In context
- When
- Thursday, January 17 199135 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Trevor Bauer
Who they were
Trevor Andrew Bauer is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Bauer has also played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Why this date
Trevor Bauer appears on our January 17 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.
January 17 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1991Trevor Bauer
- 2002Mount Nyiragongo
- 2007Doomsday Clock
- 2008British Airways Flight 38
- 20102010 Jos riots
- 2013Murder of Shahzad Luqman
- 2013Lance Armstrong
- 2016Barack Obama
- 2017Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
- 20232023 Nyingchi avalanche
- 20262026 Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crash
Also in 1991
- September 9TajikistanTajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
- September 11Continental Express Flight 2574Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.
- March 14EscondidaEscondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.
- September 12Space Shuttle DiscoveryNASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
- September 17EstoniaEstonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
- September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
- September 5Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
- October 201991 Uttarkashi earthquakeAn earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.
Sources
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“Trevor Bauer”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/event/trevor-bauer-1991-january-17, accessed October 28, 2026.
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Questions about this entry
When did Trevor Bauer happen?
January 17 1991 — 35 years ago, on a Thursday.
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