Today is July 17
POW-MIA Recognition Day
Disneyland Opened (1955)
Canada’s Parks Day
Wrong Way Day
Food Holidays – July 17
National Peach Ice Cream Day
Homemade Peach Ice Cream
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Today in History – Interesting Highlights
Holidays and Observances
Christian Feast Day:
Alexius of Rome (Western Church)
Cynehelm
Cynllo
Jadwiga of Poland
Martyrs of Compiègne
Magnus Felix Ennodius
Marcellina
Piatus of Tournai
Romanov sainthood (Russian Orthodox Church)
Speratus and companions
July 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (South Korea)
Independence Day (Slovakia)
King’s Birthday (Lesotho)
World Day for International Justice (International)
In the News
1917 – King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
1918 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are murdered by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House inYekaterinburg, Russia.
1918 – The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; 5 lives are lost.
1932 – Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
1933 – After successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the Lithuanian research aircraft Lituanica crashes in Europe under mysterious circumstances.
1936 – Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
1938 – Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the “wrong way” to Ireland and becomes known as “Wrong Way” Corrigan.
1944 – Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
1944 – World War II: Napalm incendiary bombs are dropped for the first time by American P-38 pilots on a fuel depot at Coutances, near Saint-Lô, France.
1945 – World War II: the main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
1948 – The South Korean constitution is proclaimed.
1953 – The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida killing 44.
1955 – Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
1962 – Nuclear weapons testing: The “Small Boy” test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
1968 – A revolution occurs in Iraq when Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba’ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq withAhmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
1973 – King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.
1975 – Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
1976 – East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
1976 – The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.
1979 – Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida.
1981 – The opening of the Humber Bridge by Queen Elizabeth II in England, United Kingdom.
1981 – A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
1985 – Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).
1989 – First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
1989 – Holy See–Poland relations are restored.
1996 – TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
1996 – The Community of Portuguese Language Countries is founded.
1998 – Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 3,183, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.
1998 – A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
2001 – Concorde is brought back in to service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
Movies
1987 – Jaws: The Revenge released theatrically
2002 – Eight Legged Freaks released theatrically
Television
1988 - 4 Billion tv-viewers watch Mandela’s 70th Birthday Tribute
1994 - Hulk Hogan beats Ric Flair to win WCW wrestling championship
Sports
1918 - Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings
1919 - Yanks 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play
1934 - Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland
1974 - Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000 (Cesar Geronimo)
1978 - NY Yank manager Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson fight in dug out
1978 - Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend him
2005 - Tiger Woods wins his 10th major winning The British Open Championship by 5 strokes. Woods becomes only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to win each major more than once
Music
1939 – Charlie Barnet and his orchestra recorded “Cherokee.”
1954 – The first Newport Jazz Festival was held at the Newport Casino, in Newport, RI.
1961 – Motown Records released The Supremes’ first single, “Buttered Popcorn.”
1965 – The Miracles’ “Tracks of My Tears” was released.
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience opened for The Monkees at The Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York.
1968 – The Beatles’ feature-length cartoon, “Yellow Submarine,” premiered at the London Pavilion.
1974 – The Moody Blues open the first quadraphonic studio in London.
1975 – Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox were divorced.
1976 – Heart’s “Magic Man” was released.
1979 – Gary Moore left Thin Lizzy and was replaced by Midge Ure.
1987 – Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) signed a solo deal with Virgin Records.
