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  Donald Barry, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1981  On this day in history humbar Estuary Bridge, UK, world's longest span (1.4 km), opens   

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

1984  On this day in history soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7   

1984  On July - 17 j Delos Jewkes, singer/actor (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 89   

1985  Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1987  On July - 17 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Tx)   

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

1988  On this day in history highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103ø F (39ø C)   

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

1989  On July - 17 paul McCartney releases "This One"   

1990  On this day in history hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq   

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 this day in history.   

2005  The Disneyland Resort celebrates its 50th birthday on this day in history.   

2007  On July - 17 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  On July - 17 jakarta double bombings at e JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels killed 9 people including 4 foreigners.   

2012  On this day in history 17 people are wounded in a bar shooting in Jasper, Alabama   

2013  7 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria on July - 17.   

2014  On this day in history 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   

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

2014  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.   

2016  On July - 17 after a five-hour humanitarian ceasefire, Israel confirms the beginning of a ground offensive in Gaza.   

2016  On July - 17 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.   

2017  The Muppets Studio in firing the voice of Kermit the Frog, Steve Whitmire, blame his “unacceptable business conduct” on this day in history.   

2018  On July - 17 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  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 on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.   

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

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

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

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

0924  On this day in history 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 July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

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

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on this day in history.