Video: 'The Battle of the Bulge: World War II's Deadliest Battle' (Jan. 17, 1945, at 1:09:33)
(Wednesday, January 17, 1945; during the Battle of the Bulge on the Western Front of World War II) — “The day after Houffalize was taken, Patton congratulated his corps commanders on their victory at the Battle of the Bulge, but whatever the papers said, this fight was not over…”
Video: 'The Story of Raoul Wallenberg | Righteous Among the Nations | Yad Vashem'
(Wednesday, January 17, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews, disappeared today in Hungary while in Soviet custody.
Video: 'Week 282 - The Red Army Overruns Poland! - WW2 - January 20, 1945' (Warsaw liberated at 3:36)
(Wednesday, January 17, 1945, German forces cleared from the city by noon Central European Time; during the Vistula–Oder Offensive, part of the Eastern front of World War II) — Russian and Polish troops today captured devastated Warsaw to free its last survivors of five years of Nazi tyranny as the Red Army’s greatest offensive surged twenty-four miles across western Poland, taking Czestochowa and reaching within fourteen miles of the German border.
Video: 'Voyager Flung Into the Delta Quadrant'
(Monday, January 16, 1995, 8:00 p.m. EST) — The now-defunct United Paramount Network (UPN) made its debut tonight by broadcasting the first episode of Star Trek: Voyager.
Video: 'Great Hanshin/Kobe Earthquake 1995 - CCTV Footage 1'
(Tuesday, January 17, 1995, at 05:46 JST, January 16 at 20:46 UTC) — More than 6,000 people were killed this morning when the Great Hanshin earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 devastated the city of Kobe, Japan. The earthquake caused approximately ten trillion yen ($100 billion) in damage, 2.5% of Japan’s GDP at the time. Continue reading Magnitude 7.3 earthquake near Kobe, Japan kills 6,434 people 30 years ago this hour (Jan 17 1995)
(Saturday, January 16, 1965) — “Love Potion No. 9” by The Searchers peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
(Saturday, January 16, 1965) — “The Jerk” by The Larks peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
(Saturday, January 16, 1965) — “Too Many Fish in the Sea” by The Marvelettes peaked at #25 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'The Battle of the Bulge: World War II's Deadliest Battle' (Jan. 16, 1945, at 1:08:29)
(Tuesday, January 16, 1945; during the Battle of the Bulge on the Western Front of World War II) — The 11th Armored Division, which was a part of the Third US Army, joined forces with the 2nd Armored Division and the 84th Infantry Division of the First Army today at Houffalize, Belgium, about 20 miles east northeast of St. Hubert. Continue reading Americans, British link up at Houffalize during Battle of the Bulge 80 years ago today (Jan 16 1945)
Video: '"Ma" Barker Gang Hideout' (Jan. 16, 1935, at 1:49)
(Wednesday, January 16, 1935, around 11:00 a.m. EST) — Fugitive gangster Fred Barker and his mother, Kate “Ma” Barker, were killed in an intense, hours-long shootout with the FBI today at Lake Weir, Florida.
