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What happened in history on this day: January 17?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On January 17 in ...
- 1969 - United States attorney general Ramsey Clark charges IBM with unlawful monopolization of the computer industry, and requests the federal courts break it up.
- 1984 - Commodore International names Marshal Smith as new president and CEO.
- 1986 - NeXT and Apple Computer reach an out-of-court settlement on Apple's lawsuit against Next. Next agrees to not use Apple technology.
- 2001 - The US Surgeon General's office releases a report: "Youth and Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General". It concludes that media influences play a low role in contributing to youth violence.
- 1927 - Disney ships the 48th Alice Comedy film, Alice's Knaughty Knight, to Winkler Pictures.
- 1930 - Walt and Roy Disney, and their new lawyer Gunther Lessing take a train to New York, to confront Pat Powers regarding his defrauding them out of US$150,000 in royalties. Powers advances US$5000, challenging Walt to sue him for any more. Walt and Roy decide not to sue.
- 1932 - The first color Mickey Mouse comic page written and drawn by Floyd Gottfredson is published.
- 1985 - The film Magic Journeys opens in Tokyo Disneyland.
- 1988 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled Earth*Star Voyager, part one.
- 1991 - Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer sign a five-year film-making agreement with Disney. The pair had previously made films including Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Flashdance, and Beverly Hills Cop.
- 1993 - The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film The Ernest Green Story.
- 1995 - Disney officials announce that a preliminary agreement was signed in December for the company to spend up to US$34 million on renovating the New Amsterdam Theater on 42nd Street in New York City.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Metro to theaters in the USA.
- 2003 - The live musical stage show Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular officially debuts at the Hyperion Theater in Disney California Adventure.
- 2014 - The Disney Channel Original Movie Cloud 9 premieres.
- 1953 - The General Motors Motorama opens to the general public in New York City. The prototype Chevrolet Corvette "Dream Car" is displayed to the public for the first time. The roadster is white with red interior, fiberglass body, 235-cid straight-6 engine, and two-speed automatic. Also on display at the Motorama: Buick fiberglass-bodied two-passenger Wildcat, Oldsmobile fiberglass-bodied four-passenger convertible Starfire, Cadillac fiberglass-bodied two-passenger roadster Le Mans. This is the first exclusive General Motors Motorama; in the Motorama from 1949 to 1952, any manufacturer could display their cars.
- 1990 - In Cypress Gardens, Florida, the 12th annual NCRS Winter Regional meet is held, over three days. An announcement is made of 30-acres of land to be donated to the National Corvette Museum by three citizens of Kentucky. made of 30-acres of land to be donated to the National Corvette Museum by three citizens of Kentucky.
- 2003 - In Phoenix, Arizona, RM Auctions hosts the Vintage Motor Cars auction. Mike Yager consigns eighteen Corvettes from his MY Garage Museum collection. All cars sell without reserve bids, for a total of US$584,100. Some highlights:
- 1962 #7 Sebring Racer 327-ci 360-hp fuel-injection 24-gallon tank: US$50,600;
- 1966 Tuxedo Black coupe 425-hp 427-ci M-22 4-speed side-exhaust 37,771 miles: US$79,200;
- 1968 bronze coupe 435-hp 427-ci L89 4-speed 5200 miles: US$59,400.
- 2006 - In Scottsdale, Arizona, the 30th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction is held, over six days. Included are 100 Corvettes. Some highlights (not including buyer's fee):
- 1953 #003: US$1 million;
- 1957 convertible, silver exterior, ZL-1 454 ci 510 hp engine, 5-speed transmission: US$275,000;
- 1957 convertible, white exterior, red interior, fuel-injection, 579E air-box: US$225,000;
- 1961 pilot car #008, red exterior, white cove, 283 ci 315 hp engine, 4-speed transmission, fuel-injection: US$160,000;
- 1962 Fawn Beige Metallic exterior and interior, 327 ci engine: US$100,000;
- 1962 Fawn Beige exterior and interior, 327 ci 360 hp engine, fuel-injection, both tops: US$125,000;
- 1963 327 ci engine: US$100,000;
- 1963 coupe, Z06, gold exterior, brown interior, 327 ci 360 hp engine, 4-speed transmission: US$183,000;
- 1966 convertible, black exterior, interior, and hardtop, 427 ci 425 hp engine, M22 4-speed transmissionm side-exhaust: US$200,000;
- 1967 convertible, 427 ci 435 hp, 23,022 miles: US$195,000;
- 1967 convertible, light blue exterior and interior, 427 ci 435 hp engine, M21 4-speed transmission, side-exhaust: US$205,000;
- 1967 convertible, silver exterior, black interior, 427 ci 435 hp engine, 4-speed transmission: US$230,000;
- 1967 convertible, white exterior, red stinger, red interior, 427 ci 435 hp engine, M21 4-speed transmission, 34,000 miles: US$212,000;
- 1967 convertible, red exterior, black stinger, black interior, hard top, 427 ci 400 hp engine, Muncie 4-speed transmission: US$205,000;
- 1967 convertible, red exterior, black stinger, white top, 427 ci 435 hp engine, 4-speed transmission, side-exhaust: US$350,000.
