Today: January 17th, 2022.

Basic facts.

Basic facts and information about this date.

• Week Number: We are currently in Week 03 of 2022.
• Leap Year: 2022 is NOT a leap year.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 1642377600.

On this day: 17th of January.

Events that have occurred on the 17th of January.

• January 17th, 1950: The "Great Brink's Robbery" takes place when armed robbers steal $2.7 million from the Brink's Building in Boston.
• January 17th, 1951: Hal Walker's musical comedy film "At War with the Army" is released.
• January 17th, 1970: Irish politics: Sinn Féin is formed (current form).
• January 17th, 1971: Super Bowl V: The Baltimore Colts defeat the Dallas Cowboys 16-13 at the Miami Orange Bowl.
• January 17th, 1972: Seven Provisional IRA members escape from the prison ship HMS Maidstone in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• January 17th, 1988: The first episode of Australian soap opera Home and Away is aired.
• January 17th, 1992: The film Juice (1992), starring Tupac Shakur, is released in movie theaters.
• January 17th, 1994: 57 people are killed by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake in Los Angeles.
• January 17th, 1995: The "Great Hanshin earthquake" kills 6,434 people in Japan.
• January 17th, 1997: The NBA suspends Dennis Rodman for at least 11 games for kicking cameraman Eugene Amos.
• January 17th, 1998: The Lewinsky scandal is first mentioned by The Drudge Report.
• January 17th, 2007: Pop star Britney Spears shaves off all of her during a public meltdown.
• January 17th, 2007: There is public outrage when contestants on the UK television show "Celebrity Big Brother" are accused of being racist towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.
• January 17th, 2013: Retired cyclist Lance Armstrong admits to doping during an interview with Oprah Winfrey.
• January 17th, 2014: It is reported that actor Johnny Depp and actress Amber Heard are engaged.
• January 17th, 2015: It is reported that Nick Cannon has filed for divorce from Mariah Carey.
• January 17th, 2015: American fitness model Greg Plitt is killed by a train while filming a video.
• January 17th, 2017: The sentence of Chelsea Manning is commuted by President Barack Obama.
• January 17th, 2017: The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is suspended after nearly three years.

Around this time.

Notable events that occurred around January 17th, 2022.

• December 18th, 2021: The Netherlands goes into a strict lockdown in an attempt to contain the Omicron variant.
• December 18th, 2021: Boxing: Jake Paul knocks out Tyron Woodley in the sixth round.
• December 18th, 2021: Britain's Brexit minister David Frost resigns over concerns about the government's coronavirus measures and tax rises.
• December 18th, 2021: Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice are crowned as the winners of Strictly Come Dancing.
• December 18th, 2021: London Mayor Sadiq Khan declares a "major incident" due to the rapid spread of Omicron.
• December 19th, 2021: More than 375 people are reported dead after a typhoon hits the Philippines.
• December 19th, 2021: Left-wing candidate Gabriel Boric is elected as the new President of Chile.
• December 22nd, 2021: The film "The Matrix Resurrections" is released in movie theaters.
• December 26th, 2021: South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at the age of 90.
• December 28th, 2021: NFL coach and sportscaster John Madden passes away at the age of 85.
• December 29th, 2021: Ghislaine Maxwell is found guilty of sex trafficking crimes.
• December 29th, 2021: The World Health Organization warns that a "tsunami" of Omicron cases may overwhelm health systems across the world.
• December 29th, 2021: The United States, France and Denmark report new daily records of Covid cases.
• December 31st, 2021: Actress Betty White passes away at the age of 99.
• December 31st, 2021: Britain's official statistics body estimates that 1 in 15 people in London have Covid-19.
• January 2nd, 2022: The personal Twitter account of US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is permanently suspended.
• January 2nd, 2022: Protests begin in Kazakhstan over fuel prices, corruption and economic inequality.
• January 6th, 2022: Australia announces that it has cancelled the entry visa of tennis star Novak Djokovic.
• January 6th, 2022: Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier passes away at the age of 94.
• January 9th, 2022: Actor Bob Saget is found dead in a hotel room at the age of 65.
• January 10th, 2022: Convicted murderer and property heir Robert Durst dies at the age of 78.
• January 10th, 2022: An Australia judge overturns the visa cancellation of tennis star Novak Djokovic due to a technicality.
• January 12th, 2022: The random murder of 23-year-old schoolteacher Ashling Murphy shocks Ireland.
• January 13th, 2022: Australia cancels the visa of tennis star Novak Djokovic for the second time.
• January 14th, 2022: A massive volcanic eruption occurs near Tonga.
• January 15th, 2022: A gunman takes four people hostage at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas.
• January 16th, 2022: Tennis star Novak Djokovic is deported from Australia after losing a judicial review against the cancellation of his visa.
• This date: January 17th, 2022

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Horoscope, birthstone & birth flower information.

Zodiac & Birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on January 17th, 2022, will have the star sign Capricorn.
• However, if you are going by the new star sign system that was discovered in 2020, then the sign for this date is actually Sagittarius.
• Zodiac Element: Earth.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2022 is the year of the Tiger (Yang Fire).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 6.
• Native American Zodiac: January 17th, 2022 falls under the Goose.
• Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of January will have the birthstone Garnet.
• Birth flower (January): The Carnation and the Snowdrop.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• If your baby is due on January 17th, 2022, then the date of conception was probably around April 26th, 2021.
• A baby that is conceived on January 17th, 2022, will be due around October 10th, 2022.

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