Today is Monday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2022 with 348 to follow.
This is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States.
The moon is full. Morning stars are Mars, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include Pope Pius V in 1504; American statesman/scientist/author Benjamin Franklin in 1706; author Anne Bronte in 1820; British statesman David Lloyd George in 1863; U.S. gangster Al Capone in 1899; English novelist Nevil Shute in 1899; actor Betty White in 1922; singer Eartha Kitt in 1927; beauty specialist Vidal Sassoon in 1928; actor James Earl Jones in 1931 (age 91); Douglas Wilder, first black governor elected in U.S., in 1931 (age 91); puppeteer Shari Lewis in 1933; talk show host Maury Povich in 1939 (age 83); Olympic gold medal-winning runner Kipchoge Keino in 1940 (age 82); heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali in 1942; comedian Andy Kaufman in 1949; former Rolling Stones member Mick Taylor in 1949 (age 73); musician Steve Earle in 1955 (age 67); comedian Steve Harvey in 1957 (age 65); comic actor Jim Carrey in 1962 (age 60); writer Sebastian Junger in 1962 (age 60); former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama in 1964 (age 58); rapper Lil Jon, born Jonathan Smith, in 1971 (age 51); singer Kid Rock, born Robert James Ritchie, in 1971 (age 51); dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy in 1980 (age 42); actor Zooey Deschanel in 1980 (age 42); rapper Ray J, born William Ray...
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