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The Night Watch
The Night Watch is a world-class museum collection item preserved at Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Rembrandt van Rijn (Oil on canvas)
Famous Pioneer Born on 1/17
Born under Capricorn (♑ Capricorn), possessing unique vision and inspiration.
"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once."
—— Capricorn Pioneer
Historical Milestone of 1/17
On this day in history (1/17), significant global milestones and breakthroughs were recorded across science, culture, and human society.
Patrick Purdy opened fire in an elementary school in Stockton, California, killing 5 and wounding 32 others.
The Stockton schoolyard shooting occurred at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California, on January 17, 1989. The perpetrator, 24-year-old Patrick Purdy, shot and killed five children and wounded thirty-one others—all but one of them children—before committing suicide approximately three minutes after first opening fire.
The Drudge Report became the first news source to break the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal to the public.
The Drudge Report is an American-based news aggregation website founded by Matt Drudge, and run with the help of Charles Hurt and Daniel Halper. The site consists mainly of links to news stories from other outlets about politics, entertainment, and current events; it also has links to many columnists. Prior to the 2020 United States presidential election, the site was generally regarded as a conservative publication, but its political leanings became more liberal in mid-to-late 2019.
In Little Saigon, California, a series of protests began when the owner of a video rental store displayed an image of Ho Chi Minh.
Little Saigon is a predominantly Vietnamese American neighborhood in Orange County, California. The term also refers to the commercial district for Vietnamese and other Asian businesses in the region. The Associated Press and historian Phuong Nguyen consider it "the cultural capital for the Vietnamese diaspora".
Enzo_Fernández Born
Enzo Jeremías Fernández is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the Argentina national team.
「Enzo Jeremías Fernández is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfie...」
—— Enzo_Fernández
Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, began an eruption that killed hundreds and left about 120,000 people homeless in the nearby town of Goma.
Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of 3,470 m (11,385 ft) in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Albertine Rift. It is located inside Virunga National Park, in the North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 12 km (7.5 mi) north of the town of Goma and Lake Kivu and just 9.8 km (6.1mi) west of the border with Rwanda. The main crater is about two kilometres (1 mi) wide and usually contains a lava lake. The crater presently has two distinct cooled lava benches within the crater walls – one at about 3,175 m (10,417 ft) and a lower one at about 2,975 m (9,760 ft).
Samuel_(singer) Born
Samuel Kim Arredondo, better known by his stage name Samuel, is an American singer based in South Korea. He was a part of the short-lived hip hop duo 1Punch in 2015. He participated in the reality television series season 2 of Produce 101 during the first half of 2017. In the final episode, he ranked 18th and was not able to join the show's project group. One month after the show ended, he began his solo career, with the release of his debut extended play (EP) Sixteen on August 2, 2017.
「Samuel Kim Arredondo, better known by his stage name Samuel, is an American singer ba...」
—— Samuel_(singer)
Robin_Roefs Born
Robin Gerardus Petrus Roefs is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Sunderland and the Netherlands national team.
「Robin Gerardus Petrus Roefs is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkee...」
—— Robin_Roefs
Peio_Canales Born
Peio Canales Urtasun is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Athletic Bilbao.
「Peio Canales Urtasun is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder f...」
—— Peio_Canales
The first spate of violence between Muslims and Christians began in Jos, Nigeria, and would end in more than 200 deaths.
Clashes took place in 2010 between Muslim and Christian ethnic groups in central Nigeria in and near the city of Jos. The first spate of violence of 2010 started on 17 January in Jos and spread to surrounding communities. Houses, churches, mosques and vehicles were set ablaze, during at least four days of fighting. At least 326 people, and possibly more than a thousand, were killed.
President Barack Obama announces the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an agreement intended to limit Iran's nuclear program.
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American former politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to serve as president. Obama represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
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