Today's Horoscope for Virgo
January 17, 2026
A new confidence in yourself is awakened at this time. You realize what is really important to you, and you are likely to make promises to yourself that you will not become distracted from things that are important to you. Do not forget this promise in the future!
Power Numbers: 46, 6, 24, 2, 13, 40
Born Today: Benjamin Franklin, Anne Bronte, Anton Chekhov, Eartha Kitt, James Earl Jones, Muhammad Ali, Jim Carrey
Quick Quote: "A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold."
-- Ogden Nash
Random Fact: A "hairbreadth away" is 1/48 of an inch.
Today in History:
1990: Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract
1957: 9-county commission recommends creation of BART
1934: New York Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract
1934: Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the New York Giants
1882: 1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office
1827: Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander
1945: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary
1861: Flush toilet patented by Mr. Thomas Crapper (Honest!)
1915: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens
1862: BBT Ft. Henry, Tennessee by USS Lexington
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