Holidays 17 January 2018 - Wednesday

Events of the day:

1377 - the permanent residence of the Pope becomes the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican (photo)

1772 - in the Danish-Norwegian kingdom comes coup, in which power comes Johann Struense (photo)

1773 - English sailor and explorer James Cook ship Resolution was the first who crossed the Antarctic circle (photo)

1920 - Resolution of the Central Executive Committee and SNK of the RSFSR in the Soviet Russia abolished the death penalty. However, the ban does not operate for a long time - until May 4, 1920 (photo)

1921 - SNK RSFSR adopted a decree "On aircraft movements" marked the beginning of civil aviation in the USSR (photo)

1970 - the first test flight of Sukhoi produced Su-24 (photo)

2010 - Ukraine held a presidential election, victory in which was gained Viktor Yanukovych (photo)

Birthday party:

On this day were born:

Benjamin Franklin

Nikolai Zhukovsky

Konstantin Stanislavsky

Al Capone

Leonid Trauberg

Delilah

Muhammad Ali

Semen Altos

Maya Chiburdanidze

Jim Carrey

On this day, died:

Fedor Ivanovich I

Tomaso Albinoni

Alexander Dargomyzhsky

Rutherford Burchard Hayes

Patrice Lumumba

Varlam Shalamov

Czeslaw Niemen

Robert Fischer

16 January 2018

18 January 2018