On this Day In History - January 17th

January 17th

1773		Captain James Cook becomes the first person to cross the Antarctic Circle.
1912		Robert Scott reaches the South Pole only a month after Roald Amundsen.
1985		A jury in New Jersey rules that terminally ill patients have the right to starve themselves.
1991		The Persian Gulf War begins as Coalition planes strike targets in Iraq and Kuwait. Stealth Secrets of the F-117 Nighthawk.
Born on January 17
1706		Benjamin Franklin, statesman, diplomat, scientist and inventor who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and wrote Poor Richard's Almanac.
1899		Al Capone, U.S. mobster known as "Scarface Al" who ran most of Chicago and the surrounding area.
1942		Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], U.S. boxer, "The Greatest," who is the only three-time heavyweight champion.