1996 – The Smashing Pumpkins fired Jimmy Chamberlin less than a week after Chambelin was arrested on a drug charge and Jonathan Melvoin died of a heroin overdose
Famous Birthdays
1900 – Marcel Dalio, French actor (d. 1983)
1901 – Patrick Smith, Irish politician (d. 1982)
1901 – Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver (d. 1994)
1901 – Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet (d. 1938)
1902 – Arnold Pihlak, Estonian footballer (d. 1985)
1902 – Christina Stead, Australian author (d. 1983)
1910 – James Coyne, Canadian banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (d. 2012)
1910 – Barbara O’Neil, American actress (d. 1980)
1910 – Frank Olson, American microbiologist (d. 1953)
1911 – Ted Anderson, English footballer (d. 1979)
1911 – Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist (d. 1999)
1912 – Erwin Bauer, German race car driver (d. 1958)
1912 – Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010)
1913 – Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (d. 1997)
1913 – Marc Swayze, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)
1915 – Fred Ball, American actor (d. 2007)
1917 – Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian stage and film actor (d. 1978)
1917 – Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
1917 – Phyllis Diller, American comedian, actress, and singer (d. 2012)
1917 – Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey
1917 – Christiane Rochefort, French author (d. 1998)
1918 – Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan politician, President of Guatemala (d. 2003)
1918 – Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1980)
1920 – Gordon Gould, American physicist, invented the laser (d. 2005)
1920 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 2010)
1920 – Kenneth Wolstenholme, English sportscaster (d. 2002)
1921 – George Barnes, American guitarist (d. 1977)
1921 – Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer (d. 1955)
1921 – Mary Osborne, American guitarist (d. 1992)
1921 – Robert V. Remini, American historian and author (d. 2013)
1921 – Toni Stone, the first of three women to play Negro league baseball (d. 1996)
1921 – František Zvarík, Slovakian actor (d. 2008)
1923 – John Cooper, English car designer, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (d. 2000)
1924 – Olive Ann Burns, American author (d. 1990)
1924 – Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (d. 2013)
1925 – Jimmy Scott, American singer (d. 2014)
1926 – Édouard Carpentier, French-Canadian wrestler (d. 2010)
1928 – Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976)
1928 – Joe Morello, American jazz drummer (d. 2011)
1929 – Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician
1932 – Quino, Spanish-Argentinian cartoonist
1932 – Johnny Kerr, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)
1932 – Wojciech Kilar, Polish composer (d. 2013)
1932 – Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator (d. 2009)
1932 – Hal Riney, American businessman, founded Publicis & Hal Riney (d. 2008)
1933 – Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (d. 2014)
1933 – Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Maltese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Malta
1933 – Tony Pithey, South African cricketer (d. 2006)
1935 – Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer
1935 – Peter Schickele, American composer and educator
1935 – Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor
1938 – Hermann Huppen, Belgian author and illustrator
1939 – Andrée Champagne, Canadian actress and politician
1939 – Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Spencer Davis Group)
1939 – Ali Khamenei, Iranian politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran
1940 – Tim Brooke-Taylor, English actor and screenwriter
1941 – Daryle Lamonica, American football player
1941 – Bob Taylor, English cricketer
1941 – Achim Warmbold, German race car driver
1942 – Gale Garnett, New Zealand-Canadian singer and actress
1942 – Connie Hawkins, American basketball player
1942 – Don Kessinger, American baseball player and manager
1942 – Peter Sissons, English journalist
1943 – LaVyrle Spencer, American author
1944 – Mark Burgess, New Zealand cricketer and footballer
1944 – Catherine Schell, Hungarian-English actress
1944 – Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer and manager
1945 – Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
1946 – Alun Armstrong, English actor
1947 – Robert Begerau, German footballer and manager
1947 – Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
1947 – Wolfgang Flür, German drummer (Kraftwerk and Dyko)
1948 – Ron Asheton, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (The Stooges, Destroy All Monsters, The New Order, and New Race) (d. 2009)
1948 – Luc Bondy, Swiss director
1949 – Geezer Butler, English bass player and songwriter (Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler Band, GZR, and Heaven & Hell)
1949 – Charley Steiner, American sportscaster
1950 – Derek de Lint, Dutch actor
1950 – Damon Harris, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 2013)
1950 – Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sisters of Glory) (d. 2011)
1950 – P. J. Soles, German-American actress
1951 – Lucie Arnaz, American actress, singer, and dancer
1951 – Mark Bowden, American author
1952 – David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, and producer