- 1967 convertible, Lyndale Blue exterior, white stinger, black interior, white top, 427 ci 435 hp engine, 4-speed transmission, side-exhaust, 50,000 miles: US$200,000;
- 1967 427 ci 435 hp engine: US$112,500;
- 1969 coupe, L88, gold exterior, brown interior, M22 4-speed transmission: US$310,000 (world record);
- 1969 coupe, L88, dark green exterior, tan interior, 4-speed transmission #216 (last built), 31,550 miles: US$220,000;
- 1969 convertible, silver exterior, black interior, 427 ci 435 hp engine, 4-speed transmission: US$119,000.
- 2007 - (to January 21) In Scottsdale, Arizona, the Russo and Steele auction is held. Some highlights:
- 1957: US$93,500;
- 1967 Rally Red, 427-ci 435-hp engine, 31,500 miles, formerly owned by US astronaut Lt. Col Gus Grissom: US$275,000;
- 1967 Red convertible, 427-ci 435-hp engine, side exhaust: US$181,500;
- 1969 Cortez Silver convertible, 427-ci 435-hp engine, both tops, 35,778 miles: US$141,900.
- 2017 - (to January 22) In Scottsdale, Arizona, the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction takes place. At least 81 Corvettes are sold at auction. Some highlights of non-customs:
- 1953 white with black soft top, 235ci 6-cylinder engine, automatic transmission, original drivetrain: US$250,000;
- 1958 red with white coves and soft top, 230hp 283ci engine, automatic transmission, matching numbers, 50,000 miles: US$101,000;
- 1960 Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicle (CERV), open wheel, single seat, prototype racing car, 283ci 350hp V8 engine: US$1.2 million;
- 1960 red with red coves and hardtop, 283ci engine, 4-speed manual transmission: US$107,000;
- 1962 silver with silver hardtop, heavy duty brakes, 327ci 360hp fuel-injected engine, 26,000 miles: US$105,000;
- 1962 red with red hardtop: US$140,000;
- 1963 silver coupe, 327ci 350hp fuel-injected engine, big brakes, 4-speed manual transmission: US$350,000;
- 1963 white coupe, fuel-injected, Z06, one of five, owned by Nickey Thompson: US$225,000;
- 1963 black coupe with black interior, 327ci 340hp engine, 4-speed manual transmission, knock-off wheels: US$107,000;
- 1967 red exterior with black interior convertible, 427ci 390hp engine, 4-speed manual: US$151,000;
- 1967 black exterior and interior, 427ci 435 hp engine, 4-speed manual transmission, stinger hood, side exhausts: US$200,000;
- 1967 dark red convertible with red hardtop, 427ci 435hp tri-power engine, stinger hood, survivor: US$160,000;
- 1967 dark green convertible, 427ci 435hp engine, side exhausts, stinger hood: US$95,000;
- 1967 dark green convertible, L89 427ci 435hp engine, 4-speed transmission, side exhausts, stinger hood: US$95,000;
- 1967 blue convertible with black soft top, 435hp 427ci engine, 4-speed manual transmission, side exhausts: US$137,000;
- 1969 Riverside Gold exterior with brown interior, L89 engine, side exhausts: US$187,000;
- 2005 Callaway C16, orange exterior, 6.0-litre 616hp V8 engine, 6-speed manual transmission: US$105,000;
- 2010 ZR1 VIN #1, blue, 6-speed manual transmission, 638hp LS9 6.2-litre supercharged engine, 4289 miles: US$80,000.
- 1941 - (morning) French forces with one old light cruiser and four old gunboats, attack Siam along the Koh-Chang island anchorage. They sink the new battleship Dhonburi, force the new battleship Ayuthia to run aground, and sink three small destroyers.
