The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.

The United States Virgin Islands, officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and a territory of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles. The islands have a tropical climate.

January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 348 days remain until the end of the year.