Page 9: Historical Events In July - 17

2019  Mexican drug cartel head Joaquín " El Chapo " Guzmán sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years in New York Learn More >> on July - 17.   

2019  On this day in history joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, former head of the Sinaloa Cartel, which became the biggest supplier of drugs to the U.S., is sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.   

2019  On July - 17 the World Health Organization (WHO) declares the Kivu Ebola epidemic to be a public health emergency of international concern.   

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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 this day in history.   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.   

1025  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

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

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

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.