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July 17 is the 198th day (199th in Leap Year s) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar , with 167 days remaining.
Events
- 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
- 1048 - Damasus II appointed Pope .
- 1203 - Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault; the Byzantine Emperor Alexius III Angelus flees from his capital into exile.
- utterly defeat the English under the Earl Of Shrewsbury , who is killed in the Battle Of Castillon at Gascony
- 1762 - Catherine II becomes Tzar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III Of Russia .
- chief Matonabbee traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his arctic overland journey, massacre a group of unsuspecting Inuit .
- 1791 - Massacre at the Champ De Mars , Paris, during the French Revolution . 1200-1500 people were killed, including women and children.
- , Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.
- 1816 - The French passenger ship '' Medusa '' runs aground off the coast of Senegal . Klondike gold rush begins when first successful prospectors arrive in Seattle, Washington , USA.
- 1858 - Salving of the Lutine Bell . The bell is subsequently hung in Lloyd's Of London .
- 1893 - Marvin Pierce is born
- - Troops under United States General William R. Shafter take the city of Santiago De Cuba from the Spanish .
- 1899 - NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
- 1917 - King George V Of The United Kingdom issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor .
- 1918 - By order of the Bolshevik Party and carried out by Cheka , Emperor Nicholas II Of Russia , his immediate family, and retainers were murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia .
- 1933 - After successfully crossing of the Atlantic ocean, the Lithuanian research aircraft Lituanica crashes in Europe under mysterious circumstances.
- government of Spain starts the Spanish Civil War .
- 1941 - Joe DiMaggio 's Baseball hitting streak ends at 56 games, by Cleveland Indian pitchers, Al Smith & Jim Bagby.
- , two ships laden with Ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California , killing 232.
- 1944 - under Royal Canadian Navy protection.
- - At Potsdam , the three main Allied leaders begin their final summit of the war. The meeting will end on August 2 .
- 1955 - Disneyland televises its Grand Opening in Anaheim, California .
- becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site .
- and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in Orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
- 1975 - was Annexed , and became the 27th Province of Indonesia .
- 1979 - Nicaragua n president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami .
- in Kansas City, Missouri collapse into a crowded atrium lobby killing 114.
- 1984 - Laurent Fabius becomes Prime Minister of France
- 1987 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time at 2510.04.
- 1990 - The Minnesota Twins become the first team in Major League Baseball to turn two Triple Plays in a single game, against the Boston Red Sox . Despite their defensive prowess, the Twins lose 1-0.
- 1995 - The Midwest ern heat wave in the United States reaches its peak. Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin , among other cities, set all-time high temperature records. The heat claims over 400 lives on this day alone.
- 1995 - The Nasdaq stock index closes above the 1,000 mark for the first time.
- 1996 - Off the coast of Long Island, New York , a Paris -bound Boeing 747 carrying TWA Flight 800 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
- 1997 - The F.W. Woolworth Company closes after 117 years in business.
- 1998 - In St. Petersburg , Nicholas II Of Russia and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel 80 years after he and his family were killed by Bolshevik s.
- 1998 - A Tsunami triggered by an undersea Earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 1,500, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.
- 1998 - Biologists report in the journal '' Science '' how they sequenced the Genome of the Bacterium that causes Syphilis , Treponema Pallidum .
- 2002 - Apple's prgram ICal premiers at the Macworld Expo in New York City . This date is displayed on the icon of the program when it is not being used.
- 2004 - Ninety children die in a fire at a private school in Kumbakonam , Tamil Nadu , India .
Births
- 1487 - Ismail I , Shah Of Persia (d. 1524 )
- 1674 - Isaac Watts , English hymnwriter (d. 1748 )
- 1698 - Pierre Louis Maupertuis , French mathematician (d. 1759 )
- 1831 - Xianfeng , Emperor of China (d. 1861 )
- 1839 - Ephraim Shay , American inventor (d. 1916
- 1877 - Ernst Von Dohnanyi , Hungarian conductor (d. 1960 )
- 1888 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon , Israeli writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970 )
- 1899 - James Cagney , American actor (d. 1986 )
- 1899 - Erle Stanley Gardner , American author (d. 1970 )
- 1901 - Bruno Jasieński , Polish poet (d. 1938 )
- 1902 - Christina Stead , Australian novelist (d. 1983 )
- 1912 - Art Linkletter , Canadian television host
- 1917 - Phyllis Diller , American comedian
- 1918 - Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio , President Of Guatemala (d. 2003 )
- 1920 - Juan Antonio Samaranch , Spanish chairman of the International Olympic Committee
- 1920 - Kenneth Wolstenholme , English sports commentator (d. 2002 )
- 1921 - František Zvarík , Slovakian actor
- 1928 - Vince Guaraldi , American musician and composer (d. 1976 )
- 1935 - Diahann Carroll , First African American to star on a long-running network television series.
