Historical Events In July - 17

1980  On this day in history military coup in Bolivia   

1980  Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1981  On this day in history lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse 114 die, 200 injured   

1984  Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7 on this day in history.   

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  On July - 17 highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103ø F (39ø C)   

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

1989  Paul McCartney releases "This One" on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history the Disneyland Resort celebrates its 50th birthday.   

2007  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 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

2009  On this day in history jakarta double bombings at e JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels killed 9 people including 4 foreigners.   

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

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

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

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  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  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 this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history 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 July - 17.   

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  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 on this day in history.   

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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 July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

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 July - 17.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

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

1510  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

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