What happened around the world on January 17th

1917 U.S.A. pays Denmark $25 million for the islands of Virt things. 1945 Soviet forces take the almost entirely destroyed city of Warsaw. 1945 The Nazis begin evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces approach. 1946 UN Security Council holds the session [...]
1917 U.S.A. pays Denmark $25 million for the islands of Virt things.
1945 Soviet forces take the almost entirely destroyed city of Warsaw.
1945 The Nazis begin evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces approach.
1946 UN Security Council holds its first session.
1966 a bomb plane “B-52” crashed into a “KC-135 Stratothanker” in flight over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palores and another one into the sea.
1989 Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague.
1991 operation “Desert storm” begins early in the morning. Iraq throws eight “missiles Scud” in Israel in an unsuccessful attempt to provoke Israeli rebuttal.
1991 ) Harald V is declared King of Norway on the occasion of his father's death, Olav.
1996 the Czech Republic applies for membership in the European Union.
1998 Paula Jones accuses American President Bill Clinton of sexual abuse.
2002 Mount Nyrango explodes into the Democratic Republic of Congo, promoting the evacuation of 400,000.
2005 George W. Bush is inaugurated for his second term as president of the United States.












