Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/January 17

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  • 1706 - Benjamin Franklin, American statesman, is born. (d. 1790)
  • 1899 - Al Capone, American gangster, is born. (d. 1947)
  • 1917 - The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
  • 1929 - Popeye the Sailor Man first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
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