On This Day

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July 17 Birthdays



Geezer Butler
METAL SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 17, 1949

BIRTHPLACE
Birmingham, England

AGE
69 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




David Hasselhoff
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 17, 1952

BIRTHPLACE
Baltimore, MD

AGE
66 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Donald Sutherland
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 17, 1935

BIRTHPLACE
Saint John, Canada

AGE
83 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




James Cagney
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 17, 1899

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Mar 30, 1986 (age 86)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Angela Merkel
WORLD LEADER

BIRTHDAY
July 17, 1954

BIRTHPLACE
Hamburg, Germany

AGE
64 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Ali Khamenei
WORLD LEADER

BIRTHDAY
July 17, 1939

BIRTHPLACE
Mashhad, Iran

AGE
79 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

July 17 Deaths




Don Rich
GUITARIST

BIRTHDAY
August 15, 1941

BIRTHPLACE
Washington

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 1974 (age 32)

BIRTH SIGN
Leo




Mickey Spillane
NOVELIST

BIRTHDAY
March 9, 1918

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 2006 (age 88)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces




James McNeill Whistler
PAINTER

BIRTHDAY
July 11, 1834

BIRTHPLACE
Lowell, MA

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 1903 (age 69)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Bruiser Brody
WRESTLER

BIRTHDAY
June 18, 1946

BIRTHPLACE
Detroit, MI

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 1988 (age 42)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini

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Walter Cronkite
NEWS ANCHOR

BIRTHDAY
November 4, 1916

BIRTHPLACE
Saint Joseph, MO

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 2009 (age 92)

BIRTH SIGN
Scorpio




Dizzy Dean
BASEBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
January 16, 1910

BIRTHPLACE
Lucas, AR

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 1974 (age 64)

BIRTH SIGN
Capricorn




Ty Cobb
BASEBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
December 18, 1886

BIRTHPLACE
Narrows, GA

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 1961 (age 74)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius

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Historical Events on July 17


1603  Sir Walter Raleigh arrested by forces of King James

Explorer
Walter Raleigh

1717  George Frideric Handel's "Water Music" premieres on the river Thames in London

Composer
George Frideric Handel

1816  "L'Argus" accidentally discovers raft holding survivors from wrecked French frigate "Méduse." After 13 days at sea only 15 of 151 remain, the rest having been cannibalised, murdered, or committed suicide. This event was made famous by Théodore Gericault’s painting "The Raft of the Medusa"

1821  Spain cedes Florida to the US

1861  US Congress authorizes paper money

1861  At Manassas, Virginia General Beauregard requests reinforcements for his 22,000 men, General Johnston is ordered to Manassas

1862  Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River Mississippi: USS Potomac Expedition

1862  US army authorized to accept blacks as laborers

1862  John Hunt Morgan's raid reaches Cynthiana, Kentucky

1863  Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory

1864  CSA President Davis replaces General Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood

1867  1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established

1897  1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon

1898  Spanish American War: Spaniards surrender to US forces at Santiago de Cuba

1917  Royal Proclamation by King George V changes name of British Royal family from German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor

King of the United Kingdom
George V

1918  The Romanov royal family and several of their retainers are executed by a Bolshevik firing squad in the basement of Ipatiev House, in Yekaterinburg, Siberia

The basement room in Ipatiev House where the Romanov royal family and their staff were executed.
The holes in the walls are from investigators searching for bullets.

1929  USSR breaks diplomatic relations with China

1935  "Variety" publishes famous headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix"

1938  Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan leaves NY flying for LA, winds up in Ireland supposedly by mistake

1942  3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15

1942  Estimated 34.5" (87.5 cm) of rainfall, Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)

1944  2 ammunition ships explode at Port Chicago, California, killing 322

1945  Potsdam Conference: Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill hold 1st meeting

Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Josef Stalin in the garden of
Cecilienhof Palace before meeting for the Potsdam Conference

1948  Israeli army captures Nazareth

1948  Proclamation of constitution of Republic of (South) Korea

1948  US Air Force pilot Gail Halvorsen encounters children in at Templehof Airport in Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, giving him the idea to drop candy in 'Operation Little Vittles'

Children in Berlin await US aircraft dropping candy over
the city during the Berlin Airlift in 1948

1954  Construction of Disneyland commences

1955  Arco, Idaho, becomes 1st US city lit by nuclear power

1955  Disneyland televises its grand opening in Anaheim, California.

1959  Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey discovers partial skull of a new species of early human ancestor, Zinjanthropus boisei or 'Zinj' (now called Paranthropus boisei) lived in Africa almost 2 million years ago

Paleoanthropologist
Mary Leakey

1959  "North by Northwest" directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint premieres in Los Angeles

Director
Alfred Hitchcock

1961  John Chancellor becomes news anchor of "Today Show"

1962  Senate rejects medicare for aged

1967  Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act

1968  The Beatles' animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London

1970  30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC

1972  1st 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico

1974  John Lennon is ordered to leave US in 60 days

Musician and Beatle
John Lennon

1980  Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for US president

US President & Actor
Ronald Reagan

1981  Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut

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

1983  1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Philadelphia Stars 24-22)

1984  US passes National Minimum Drinking Age Act, prohibiting under 21's from buying or possessing alcohol as a condition of receiving State highway funds

1987  10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Tx)

1987  Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time

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1988  Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103°F (39°C)

1989  1st test flight of US stealth bomber

1994  Hulk Hogan beats Ric Flair to win WCW wrestling championship

Professional Wrestler
Hulk Hogan

1995  Forbes Magazine announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world with a net worth of $12.9 billion dollars

Microsoft Founder
Bill Gates

1996  Paris-bound flight TWA 800, explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 on board the Boeing 747

1998  Russia buries Tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died

Tsar
Nicholas II

2013  U2 singer Bono is made a Commandeur of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Rocker
Bono

2014  Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Eastern Ukraine by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board

2014  5 hour humanitarian ceasefire, proposed by the UN, takes place between Israel and Hamas

2015  Suicide bomber in Khan Bani Saad, Iraq, kills 120, ISIS claims responsibilty

2015  Scientists solve mystery of sleeping sickness in two villages in northern Kazakhstan - uranium mining had caused increase in carbon monoxide

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

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