January 17th (2013) 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.
January 17th Famous Deaths for 2013
» Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1941)
» Jakob Arjouni, German author (b. 1964)
» Tissa Balasuriya, Sri Lankan priest and theologian (b. 1924)
» Robert F. Chew, American actor (b. 1960)
» Yves Debay, Belgian journalist (b. 1954)
» Sophiya Haque, English actress and singer (b. 1971)
» James Hood, American activist (b. 1942)
» Homayoun Khorram, Iranian violinist and composer (b. 1930)
» Fred J. Lincoln, American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1938)
» Tony Martin (professor) e.g Tony Martin, Trinidadian-American historian and academic (b. 1942)
» Jack McCarthy (writer) or Jack McCarthy, American poet (b. 1939)
» John Nkomo, Zimbabwean politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (b. 1934)
» Lizbeth Webb, English soprano and actress (b. 1926)
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)