Every yearJanuary 17
Everything January 17 celebrates
8 national, international, and world observances are on the calendar for January 17 every year, and 3 more land on it in some years.
| # | Observance | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ben Franklin DayLead | Celebration | |
| 02 | Cable Car Day | Tech | |
| 03 | Customer Service Day | Community | |
| 04 | Kid Inventors' Day | Kids & Family | |
| 05 | National Hot Buttered Rum Day | Beer |
| 06 | National Hot Heads Chili Day | Food | |
| 07 | Popeye the Sailor Man Day | Celebration | |
| 08 | World Snow Day | Nature |
These are set by a rule rather than a fixed date, so they only land on January 17 in some years.
Blue Monday — 2028 and 2033
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — 2028 and 2033
National Day of Service — 2028 and 2033
Born on January 17
Historic figures
- Benjamin Franklin1706–1790American publisher, inventor, and politician
- Muhammad Ali1942–2016American boxer and activist
- David Lloyd George1863–1945Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca1600–1681Spanish playwright and poet
- Anne Brontë1820–1849English author and poet
- Pope Pius V1504–1572Head of the Catholic Church from 1566 to 1572
- Betty White1922–2021American actress, game show panelist, television personality
- Eartha Kitt1927–2008American actress and singer
- Dalida1933–1987Egyptian-French singer and actress
- Tabaré Vázquez1940–2020Uruguayan physician and politician, 39th President of Uruguay
Celebrities & public figures
- Jim Carreyb. 1962Canadian-American actor
- Michelle Obamab. 1964American lawyer and activist
- Zooey Deschanelb. 1980American singer-songwriter and actress
- Steve Harveyb. 1957American actor
- Álvaro Arbeloab. 1983Spanish footballer
- Enzo Fernándezb. 2001Argentinian footballer
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.b. 1954Jr.
- Calvin Harrisb. 1984Scottish singer-songwriter
- Dwyane Wadeb. 1982American basketball player
- Oleksandr Usykb. 1987Ukrainian boxer
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers January 17 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see January 17, 2027.
Today Celebrates tracks daily national, international and world observances all year.