January 17.
1377. Pope Gregory XI moves his papacy from Avignon back to Rome, ending the Avignon Papacy but laying ground for the Great Schism of Western Christianity, or the Western Schism, which would commence upon Gregory's death the following year.
1917. The US pays the Dutch $25 million for the US Virgin Islands.
1991. The US launches Operation Desert Storm against Iraq.
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