Today is Tuesday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2017. There are 348 days left in the year.

Birthdays: Actress Betty White is 95. Former FCC chairman Newton Minow is 91. Actor James Earl Jones is 86. Talk show host Maury Povich is 78. Rock guitarist Mick Taylor is 69. Singer/songwriter Steve Earle is 62. Singer Paul Young is 61. Comedian Steve Harvey is 60. Actorn Jim Carrey is 55. Actor Denis O’Hare is 55. First lady Michelle Obama is 53. Electronic music DJ Tiesto is 48. Rapper Kid Rock is 46. NBA star Dwyane Wade is 35.

In 1917, Denmark ceded part of the Virgin Islands to the United States for $25 million.

In 1946, the UN Security Council held its first meeting, in London.

In 1950, the Great Brink’s Robbery took place as seven masked men held up a Brink’s garage in Boston, stealing $1.2 million in cash and $1.5 million in checks and money orders. (Although the entire gang was caught, only part of the loot was recovered.)

In 1961, President Eisenhower delivered his farewell address in which he warned against ‘‘the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.’’

In 1966, an Air Force B-52 carrying four unarmed hydrogen bombs crashed on the Spanish coast.

In 1977, murderer Gary Gilmore, 36, was shot by a firing squad in Utah, the first US execution in a decade.

In 1995, more than 6,000 people were killed when an earthquake devastated the city of Kobe, Japan.

In 1997, a court in Ireland granted the first divorce in nation’s history.