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January 17: 1885 – Mahdist War: British troops defeated Mahdist Sudanese forces at the Battle of Abu Klea in Khartoum, Sudan. 1899 – The United States took possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean. 1929 – Popeye the Sailor, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appeared in his newspaper comic strip Thimble Theater. 1946 – The United Nations Security Council (chamber pictured), the organ of the United Nations charged with the maintenance of international peace and security, held its first meeting at Church House in London. 1966 – The Palomares hydrogen bombs incident: A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker during aerial refueling over the Mediterranean Sea, dropping three hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares, Spain, and another one into the sea. 1995 – The Great Hanshin Earthquake struck near Kobe, Japan, killing over 6,000 people and causing over ¥10 trillion (US$200 billion) worth of damage. More events: January 16 – January 17 – January 18 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 19:37, June 13, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Contents 1 Was this a "fight"? 1.1 Keasbey Nights 1.2 Stanislavsky 1.3 2008 plane crash

[edit] Was this a "fight"?

http://www.dailybruin.com/news/printable.asp?id=31776&date=2/2/2005

"Bunchy Carter and John Huggins, leaders in the Black Panther Party and UCLA students, were killed "while the two were in an altercation involving an US member, Harold Jones-Tawala," Brown wrote. "The shoot-out had an immediate crippling effect on the Black Congress."

The alleged shooter was never found, but brothers George Ali-Stiner and Larry Watani-Stiner were convicted for conspiracy to commit murder and second-degree murder. The brothers escaped from prison, but in 1994 Watani-Stiner turned himself in."

Would it be more clear if it was "Bunchy Carter and John Huggins, leaders in the Black Panther Party and UCLA students, were killed in a shootout with Harold Jones-Tawala, a member of rival group United Slaves"

Just trying to get more detail here...otherwise it hardly seems like a moment to memorialize for Jan 17th...initial phrasing makes it seem like any other gang fight, and doesn't detail who got killed.--JereKrischel 10:51, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

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A Green Day cd release is hardly a historical event, I am removing it from the page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.138.175.46 (talk • contribs) 00:10, January 18, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Keasbey Nights

mention of "1.17.98" in the song kristina doesnt know i exist

[edit] Stanislavsky

Moved Stanislavsky from January 5th. He was born on january 5th in the Julian Calendar in force in Russia. This is 17th in the Gregorian Calendar. Arachrah 18:52, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2008 plane crash

Hello, I was just wondering why the edit to 2008 about the recent plane crash at heathrow was non notable as it is in the current events page, and other minor incidents have also been included in other years. Just a thought Thatperson (talk) 18:56, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

edit: sorry I meant the January 17 page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thatperson (talk • contribs) 18:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

It is important to note that just because something is newsworthy does not indicate long term global notability. We've been having discussions on the project talk page about what makes events globally notable enough for inclusion in Wikicalendar articles. Plane crashes seem to happen with enough frequency that they are not shocking or life changing for the most part. This particular event did not result in any deaths and it will be forgotten very soon. You are welcome to participate in the ongoing discussions here. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 19:04, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

If the plane crash becomes notable enough to merits its own article, then it will be listed here. Kingturtle (talk) 19:23, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Having its own article is not sufficient to warrant inclusion as a long-term, globally notable event. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 18:51, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Apologies for bad edit, should of checked here first! TheProf07 (talk) 18:52, 18 January 2008 (UTC)