January 17

Film

 * 2008 - Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert premieres at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Television

 * 1988 - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh premieres on ABC with "Pooh Oughta Be in Pictures".
 * 1991 - The TaleSpin episode "Bringing Down Babyface" premeires in syndication.
 * 1998 - The season one finale of Recess, "Parents Night/Swing on Thru to the Other Side" and the Pepper Ann episode "Have You Ever Been Unsupervised?/The Unusual Suspects" premiere on ABC.
 * 2003 - That's So Raven premieres on Disney Channel with the episodes "Test of Friendship", "Mother Dearest", "Party Animal", and "Wake Up, Victor".
 * 2005 - The Dave the Barbarian episode "A Pig's Story" premieres on Disney Channel.

Births

 * 1922 - Betty White - Actress, comedian
 * 1927 - Eartha Kitt - Actress, singer
 * 1931 - James Earl Jones - Actor
 * 1962 - Jim Carrey - Actor
 * 1980 - Zooey Deschanel - Actress, musician, singer-songwriter