January 17
Day of Dialogue with Judaism
The seventeenth day of the year, there are 348 days left to the end of the year
We still have to wait 154 days until summer, and only 64 days by spring
Name day celebrates: Alba, Antoni, Jan, Julian, Merul, Przemil, Rosława, Rosława, Rościsław, Rozalinda, Sulpicja, Sulpicius, Teodor
Important Holidays In The World:
Democratic Republic of the Congo- Patrice Lumumba Day
January 17 in Poland:
1971 The premiere edition of the nature program was broadcast on TVP 1 With a camera among animals
1975 The companies Elektrownia Bełchatów and Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego Bełchatów were established
1993 The highest national temperature in January was recorded in Jelenia Góra (+17,0 ° C)
2011 Wisława Szymborska was awarded the Order of the White Eagle by the President of the Republic of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski
January 17 in Norway:
1647- Norwegian Post Office established
January 17 in the world:
1773 Captain James Cook becomes the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle
1946 First meeting of the UN Security Council
1973 Ferdinand Marcos becomes president of the Philippines for life
1998 Paula Jones accuses US President Bill Clinton of sexual pressure
January 17 in Music:
2004 Czesław Niemen, one of the greatest Polish artists, died in the Warsaw hospital due to cancer
Famous People born on January 17:
W 1706 The year is when the American politician Benjamin Franklin is born
W 1732 The King of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski, is born in the world
W 1899 of the year, the American gangster Al Capone is born
W 1942 of the year comes the American boxer Muhammad Ali
W 1956 the year when the English musician Paul Young is born
W 1962 the year Canadian actor Jim Carrey is born
