January 17 in history: • 1773 – On James Cook's second voyage, his vessel became the first vessel to cross the Antarctic Circle. → go there • 1945 – Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who had saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, was taken into Soviet custody during the Siege of Budapest and was never seen in public again. → go there • 1961 – Three days before leaving office, U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a farewell speech to the nation, in which he warned about the dangers of the military–industrial complex. → go there • 1989 – Patrick Purdy opened fire in an elementary school in Stockton, California, killing 5 and wounding 32 others. → go there • 2010 – The first spate of violence between Muslims and Christians began in Jos, Nigeria, and would end in more than 200 deaths. → go there Born 1593: William Backhouse Wiki link Died 1888: Big Bear Wiki link Died 1996: Barbara Jordan Wiki link Died 2001: Tom Kilburn Wiki link Pictured: Raoul Wallenberg.