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Birthday July 17, 1674 Isaac Watts, in England, writer & preacher |
Birthday July 17, 1744 Elbridge Gerry, (DR), 5th VP, gov. of Mass., invented gerrymandering. |
Birthday July 17, 1763 John Jacob Astor is born |
Birthday July 17, 1763 John Jacob Astor, merchant |
Birthday July 17, 1859 Mu¤oz Rivera, Puerto Rican patriot, journalist. |
Birthday July 17, 1888 Shmuel Agnon, Israeli novelist (Day Before Yesterday) (Nobel 1966). |
Birthday July 17, 1889 Erle Stanley Gardner, created Perry Mason. |
Birthday July 17, 1889 Erle Stanley Gardner is born |
Birthday July 17, 1900 James Cagney, hold that grapefruit. |
Birthday July 17, 1912 Art Linkletter, TV host. |
Birthday July 17, 1917 Phyllis Diller, comedien |
Birthday July 17, 1920 Three-point seatbelt inventor Nils Bohlin born |
Birthday July 17, 1934 Donald Sutherland, (M*A*S*H) |
Birthday July 17, 1934 Pat McCormick, Comedy writer |
Birthday July 17, 1935 P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele), composer. |
Birthday July 17, 1935 Diahann Carroll, Bronx NY |
Birthday July 17, 1941 Daryle Lamonica, Oakland Raiders quarterback. |
Birthday July 17, 1951 Lucie Arnaz, in California |
Birthday July 17, 1952 Phoebe Snow, Singer |
Birthday July 17, 1952 David Hasselhoff |
History July 17, 1776 Congress learns of war of words |
History July 17, 1821 Spain ceded Florida to US |
History July 17, 1841 British humor magazine `Punch' 1st published. |
History July 17, 1850 Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega) |
History July 17, 1864 John Bell Hood takes command of the Army of Tennessee |
History July 17, 1870 Wild Bill Hickok kills a soldier |
History July 17, 1879 1st railroad opens in Hawaii |
History July 17, 1898 Spanish American War-Spaniards surrender to US at Santiago Cuba. |
History July 17, 1917 Fighting in the streets of Petrograd, Russia |
History July 17, 1917 British royal family adopts the name `Windsor.' |
History July 17, 1919 Yanks 21 hits Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17 on squeeze play |
History July 17, 1923 Carl Mays gave up 13 runs & 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians |
History July 17, 1935 Variety's famous headline `Sticks Nix Hick Pix.' |
History July 17, 1938 Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves NY for Los Angeles. |
History July 17, 1938 Wrong Way Corrigan crosses the Atlantic |
History July 17, 1941 Joe DiMaggio ends 56-game hitting streak |
History July 17, 1941 Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak ends |
History July 17, 1944 Port Chicago disaster |
History July 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference convenes |
History July 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference begins |
History July 17, 1945 Truman records impressions of Stalin |
History July 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference (FDR Stalin Churchill) holds 1st meeting. |
History July 17, 1948 Rep of Korea founded. |
History July 17, 1954 construction begins on Disneyland.... |
History July 17, 1955 Disneyland opens its doors in Anaheim Cal |
History July 17, 1956 High Society, Grace Kelly’s last film, opens |
History July 17, 1959 Tibet abolishes serfdom |
History July 17, 1961 Roger Maris loses a HR due to a rain-out in the 5th |
History July 17, 1962 Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354 300 ft). |
History July 17, 1967 Jimi Hendrix drops out as opening act for The Monkees |
History July 17, 1969 Wheeler visits South Vietnam |
History July 17, 1969 Apollo/Soyuz the 1st US/USSR linkup in space |
History July 17, 1972 South Vietnamese paratroopers fight for Citadel |
History July 17, 1975 Superpowers meet in space |
History July 17, 1975 Apollo-Soyus; 1st US/USSR linkup in space |
History July 17, 1978 Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend him |
History July 17, 1980 Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president |
History July 17, 1981 Humbar Estuary Bridge UK world's longest span (1.4 km) is opened. |
History July 17, 1981 Lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse kill 114 injure 200 |
History July 17, 1984 Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7. |
History July 17, 1996 Flight 800 explodes over Long Island |
History July 17, 2011 Casey Anthony released from prison |