- 1943 - (evening) 187 British Lancaster and Halifax bombers attack Berlin. 22 planes are shot down.
- 1944 - Canadian forces in Italy attempt an attack on German defences over the Arielli River. It is a disaster, with 185 Canadians killed or wounded.
- 1944 - British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder is appointed Deputy to Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force.
- 1944 - (evening) British 10th Corps in Italy crosses the Garigliano River, forming a strong bridgehead around the town of Minturno.
- 1945 - Soviet forces liberate Warsaw, Poland.
- 1945 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is picked up by Russian NKVD secret police in Budapest, Hungary.
- 1946 - Former Prime Minister Dr. Ba Maw of Burma under Japanese occupation surrenders to the headquarters of General MacArthur in Tokyo.
- 1946 - At the International Military Tribunal, French prosecutors begin presenting their case.
- 1946 - In Niemodlin, Lower Silesia, the bodies of 40,000 murdered Allied prisoners are found in a mass grave. The prisoners were killed in the Lambinowice concentration camp.
- 1946 - In Nikolayev, Russia, seven Germans are hanged for the killing of 105,000 Russians during the war. Two others are sentenced to twenty years in prison.
- 1946 - Poland issues six postage stamps marking the 1st anniversary of the liberation of Warsaw.
- 1955 - Poland issues two postage stamps marking the 10th anniversary of the liberation of Warsaw.
- 1970 - Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Warsaw.
- 1975 - Liberia issues four postage stamps depicting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and World War II scenes.
- 1975 - Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Warsaw.
- 1994 - Microsoft and Sega Enterprises for an agreement for Microsoft to supply portions of operating system software for controlling a new Sega video game system.
- 2001 - The US Surgeon General's office releases a report: "Youth and Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General". It concludes that media influences play a low role in contributing to youth violence.
- 2003 - Microsoft announces it has sold 8 million Xbox systems to date.
- 2005 - Electronic Arts signs a 15-year deal with ESPN for access to ESPN televised programming, personalities, and integrated marketing opportunities.
- 2006 - Eidos releases the 25 to Life video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2006 - Sony CEA releases the Ape Escape 3 video game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA.
- 1945 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg leaves Budapest with his driver and three Russian officers for a pre-approved meeting with Soviet commanders in Debrecen, east of Budapest, to discuss his humanitarian work with Jews.
- 2005 - The Royal Canadian Mint begins a one-month public voting period for selection of designs to be used for 25-cent coins commemorating the Alberta and Saskatchewan centennials.
- 1917 - Quarter dollars with standing Liberty design are released to circulation.
- 1916 - First PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy Country Club, Bronxville, New York; Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms.
- 1934 - New York Giants reward National League Most Valuable Player pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract.
- 1939 - Ed Barrow is elected New York Yankees president succeeding deceased J Ruppert.
- 1945 - Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work.
- 1954 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-9.
- 1954 - Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister).
- 1960 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational.
- 1960 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21.
- 1963 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 67 points versus Los Angeles Lakers.
- 1970 - 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft.
- 1970 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-3.
- 1970 - Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s.
- 1971 - Super Bowl V: Baltimore Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Chuck Howley, Dallas, Linebacker.
- 1977 - 7th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 24-14.
- 1977 - Kansas City Royals release Tommy Davis, ends an 18-year career with ten teams.
- 1985 - Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test (versus England).
- 1986 - Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 to regain WBA heavyweight title.
- 1989 - Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach.
- 1989 - Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami, Florida.
- 1990 - Dave Stewart signs record US$3,500,000 per year Oakland Athletics contract.
- 1993 - Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45 seconds).
- 1995 - Australia beats Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
- 1995 - Los Angeles Rams announce that they are moving to Saint Louis, Missouri.
- 1997 - NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely, fines him $25,000 for kicking cameraman.
- 2002 - Jermaine Dye agrees to a three-year extension worth $32 million to stay with the Oakland Athletics.
- 2003 - Torii Hunter agrees to four-year, US$32 million deal to stay with the Minnesota Twins.
- 2006 - Alex Rodriguez announces he will be a member of the United States team in the World Baseball Classic.
