Thursday July 17, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston. It was the first dental school in the U.S.
NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
On the orders of the Bolshevik Party carried out by Cheka, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Altona Bloody Sunday.
Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently-elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
Nuclear weapons testing: The “Small Boy” test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site.
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.
The opening of the Humber Bridge by HM The Queen in England.
A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crime against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) Flight 3054 crashes upon landing during rain in São Paulo. This is Brazil’s deadliest aviation accident to date with an estimated 199 deaths.

Who were born on ?

Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856)
Osmond Borradaile, Canadian cinematographer (d. 1999)
Carlos Alberto, Brazilian football player
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)
Nancy Giles, American actress
Susan Ashton, Christian singer
Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
Jason Rullo, American drummer (Symphony X, Redemption)
Eric Winter, American actor

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