July 17

July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 167 days remaining.

Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances

Events

• 1955 - Disneyland opened.
• 1962 - The "SMALL BOY" test shot (LITTLE FELLER I[?]), the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site.
• 1979 - Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami.
• 1981 - Hyatt Hotel disaster

Births

• 1787 - Friedrich Krupp[?], industrialist (+ 1826), see Krupp
• 1899 - Erle Stanley Gardner, author (+ 1970)
• 1891 - Haile Selassie, last emperor of Ethiopia (+ 1975)
• 1899 - James Cagney, actor (+ 1986)
• 1912 - Art Linkletter, television host
• 1917 - Phyllis Diller[?], comedienne
• 1917 - Margarete Mitscherlich[?], physician
• 1920 - Juan Antonio Samaranch, chairman of the International Olympic Committee
• 1928 - Vince Guaraldi, musician, composer (+ 1976)
• 1934 - Donald Sutherland, actor
• 1935 - Diahann Carroll, singer
• 1938 - Franz Alt, journalist
• 1939 - Maria Ilva Biolcati[?], known as Milva, singer
• 1941 - Spencer Davis[?]
• 1941 - Jürgen Flimm[?], theatre director and manager
• 1942 - Tim Brooke-Taylor, comedian
• 1952 - David Hasselhoff, actor, musician
• 1956 - Peter D'Adamo[?], physician, author

Deaths

• 1790 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist
• 1959 - Billie Holiday, singer
• 1961 - Ty Cobb, baseball player
• 1967 - John Coltrane, jazz musician

Holidays and observances

• Iraq - Ba'ath Revolution Day
• Puerto Rico - Luis Muņoz Rivera's Birthday
• South Korea - Constitution Day
• HCSSiM-Yellow Pig Day

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See Also:

July 16 - July 18 - June 16 - August 18 -- listing of all days

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