January 17th (2008) 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, 2008
» British Airways Flight 38 crash lands just short of London Heathrow Airport in England with no fatalities. It is the first complete Write-off known as hull loss of a Boeing 777.
January 17th Famous Deaths for 2008
» Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (b. 1943)
» Ernie Holmes, American football player (b. 1948)
» Allan Melvin, American actor (b. 1923)
» Carlos (singer) known as Carlos, French singer and actor (b. 1943)
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)