January 17th
1904 – Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
1917 – The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
1945 – Soviet forces capture the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw.
1982 – "Cold Sunday" in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities.
1994 – 1994 Northridge Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California.
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