January 17
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January 17 is the seventeenth day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by January 16, and succeeded by January 18. Following January 17, there are 348 days in the year (349 in leap years).
Blavatsky's Gem of the Day
"All our dignity consists in thought, therefore let us contrive to think well; for that is the principle of morals."
Events
- 1879 – Col. Olcott, on his way to India, appointed General Abner Doubleday as Acting President of the Theosophical Society ad interim.
- 1890 – Annie Besant was elected President of the Blavatsky Lodge, eight months after joining the Theosophical Society.
Births
- None listed for this date.
Deaths
- 1935 – Bishop Irving S. Cooper was an American lecturer for the Theosophical Society in America and a bishop in the Liberal Catholic Church (b. March 16, 1882).
Holidays and observances
- None listed for this date.
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