- 1935 - Peter Schickele , American composer, author, and radio host
- 1935 - Donald Sutherland , Canadian actor
- 1941 - Spencer Davis , British singer and guitarist ( Spencer Davis Group )
- 1941 - Jürgen Flimm , German theatre director and manager
- 1942 - Tim Brooke-Taylor , English comedian
- 1944 - Carlos Alberto , Brazilian football player
- 1945 - Alexander, Crown Prince Of Yugoslavia
- 1947 - Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall
- 1949 - Charlie Steiner , American sports broadcaster
- 1949 - Terence "Geezer" Butler , British musician and lyricist ( Black Sabbath )
- 1949 - Snyder Rini , Prime Minister Of The Solomon Islands for eight days
- 1952 - David Hasselhoff , American actor and musician
- 1955 - Paul Stamets , American mycologist and environmentalist
- 1956 - Bryan Trottier , Canadian/American Ice Hockey player
- 1954 - Angela Merkel , Chancellor Of Germany
- 1954 - J. Michael Straczynski , American author
- 1957 - Fern Britton , British television presenter
- 1960 - Mark Burnett , English-born television producer
- 1960 - Jan Wouters , Dutch football player and manager
- 1963 - Matti Nykänen , Finnish ski jumper
- 1963 - Letsie III , King of Lesotho
- 1965 - Craig Morgan , American singer
- 1971 - Cory Doctorow , Canadian author and activist
- 1973 - Eric Moulds , American football player
- 1975 - Konnie Huq , English television presenter
- 1977 - M.I.A. , British rapper
- 1983 - Ryan Guettler , professional Australian BMX rider
- 1985 - Tom Fletcher , British singer (McFly)
Deaths
- 924 - King Edward The Elder of England
- 1070 - Baldwin VI, Count Of Flanders (b. 1030 )
- 1086 - King Canute IV Of Denmark
- 1105 - Rashi , French rabbi and commentator (b. 1040 )
- 1453 - John Talbot, 1st Earl Of Shrewsbury , English military leader
- 1531 - Hosokawa Takakuni , Japanese military commander (b. 1484 )
- 1566 - Bartolomé De Las Casas , Spanish priest (b. 1484 )
- 1571 - Georg Fabricius , German poet and historian (b. 1516 )
- 1588 - Sinan , Ottoman architect (b. 1489 )
- 1645 - Robert Carr, 1st Earl Of Somerset , Scottish politician
- 1704 - Pierre-Charles Le Sueur , French fur trader and explorer
- 1709 - Robert Bolling , English settler in Virginia (b. 1646 )
- 1790 - Adam Smith , Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723 )
- 1791 - Martin Dobrizhoffer , Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717 )
- 1793 - Charlotte Corday , French aristocrat and murderer (b. 1768 )
- 1794 - John Roebuck , British inventor (b. 1718 )
- 1878 - Aleardo Aleardi , Italian poet (b. 1812 )
- 1887 - Dorothea Dix , American social activist (b. 1802 )
- 1894 - Josef Hyrtl , Austrian anatomist (b. 1810 )
- 1912 - Henri Poincaré , French mathematician (b. 1854 )
- 1917 - Hector Malot , French writer (b. 1830 )
- 1918 (N.S.) - Family of Tsar Nicholas II Of Russia (b. 1868 )
- --- Tsaritsa Alexandra Fyodorovna (b. 1872 )
- --- Grand Duchess Olga (b. 1895 )
- --- Grand Duchess Tatiana (b. 1897 )
- --- Grand Duchess Maria (b. 1899 )
- --- Grand Duchess Anastasia (b. 1901 )
- --- Tsarevich Alexei (b. 1904 )
- 1928 - Giovanni Giolitti , Italian statesman (b. 1842 )
- 1935 - George William Russell , Irish nationalist, poet and artist (b. 1867 )
- 1950 - Evangeline Booth , the 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865 )
- 1959 - Billie Holiday , American singer (b. 1915 )
- 1959 - Eugene Meyer , American businessman and newspaper publisher (b. 1875 )
- 1961 - Ty Cobb , baseball player (b. 1886 )
- 1967 - John Coltrane , American musician (b. 1926 )
- 1975 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia , Georgian writer and public benefactor (b. 1893 )
- 1980 - Boris Delaunay , Russian mathematician (b. 1890 )
- 1987 - Yujiro Ishihara , Japanese actor (b. 1934 )
- 1995 - Juan Manuel Fangio , Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911 )
- 2001 - Katharine Graham , American publisher (b. 1917 )
- 2003 - David Kelly , Welsh UN weapons inspector (b. 1944 )
- 2003 - Rosalyn Tureck , American pianist and harpsichordist (b. 1914 )
- 2004 - Pat Roach , British professional wrestler and actor (b. 1937 )
- 2005 - Sir Edward Heath , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1916 )
- 2005 - Joe Vialls , Australian writer
Holidays and observances
External links
July 16 - July 18 - June 17 - August 17 -- Listing Of All Days
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