What happened this day in history July 17

What are the important events that happened on July 17? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 17: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 17 is the 199th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 167 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 4, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 478,104 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontaenneagon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 196 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,226 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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July 17 Historical Events

  • 180
    Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
  • 1867
    Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston. It was the first dental school in the U.S.
  • 1899
    NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • 1933
    After successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the Lithuanian research aircraft Lituanica crashes in Europe under mysterious circumstances.
  • 1936
    Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently-elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
  • 1968
    A revolution occurs in Iraq when Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
  • 1976
    The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.
  • 1979
    Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida.
  • 1981
    The opening of the Humber Bridge by HM The Queen in England.
  • 1989
    First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.

Who were born on July 17?

  • 1899
    James Cagney, American actor (d. 1986)
  • 1912
    Erwin Bauer, German racing driver (d. 1958)
  • 1945
    Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
  • 1950
    Phoebe Snow, American singer/songwriter (d. 2011)
  • 1951
    Lucie Arnaz, American actress
  • 1960
    Dawn Upshaw, American soprano
  • 1963
    Regina Belle, Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter
  • 1978
    Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • 1979
    Mike Vogel, American actor
  • 1983
    Jessi Cruickshank, Canadian television presenter

Who died on July 17?

  • 1453
    John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader
  • 1894
    Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, French poet (b. 1818)
  • 1918
    Family of Emperor Nicholas II Alexandrovich (b. 1868): Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna (b. 1901)
  • 1918
    Family of Emperor Nicholas II Alexandrovich (b. 1868): Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna (b. 1897)
  • 1946
    General Dragoljub Mihailović, commandant of the Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland (b. 1893)
  • 1959
    Eugene Meyer, American businessman and newspaper publisher (b. 1875)
  • 1967
    John Coltrane, American musician (b. 1926)
  • 2005
    Joe Vialls, Australian writer (b. 1944)
  • 2005
    Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (b. 1927)
  • 2007
    Júlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (b. 1956)

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