- 2009 - Joannie Rochette defends her Canadian figure skating championship, as she wins her fifth-straight national title.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, NHL regular season game: Pittsburgh Penguins beats Vegas Golden Knights by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL regular season game: Saint Louis Blues beats Florida Predators by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Islanders beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA, NHL regular season game: Chicago Blackhawks beats Seattle Kraken by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At SAP Center in San Jose, California, USA, NHL regular season game: San Jose Sharks beats Los Angeles Kings by score 6-2.
- 2022 - At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Arizona Coyotes beats Montreal Canadiens by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Minnesota Wild by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Detroit Red Wings beats Buffalo Sabres by score 3-2.
- 1968 - Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 complete first docking of two manned spacecraft.
- 1976 - Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency.
- 1980 - NASA launches Fltsatcom-3.
- 1997 - A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
- 1821 - México permits Moses Austin and 300 US families to settle in Texas.
- 1862 - (to January 22) Bombardment of Fort Henry, Tennessee, by USS Lexington.
- 1863 - President Abraham Lincoln asks Congress in a special message for quick implementation of national banking legislation.
- 1863 - US Congress authorizes another US$100 million in United States Notes.
- 1863 - Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia.
- 1864 - General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridge, Tennessee.
- 1874 - Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction.
- 1893 - -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record).
- 1899 - US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific.
- 1917 - The US Mint releases Standing Liberty quarter dollar coins to circulation.
- 1929 - Popeye makes first appearance, in comic strip Thimble Theatre.
- 1934 - Electric Home and Farm Authority incorporated.
- 1950 - Eleven men rob Brinks Armored Car depot office in Boston of US$1.2 million cash and US$1.5 million securities. The robbers are caught in January 1956.
- 1953 - The General Motors Motorama opens to the general public in New York City. The prototype Chevrolet Corvette "Dream Car" is displayed to the public for the first time. The roadster is white with red interior, fiberglass body, 235-cid straight-6 engine, and two-speed automatic. Also on display at the Motorama: Buick fiberglass-bodied two-passenger Wildcat, Oldsmobile fiberglass-bodied four-passenger convertible Starfire, Cadillac fiberglass-bodied two-passenger roadster Le Mans.
- 1955 - In Kirkland, Washington, USA two iron meteorites break through an amateur astronomer's observatory dome; one sets a fire.
- 1955 - Submarine USS Nautilus begins first nuclear-powered test voyage.
- 1963 - Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km.
- 1966 - Martin Luther King Junior opens campaign in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1966 - US Air Force B-52 carrying four unarmed hydrogen bombs crashes on Spanish coast at Palomares, seven die.
- 1969 - United States attorney general Ramsey Clark charges IBM with unlawful monopolization of the computer industry, and requests the federal courts break it up.
- 1970 - John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Massachusetts).
- 1972 - Section of Memphis, Tennessee, Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard.
- 1977 - Gary Gilmore executed by firing squad in Utah, first US execution since 1967.
- 1983 - Alabama Governor George C Wallace becomes governor for record fourth time.
- 1984 - US Supreme Court rules (5-4) private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws.
- 1987 - US President Ronald Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran.
- 1989 - Patrick Edward Purdy kills five children, wounds 30 and then shoots himself in Stockton, California.
- 1990 - The Who, Simon and Garfunkel, Four Seasons, Four Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters and Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- 1991 - (2:38AM Iraq local time) Operation Desert Storm begins - US and 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait.
- 1994 - In Northridge, California, a magnitude 6.6-6.8 earthquake occurs. Sixty people are killed, more than 7,000 injured, 20,000 homeless and more than 40,000 buildings damaged in Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and San Bernardino Counties. Severe damage occurred in the San Fernando Valley. Collapsed overpasses close sections of the Santa Monica Freeway, the Antelope Valley Freeway, the Simi Valley Freeway and the Golden State Freeway. Cracks in weld joints are reported in over 100 steelframed buildings. Total damage: US$30 billion.
- 1996 - 9-year-old Amber Hagerman is found dead four days after kidnapping in Arlington, Texas, USA.
- 1997 - A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
- 2006 - In Scottsdale, Arizona, the 30th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction is held, over six days. The #003 1953 Corvette sells for US$1 million; this is the first existing production Corvette. A 1967 convertible, with 427 ci 435 hp engine sells for US$350,000.
Other history:
- 1861 - Flush toilet (with separate water tank and a pull chain) patented in USA by Thomas Crapper.
- 1994 - 6.6 earthquake hits Los Angeles, California, killing 60, doing $30 billion in damage.
- 1995 - 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe, Japan (5,372 die).
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