On Jan. 17, 2017, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence whistleblower who leaked classified information.
On This Day: U.N. Security Council meets for 1st time
On Jan. 17, 1946, the U.N. Security Council met for the first time.
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Church House, pictured on March 29, 2016, is the headquarters of the Church of England, occupying the south end of Dean s Yard next to Westminster Abbey in London. It was the location of the first meeting of the United Nations Security Council on January 17, 1946. File Photo by Paasikivi/Wikimedia
On January 17, 1994, a pre-dawn earthquake struck the Los Angeles area, claiming 61 lives and causing widespread damage. File Photo courtesy FEMA
President Bill Clinton makes a point as he participates June 2, 1998, in a roundtable discussion in Houston on the importance of the upcoming Census 2000. On January 17, 1998, U.S. President Bill Clinton denied in a sworn deposition that he had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. File Photo by George Wong/UPI | License Photo