The Movie Timeline - here's looking at movies, kid
Movie events on the 17th January
Benjamin Martin defeats the British by running into enemy fire armed with a flag; people follow him, and luckily some have guns. (Cowpens (modern-day South Carolina)) (The Patriot)
Anne Bronte is born (Yorkshire, England) (Devotion)
The Great Brinks Robbery (Boston, Massachusetts) (The Brink's Job)