TOP TEN LISTS
Today in History
Saturday, 17 January 2026
2010
2010 Penang dragon boat accident occurs in Penang, Malaysia
2007
The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.
2002
Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
2001
President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
1998
1997
A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
1996
The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
1995
The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people.
1994
1994 Northridge Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California.
1991
Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
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