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A bit of January 17th history…
1524 - Beginning of Giovanni de Verrazzano’s voyage to find a passage to China
1773 - Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle
1821 - Mexico permits Moses Austin and 300 US families to settle in Texas, after his death he leaves it to his son Stephen
1893 - Queen Liliuokalani is deposed by an American coup, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic (pictured)
1946 - United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
1987 - US President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
1991 - Operation Desert Storm begins with US led coalition forces bombing Iraq during the Gulf War
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