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01-17-2011, 08:13 AM
jseal
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January 17th
1893
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Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when
Queen Liliuokalani was forced to abdicate
.
1899
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Birthday of
Nevil Shute
, Author.
1929
~
Popeye the Sailor Man
first appeared in the "Thimble Theatre" comic strip.
1942
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Birthday of
Muhammad Ali
, the world's greatest heavyweight Boxer.
1964
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Death of T.H. White, author.
1977
~
Convicted murderer
Gary Gilmore was executed
at Utah State Prison in the first U.S. execution in a decade.
1994
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A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Southern California at least 61 people were killed with $20 billion worth of damage.
1995
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A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the city of Kobe, Japan; more than 6,000 people were killed.
2001
~
Faced with an electricity crisis,
California used rolling blackouts to cut off power
to hundreds of thousands of people.
2008
~
Death of Bobby Fischer,
chess master
.
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