Historical Events In July - 17

1980  Military coup in Bolivia on this day in history.  

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

1980  Donald Barry, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak), dies at 68 on July - 17.  

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 July - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1985  Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93 on July - 17.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1989  On this day in history paul McCartney releases "This One"  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)  

1702  On July - 17 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 July - 17.  

0656  On July - 17 death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.  

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 this day in history.  

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.  

1345  On July - 17 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  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.  

1531  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)