January 17

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, appoints General Abner Doubleday as Acting President of the Theosophical Society ad interim.
• 1890 – Annie Besant is elected President of the Blavatsky Lodge, eight months after joining the Theosophical Society.

Births

• YEAR – NAME, SOMETHING ABOUT PERSON (d. YEAR) - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Deaths

• YEAR – NAME, SOMETHING ABOUT PERSON (d. YEAR) - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Holidays and observances

• YEAR – NAME OF HOLIDAY, SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOLIDAY - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

External links

• This Date in Wikipedia