This Day in History: Jan 17, 2026

  • Jan
    2007
    The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.
  • Jan
    2002
    Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
  • Jan
    2001
    President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Captain Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
  • Jan
    1998
    Paula Jones accuses President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.
  • Jan
    1997
    A Delta 2 carrying a Global Positioning System satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning ...
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