1899 – Wake Island is annexed by the United States.
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1949 – A Boeing B-29 Superfortress of the 301st Bomb Group, 15th US Air Group crashes in Scotland.
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Today in History – January 17
1899 – Wake Island is annexed by the United States.
1949 – A Boeing B-29 Superfortress of the 301st Bomb Group, 15th US Air Group crashes in Scotland.