This Day in History
17 Jan 1377
Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon
17 Jan 1501
Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna
17 Jan 1536
Francois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III
17 Jan 1562
Edict of St Germain recognizes Huguenots in France
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H-bomb lost in Spain
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Eisenhower bids farewell
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Americans overthrow Hawaiian monarchy
On the Hawaiian Islands a group of American sugar planters under Sanford Ballard Dole overthrow Queen Liliuokalani the Hawaiian monarch and establish a new p...
Boston thieves pull off historic robbery
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Soviets capture Warsaw
On this day Soviet troops liberate the Polish capital from German occupation.Warsaw was a battleground since the opening day of fighting in the European theate...
South Vietnamese forces raid POW camp
Led by South Vietnamese Lt. Gen. Do Cao Tri and with U.S. air support and advisers some 300 paratroopers raid a communist prisoner of war camp near the town o...
Nixon threatens President Thieu
President Richard Nixon warns South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu in a private letter that his refusal to sign any negotiated peace agreement would rend...
PGA is formed
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Paula Jones accuses Bill Clinton of sexual harassment
Paula Jones a former Arkansas state clerk files suit against President Bill Clinton in the federal court in Little Rock Arkansas on this day in 1994 asking...
Eisenhower warns of military-industrial complex
On this day in 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower ends his presidential term by warning the nation about the increasing power of the military-industrial complex. His re...
NBC Television greenlights The Monkees
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Anne Bronte is born
On this day in 1820 Anne Bronte the youngest of the six Bronte children is born in Yorkshire England. Their mother died when Anne was still an infant and t...
U.S. Supreme Court decides Universal v. Sony, as VCR usage takes off
Eight years after it began the court battle over the legality of the video cassette recorder (VCR) and its allegedly detrimental effect on the motion-picture i...
Earthquake rocks Los Angeles
On this day in 1994 an earthquake rocks Los Angeles California killing 54 people and causing billions of dollars in damages. The Northridge quake (named afte...
The Great Brinks Robbery
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