January 17th, this day in history

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LEAD STORY

Boston thieves pull off historic robbery, 1950

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, 1781

AUTOMOTIVE

Corvette unveiled at GM Motorama, 1953

CIVIL WAR

Sherman's army is delayed by rain, 1865

COLD WAR

Eisenhower warns of the "military-industrial complex", 1961

CRIME

The Great Brinks Robbery, 1950

DISASTER

Earthquake rocks Los Angeles, 1994

GENERAL INTEREST

Americans overthrow Hawaiian monarchy, 1893

Eisenhower bids farewell, 1961

H-bomb lost in Spain,1966

The execution of Gary Gilmore, 1977

HOLLYWOOD

U.S. Supreme Court decides Universal v. Sony, as VCR usage takes off, 1984

LITERARY

Anne Bronte is born,1820

MUSIC

NBC Television greenlights The Monkees, 1966

OLD WEST

John Jacob Astor is born, 1763

PRESIDENTIAL

Eisenhower warns of military-industrial complex, 1961

Paula Jones accuses Bill Clinton of sexual harassment, 1994

SPORTS

PGA is formed, 1916

VIETNAM WAR

South Vietnamese forces raid POW camp,1971

Nixon threatens President Thieu, 1972

WORLD WAR I

Winston Churchill hears speech on the tragedy of war, 1916

WORLD WAR II

Allies make their move on Cassino, Italy, 1944

Soviets capture Warsaw,1945