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Jan.17th
1706, Benjamin Franklin, author, publisher, inventor and one of America's most famous founding father is born in Boston.

1945, in the final month of World War II in Europe, Soviet and Polish forces liberate Poland's capital Warsaw from Nazi occupation.

1961, just days before leaving office, President Dwight Eisenhower offers a cold-war-era warning for Americans in his farewell address.
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex."

1995, in Japan, an earthquake, magnitude 7.2, devastates the city of Kobe, killing more than 6000 people.

1899, Al Capone is born in Brooklyn New York, but it is in Chicago where the gangster called “Scarface” leaves his most notorious mark

And 1942, "I'm gonna float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Your hands can't hit what your eyes can't see."
Mohammad Ali, the former heavyweight boxing champion dub him the greatest, is born in Louisville, Kentucky

Today in history, Jan 17th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press