January 17th (1929) was a Thursday. It's the 16th day of the year (17th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 349 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 17th January, 1929
» Popeye e.g Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar called Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
» Inayatullah Khan, king of the Emirate of Afghanistan abdicates the throne after only three days.
Famous Birthdays on January 17 in 1929
» Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
» Tan Boon Teik, Malaysian-Singaporean politician, Attorney-General of Singapore (d. 2012)
January 17th Holidays in History
» Christian feast day:
» Anthony the Great (Roman Catholic Church named Roman Catholic and Byzantine Rite known as Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church)
» Blessed Amelbert
» Mildgyth
» Sulpitius the Pious
» Pachomius (Lutheran Church)
» Charles Gore (Church of England)
» January 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Minorca Vandals and Moors called National Day (Minorca)