January 17 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | January 17 Calendar
January 17th Daily Holidays include:
- Ben Franklin’s Birthday
- Cable Car Day
- Customer Service Day
- Ditch New Years Resolutions Day – January 17
- Hot-Buttered Rum Day
- International Mentoring Day
- Judgement Day
- Kid Inventors’ Day
- National Bootleggers Day
- National Hot Heads Chili Day
- Popeye Day
January 17: Famous Birthdays
- January 17, 1706 – Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and inventor (d. 1790)
- January 17, 1899 – Al Capone, American gangster (Chicago bootlegging) (d. 1947)
- January 17, 1922 – Betty White, American actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls)
- January 17, 1928 – Vidal Sassoon, English cosmetologist (d. 2012)
- January 17, 1933 – Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist, puppeteer (Lamb Chop), comedian and children’s television host (d. 1998)
- January 17, 1942 – Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), heavyweight champ boxer
- January 17, 1949 – Andy Kaufman, American comedian (Taxi) (d. 1984)
- January 17, 1954 – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American lawyer and environmental activist, son of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy
- January 17, 1959 – Susanna Hoffs, American musician – Lead singer of The Bangles
- January 17, 1962 – Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian
- January 17, 1964 – Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, wife of Barack Obama
- January 17, 1971 – Kid Rock (Robert James Ritchie), American singer
- January 17, 1980 – Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian ballroom dancer – Dancing with the Stars
- January 17, 1980 – Zooey Deschanel, American actress
January 17: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for January 17 is a Capricorn.
January Birthstone:
The Birthstone for January is Garnet, which comes in a rainbow of colors. It is considered a great gift to symbolize friendship and trust.
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