 17 1975) | Birth | Freddy Rodriguez, Puerto Rican-American actor | |
| January 17th, 1975 (January 17 1975) | Birth | Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter/producer | |
| January 17th, 1965 (January 17 1965) | Birth | Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 17th, 1965 (January 17 1965) | Birth | Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer | |
| January 17th, 1955 (January 17 1955) | Birth | Steve Earle, American musician | |
| January 17th, 1945 (January 17 1945) | Event | Soviet forces capture the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw. | |
| January 17th, 1945 (January 17 1945) | Event | The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in. | |
| January 17th, 1945 (January 17 1945) | Event | Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappears in Hungary while in Soviet custody. | |
| January 17th, 1945 (January 17 1945) | Birth | Javed Akhtar, Indian lyricist, poet and scriptwriter | |
| January 17th, 1935 (January 17 1935) | Birth | Ruth Ann Minner, Governor of Delaware | |
| January 17th, 1925 (January 17 1925) | Birth | Robert Cormier, American author (died in 2000) | |
| January 17th, 1925 (January 17 1925) | Birth | Abdul Kardar, Pakistani cricketer | |
| January 17th, 1925 (January 17 1925) | Birth | Edgar Ray Killen, American convict, former preacher and K.K.K. member | |
| January 17th, 1925 (January 17 1925) | Birth | Patricia Owens, Canadian actress (died in 2000) | |
| January 17th, 1905 (January 17 1905) | Birth | Guillermo Stabile, Argentine footballer (died in 1966) | |
| January 17th, 1905 (January 17 1905) | Birth | Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (died in 2007) | |
| January 17th, 1905 (January 17 1905) | Birth | Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (died in 2005) | |
| January 17th, 1885 (January 17 1885) | Event | A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan. | |
| January 17th, 1875 (January 17 1875) | Birth | Florencio Sanchez, Uruguayan dramatist (died in 1910) | |
| January 17th, 1865 (January 17 1865) | Birth | Gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (died in 1951) | |
| January 17th, 1705 (January 17 1705) | Death | John Ray, English naturalist (born in 1627) | |
| January 17th, 1605 (January 17 1605) | Event | First publication of Don Quixote. | |
| January 17th, 1595 (January 17 1595) | Event | Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. | |
| January 17th, 0395 (January 17 0395) | Death | Theodosius I, Roman Emperor | |
