Historical Events In July - 17

1980  Military coup in Bolivia on July - 17.   

1980  On July - 17 ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president   

1980  On July - 17 donald Barry, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak), dies at 68   

1981  On July - 17 fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta   

1981  Humbar Estuary Bridge, UK, world's longest span (1.4 km), opens on July - 17.   

1981  Lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse 114 die, 200 injured on July - 17.   

1984  On July - 17 soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7   

1984  J Delos Jewkes, singer/actor (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1985  On July - 17 czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93   

1987  On this day in history 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Tx)   

1988  On this day in history florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets the 100m woman's record (10.49)   

1988  Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103ø F (39ø C) on July - 17.   

1988  Bruiser Brody, wrestler, stabbed to death on this day in history.   

1989  Paul McCartney releases "This One" on July - 17.   

1990  Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq on this day in history.   

1998  In Papua New Guinea a 7.1 earthquake killed at least 2,183 people, thousands injured, about 9,500 homeless and about 500 missing as a result of a tsunami generated in the Sissano area. Maximum wave heights estimated at 10 meters on July - 17.   

2005  The Disneyland Resort celebrates its 50th birthday on July - 17.   

2007  On this day in history atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and three other men on charges related to their alleged operation of a dogfighting ring based at one of Vick's properties in southeastern Virginia. Vick was later suspended indefinitely in aug by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and is now serving his sentence of 23 months in federal prison.   

2007  TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 overruns the runway of Congonhas-São Paulo International Airport and crashes, killing all 186 and others on the ground on July - 17.   

2009  Jakarta double bombings at e JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels killed 9 people including 4 foreigners on July - 17.   

2012  17 people are wounded in a bar shooting in Jasper, Alabama on July - 17.   

2013  On this day in history 7 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria   

2014  Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes (presumed shot down by either pro-Russian separatists or the Ukrainian militia), killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board on July - 17.   

2014  On July - 17 after a five-hour humanitarian ceasefire, Israel confirms the beginning of a ground offensive in Gaza.   

2014  On this day in history malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes in eastern Ukraine after being shot down by a missile. All 298 people on board are killed.   

2016  On this day in history after a five-hour humanitarian ceasefire, Israel confirms the beginning of a ground offensive in Gaza.   

2016  Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes in eastern Ukraine after being shot down by a missile. All 298 people on board are killed on July - 17.   

2017  On July - 17 the Muppets Studio in firing the voice of Kermit the Frog, Steve Whitmire, blame his “unacceptable business conduct”   

2018  On this day in history bloomberg estimates NFL made $14 billion in revenue in 2017, distributing a record $8.1 billion to the league's 32 teams, $255m each   

2018  On July - 17 australian basketball center Liz Cambage scores 53 points as the Dallas Wings beat the NY Liberty 104-87 to set new WNBA single game scoring record   

2018  On July - 17 89th MLB All Star Game, Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.: AL beats NL 8-6, the teams combining for a record 10 home runs accounting for 13 of the 14 total runs   

2018  Barack Obama gives speech honoring Nelson Mandela and warning of "strongman politics" in Johannesburg, South Africa on this day in history.   

2018  Oldest evidence of bread, made from wild grains, discovered by archaeologists in 14,000 year-old dig in the Black Desert, Jordon on July - 17.   

2018  On July - 17 the EU–Japan Economic Partnership Agreement is signed, the world's largest bilateral free trade deal, creating an open trade zone covering nearly one-third of global GDP.   

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1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.   

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.   

1763  On this day in history birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.   

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.   

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.   

1070  On this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.