1952 – Nicolette Larson, American singer (d. 1997)
1952 – Robert R. McCammon, American author
1954 – Angela Merkel, German politician, 8th Chancellor of Germany
1954 – J. Michael Straczynski, American author
1955 – Christopher Chappell, Canadian cricketer
1955 – Sylvie Léonard, Canadian actress
1955 – Paul Stamets, American mycologist and author
1956 – Julie Bishop, Australian politician
1956 – Robert Romanus, American actor
1956 – Bryan Trottier, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1957 – Fern Britton, English television host
1958 – Wong Kar-wai, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Thérèse Rein, Australian businesswoman, founded Ingeus
1960 – Kim Barnett, English cricketer
1960 – Mark Burnett, English-American screenwriter and producer
1960 – Nancy Giles, American journalist and actress
1960 – Robin Shou, Hong Kong actor and martial artist
1960 – Dawn Upshaw, American soprano
1960 – Jan Wouters, Dutch footballer and manager
1961 – Guru, American rapper, producer, and actor (Gang Starr) (d. 2010)
1961 – Jeremy Hardy, English comedian and actor
1961 – Roy Pienaar, South African cricketer
1961 – Jonathan Potts, Canadian actor
1962 – Bill Sage, American actor
1963 – Regina Belle, American singer-songwriter and producer
1963 – Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper
1963 – Letsie III of Lesotho
1963 – John Ventimiglia, American actor
1964 – Heather Langenkamp, American actress, producer and director
1965 – Craig Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 – Santiago Segura, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Alex Winter, English-American actor, director, and screenwriter
1966 – Lou Barlow, American guitarist and songwriter (Deep Wound, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, and The Folk Implosion)
1966 – Sten Tolgfors, Swedish politician, 30th Minister of Defence for Sweden
1967 – Susan Ashton, American singer
1968 – Beth Littleford, American comedian and actress
1968 – Andre Royo, American actor
1968 – Bitty Schram, American actress
1969 – F. Gary Gray, American actor and director
1969 – Scott Johnson, American cartoonist
1969 – Jaan Kirsipuu, Estonian cyclist
1970 – Mandy Smith, English model and singer
1971 – Calbert Cheaney, American basketball player and coach
1971 – Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
1971 – Wilma van Hofwegen, Dutch swimmer
1971 – Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
1971 – Aarne Ruben, Estonian writer
1972 – Elizabeth Cook, American singer and guitarist
1972 – Donny Marshall, American basketball player and sportscaster
1972 – Jason Rullo, American drummer (Symphony X and Redemption)
1972 – Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer
1972 – Eric Williams, American basketball player
1973 – Tony Dovolani, Albanian-American dancer
1973 – Eric Moulds, American football player
1973 – Liam Kyle Sullivan, American comedian and actor
1974 – Laura Macdonald, Scottish saxophonist and composer
1975 – Darude, Finnish DJ and producer
1975 – Harlette, Australian-English fashion designer
1975 – Andre Adams, New Zealand cricketer
1975 – Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
1975 – Cécile de France, Belgian actress
1975 – Carey Hart, American motorcycle racer
1975 – Paul Hinojos, American guitarist and songwriter (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta, and Sparta)
1975 – Konnie Huq, English television host
1975 – Terence Tao, Australian-American mathematician
1976 – Luke Bryan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Gino D’Acampo, Italian chef and author
1976 – Dagmara Dominczyk, Polish-American actress
1976 – Matt Holmes, Australian actor
1976 – Eric Winter, American actor
1977 – Leif Hoste, Belgian cyclist
1977 – Lehmber Hussainpuri, Indian singer
1977 – Marc Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1978 – Panda Bear, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Animal Collective and Jane)
1978 – Jason Jennings, American baseball player
1978 – Mike Knox, American wrestler
1978 – Trevor McNevan, Canadian singer-songwriter (Thousand Foot Krutch)
1978 – Émilie Simon, French singer-songwriter
1978 – Katharine Towne, American actress
1979 – Mike Vogel, American actor
1980 – Javier Camuñas, Spanish footballer
1980 – Ryan Miller, American ice hockey player
1981 – Hely Ollarves, Venezuelan runner
1981 – Elpida Romantzi, Greek archer
1981 – Raigo Toompuu, Estonian shot putter
1982 – Omari Banks, Indian cricketer
1982 – Natasha Hamilton, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Atomic Kitten)
1982 – René Herms, German runner (d. 2009)
1983 – Jessi Cruickshank, Canadian television host
1983 – Ryan Guettler, Australian motocross racer
1983 – Sarah Jones, American actress
1983 – Adam Lind, American baseball player
1984 – David Katoatau, I-Kiribati weightlifter
1984 – Asami Kimura, Japanese singer (Country Musume)
1984 – Samyr Laine, Haitian triple jumper
1984 – Sotiris Leontiou, Greek footballer
1985 – Tom Fletcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (McFly)
1985 – Loui Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player
1985 – Neil McGregor, Scottish footballer
1986 – Dana, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (The Grace)
1986 – Brando Eaton, American actor
1986 – DeAngelo Smith, American football player
1986 – Lacey Von Erich, American wrestler
1986 – Mojo Rawley, American wrestler
