Today is Wednesday, January 17, the 17th day of the year. There are 348
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES National Bath Safety Month,
National Blood Donor Month, National Braille Literacy Month,
National Hobby Month, Hot Tea Month, National Oatmeal Month,
National Soup Month, Ditch New Years Resolutions Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
James Earl Jones, 93, actor
Douglas Wilder, 93, politician
Preston Pearson, 79, football player
Steve Harvey, 67, actor/comedian
Chili Davis, 64, baseball player
Michelle Obama, 59, wife of Barack Obama and former 1st Lady
Shabba Ranks, 58, singer
Lil’ Jon, 53, rapper
Derrick Mason, 50, football player
Ray J, 43, singer/actor
Dwyane Wade, 42, basketball player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Paul Cuffe, 1759, merchant/African American nationalist (d. 1817)
Eartha Kitt, 96, singer/actress (d. 2008)
Muhammad Ali, 81, legendary boxer (The Greatest)
William Hart, 79, singer (Delfonics) (d. 2022)
DEATHS
Billy Stewart, 1970, singer (I Do Love You) (b. 1938)
Barbara Jordan, 1996, politician (b. 1936)
Ernie Holmes, 2008, football player (b. 1948)
Johnny Otis, 2012, musician/talent scout (b. 1922)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1861 – Flush toilet patented.
1874 – Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical
Reconstruction.
1966 – Martin Luther King Jr. opens campaign in Chicago.
1970 – Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for
the 1960’s.
1989 – Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest
in Miami.
1990 – Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A’s contract.
1990 – Four Seasons, Four Tops, Hank Ballard and The Platters inducted
into Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
1997 – NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely for kicking cameraman.
2000 – 27th American Music Award: Will Smith wins.
HOROSCOPE
Being a Capricorn born on January 17th, you are well known for your intelligence, discipline and loyalty. You have an agile mind, which makes you an unstoppable problem solver when assisted by your attention to detail and appreciation for structure. It is then no surprise that you overcome challenges and meet goals with great fortitude. You may be surprised to know that your family and friends greatly admire your discipline, but it may be your loyalty that they appreciate the most. You commit yourself fully to loved ones and always seem to have their best interest at heart.
