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Thursday, January 17, 2008

January 17

On This Day In History

1893: Hawaiian monarchy overthrown

Acting for Hawaiian sugar interests and their American allies, a committee led by Sanford Ballard Dole deposed Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani this day in 1893 and installed a provisional government with Dole as president.

The Iolani Palace, in Honolulu. It was the royal residence of Hawaii's last two monarchs and later ?

Biography Of The Day

David Lloyd George

Born this day in 1863, David Lloyd George, Liberal prime minister of Britain from 1916 to 1922, led his country to victory in World War I after laying the foundation of the modern welfare state as chancellor of the Exchequer.

David Lloyd George

More Events On This Day In History

1943

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt met at Casablanca, Morocco.

1942

American professional boxer Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky.

1917

1917

The United States purchased three of the Virgin Islands-St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix?from Denmark for $25 million.

1899

1899

American gangster Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York.

1820

English poet and novelist Anne Brontë, sister of Charlotte and Emily Bronte, was born.

1734

Augustus III was crowned king of Poland.

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