January 17th, 1706. Benjamin Franklin, author, (1)_____ , inventor and one of America's most famous Founding Fathers, is born in Boston.
1945, in the final months of World War II in Europe, Soviet and Polish forces (2)_____ Poland's capital Warsaw from Nazi occupation.
1961, just days before leaving office, President Dwight Eisenhower offers a Cold War era warning for Americans in his farewell address: "In the councils of government, we must (口误) guard against the (3)_____ of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex."
1899, Al Capone is born in Brooklyn, New York, but it is in Chicago where the gangster called "Scarface" leaves his most (5)_____ mark.
And 1942, "I'm going to (6)_____ like a butterfly and sting like a bee, his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see." Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight boxing champion (7)_____ himself "The Greatest," is born in Louisville, Kentucky.
Today In History, January 17th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
