1.17.2006

Today in History - Busy Day Edition

All from the NYTimes:

On Jan. 17, 1893, Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate

Others:

2004
Three U.S. soldiers were killed north of Baghdad, pushing the U.S. death toll in the Iraq conflict to 500.

1997
Israel handed over its military headquarters in Hebron to the Palestinians, ending 30 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank city.

1977
Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, 36, was shot by a firing squad at Utah State Prison in the first U.S. execution in a decade.

1961
In his farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned against the rise of ''the military-industrial complex.''


1946
The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting.


Birthdays (very diverse):

Ben Franklin (happy 300th!), Al Capone, Betty White, James Earl Jones, Muhammad Ali, Steve Earle, Susanna Hoffs, Jim Carrey, Kid Rock,

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