On this day, Jan. 17 ...

1922: Betty White, star of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” "The Golden Girls," and “Hot in Cleveland,” is born in Oak Park, Ill.

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1806: Thomas Jefferson’s daughter, Martha, gives birth to James Madison Randolph, the first child born in the White House.

Thomas Jefferson’s daughter, Martha, gives birth to James Madison Randolph, the first child born in the White House. 1917: Denmark cedes the Virgin Islands to the United States for $25 million.