A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
July 17: Day of the Week
July 17, 2024 was the 199th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 167 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.
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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.
July 17 Historical Event(s)
1402
Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming Dynasty of China.
1794
The sixteen Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne are executed 10 days prior to the end of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror.
1899
NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
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.
1973
King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.
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.
2007
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.
2009
Jakarta double bombings at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels killed 9 people including 4 foreigners.
Who were born on July 17?
1744
Elbridge Gerry, 5th Vice President of the United States (d. 1814)
1888
Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1898
Berenice Abbott, American photographer (d. 1991)
1940
Tim Brooke-Taylor, English comedian
1942
Peter Sissons, British newsreader
1960
Nancy Giles, American actress
1969
Scott Johnson (cartoonist), American Cartoonist
1973
Liam Kyle Sullivan, American comedian and actor
1977
Leif Hoste, Belgian cyclist
1983
Jessi Cruickshank, Canadian television presenter
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