Wednesday July 17, 2024
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 is the 199th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 167 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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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)

180
Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
1856
The Great Train Wreck of 1856 in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, kills over 60 people.
1936
Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently-elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
1944
Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
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
The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.
1981
The opening of the Humber Bridge by HM The Queen in England.
1989
First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
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.
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.

Who were born on July 17?

1912
Art Linkletter, Canadian television host (d. 2010)
1948
Jan Gangelhoff, American whistleblower (d. 2005)
1951
Lucie Arnaz, American actress
1956
Robert Romanus, American actor
1961
Jonathan Potts, Canadian actor
1972
Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer
1975
Harlette, British Fashion Designer lingerie
1976
Luke Bryan, American musician
1976
Matthew Holmes, Australian actor
1978
Émilie Simon, French singer

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