1987 – Jeremih, American singer-songwriter and producer
1987 – Darius Boyd, Australian rugby player
1987 – Jan Charouz, Czech race car driver
1988 – Summer Bishil, American actress
1988 – Guo Yue, Chinese table tennis player
1991 – Mann, American rapper
1992 – Taavi Rand, Estonian ice dancer
1998 – Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón, Spanish son of Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
2000 – Maria Aragon, Canadian singer
Deaths
1907 – Hector Malot, French author (b. 1830)
1912 – Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
1918 – people of the Shooting of the Romanov family
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1901)
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1899)
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1895)
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1897)
Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia (b. 1872)
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (b. 1904)
Nicholas II of Russia (b. 1868)
1928 – Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
1928 – Álvaro Obregón, Mexican politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
1935 – Nie Er, Chinese composer (b. 1912)
1935 – George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
1944 – William James Sidis, American mathematician (b. 1898)
1945 – Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
1946 – Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)
1950 – Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)
1950 – Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (b. 1885)
1959 – Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915)
1959 – Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
1961 – Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
1967 – John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (Miles Davis Quintet) (b. 1926)
1974 – Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
1975 – Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)
1980 – Don “Red” Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1980 – Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician (b. 1890)
1987 – Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor and singer (b. 1934)
1987 – Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
1988 – Bruiser Brody, American football player and wrestler (b. 1946)
1989 – Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (b. 1922)
1991 – John Patrick Spiegel, American psychiatrist (b. 1911)
1994 – Jean Borotra, French tennis player (b. 1898)
1995 – Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911)
1996 – Victims of TWA Flight 800
Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (b. 1971)
Marcel Dadi, Tunisian-French guitarist (b. 1951)
David Hogan, American composer (b. 1949)
Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (b. 1948)
Pam Lychner, American real estate agent and activist (b. 1959)
1996 – Chas Chandler, American bass player and producer (The Animals) (b. 1938)
1998 – Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
2000 – Zhao Lirong, Chinese actress (b. 1928)
2001 – Katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917)
2003 – David Kelly, Welsh scientist (b. 1944)
2003 – Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (b. 1914)
2003 – Walter Zapp, German inventor, invented the Minox (b. 1905)
2004 – Pat Roach, English wrestler and actor (b. 1937)
2005 – Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (b. 1927)
2005 – Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (b. 1913)
2005 – Edward Heath, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
2005 – Gavin Lambert, English screenwriter and author (b. 1924)
2005 – Joe Vialls, Australian journalist and theorist (b. 1944)
2006 – Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2006 – Mickey Spillane, American author (b. 1918)
2007 – Júlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (b. 1956)
2007 – Grant Forsberg, American actor (b. 1959)
2008 – Larry Haines, American actor (b. 1918)
2009 – Walter Cronkite, American journalist (b. 1916)
2009 – Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher (b. 1927)
2010 – Larry Keith, American actor (b. 1931)
2011 – David Ngoombujarra, Australian actor (b. 1967)
2012 – Ottorino Pietro Alberti, Italian archbishop (b. 1927)
2012 – Richard Evatt, English boxer (b. 1973)
2012 – Mrinal Gore, Indian politician (b. 1928)
2012 – Forrest S. McCartney, American general (b. 1931)
2012 – Ms. Melodie, American rapper (b. 1964)
2012 – İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish-American composer (b. 1926)
2012 – Morgan Paull, American actor (b. 1944)
2012 – William Raspberry, American journalist (b. 1935)
2012 – Marsha Singh, Indian-English politician (b. 1954)
2012 – Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh, Indian politician (b. 1930)
2012 – William L. Wainwright, American politician (b. 1947)
2013 – Henri Alleg, English-French journalist (b. 1921)
2013 – Peter Appleyard, English-Canadian vibraphone player and composer (b. 1928)
2013 – Vincenzo Cerami, Italian screenwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2013 – Don Flye, American tennis player (b. 1933)
2013 – Ian Gourlay, English general (b. 1920)
2013 – Briony McRoberts, English actress (b. 1957)
2013 – David White, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1933)
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