What Happened On 17th January 2002 In History

Historical Events for 17th January, 2002

• » Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.

January 17th Famous Deaths for 2002

• » Camilo José Cela, Spanish author, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• » Bishop Karas, Sudanese-American bishop (b. 1955)
• » Queenie Leonard, American actress (b. 1905)
• » Eddie Meduza, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
• » Roman Personov, Russian physicist (b. 1932)

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)

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