Discover what happened on 17 January 2005 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Hansjoachim Walther (German mathematician and politician (1939-2005))
- Zhao Ziyang (former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP))
- Virginia Mayo (American actress (1920-2005))
- Bezerra da Silva (Brazilian musician (1927–2005))
- Charlie Bell (Australian businessman)
- Albert Schatz (American microbiologist (1920-2005))
- Maria Albuleț (Romanian chess player (1932–2005))
- Basil Hoskins (British actor (1929-2005))
- George P. L. Walker (British volcanologist (1926–2005))
- Hildegard Joos (Austrian painter (1909-2005))
- Anatoly Kartashov (Soviet water polo player (1937-2005))
- Lothar Löffler (German politician (1929-2005))
- Francis A. Burkle-Young (historian (1945–2005))
- Rudolf Tesmann (German politician (1910–2005))
- Roger Ibáñez (French actor (1931–2005))
- Lennart Rodhe (Swedish artist (1916-2005))
- Jack Fitzmaurice (English snooker player (1928-2005))
- Christina Gunnardo (Swedish singer)
- Carlo Battaglia (Italian artist (1933-2005))
- Don Griffin (Player of American football (1922-2005))
- Yıldırım Gencer (Turkish actor (1936-2005))
- Kara McCoy (Australian veteran (1898-2005))
- M. M. Ismail (Indian politician (1921-2005))
- Morits Skaugen (Norwegian yacht racer (1920-2005))
- Adalcinda Camarão (Brazilian writer and poet)
- Armando Oliveira (Brazilian journalist (1936-2005))
- Mary san (Japanese person)
- Kazimierz de Pourbaix (Polish officer)
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- Neal Knox (American activist)
- Tanni Kents (Estonian lawyer and cultural activist in Canada)
- César López Claro (Argentinian painter (1912-2005))
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- Jack Harper (Australia tennis player)
- Charles Kilbury (American politician)
- Carmelo Caruana (Maltese musician (1927-2005))
- Marià Gómez Fajardo (Spanish association football player (1919-2005))
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- Edward Schwartz (American photographer (1906-2005))
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- Willi Konrad
- Alfonso Gallego Vila
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- Abdulla Krotov (Tatar blind singer (1919-2005))
- Germán Barriga (Chilean military (1945-2005))
- Jürgen Luczak
- Josef Arens
- Vladimír Šícha
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- Yehuda Vardi (American statistician and engineer)
- Giorgio Ghezzi
- Christopher William Clayson (b.11 September 1903 d.17 January 2005)
- Richard Bridgman (American literary scholar)
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- Nancy Paschke (14 May 1939 – 17 Jan 2005)