Today In History

Sun., Jan. 17, 1999

In 1961: In his farewell address, President Eisenhower warned against the rise of “the military-industrial complex.”

In 1893: Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate.

In 1945: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews, disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody.

In 1977: convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, 36, was shot by a firing squad at Utah State Prison in the first U.S. execution in a decade.

In 1995: More than 6,000 people were killed when an earthquake devastated the city of Kobe, Japan.

In 1997: Israel ended 30 years of occupation, giving the West Bank city of Hebron to the Palestinians.

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