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July 17, 1998 Russia buries tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died July 17, 1997 STS 94 (Columbia 23), lands July 17, 1996 230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of New York City July 17, 1996 Yank John Weteland blows save after record 24 consecutive saves July 17, 1995 Forbes Mag announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world ($12.9B) July 17, 1994 123rd British Golf Open: Nick Price shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland July 17, 1994 Beth Daniel wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic July 17, 1994 Brazil beats Italy in a shoot out, for their 4th soccer world cup July 17, 1994 French youngster (4) becomes Buddhist Lama Tulkou Kalou Rinpoche July 17, 1994 Hulk Hogan beats Ric Flair to win WCW wrestling championship July 17, 1992 Slovak parliament asks for self rule July 17, 1990 Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq July 17, 1990 New York Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer July 17, 1990 PLO-leader Jasser Arrafat marries Soha Tawil in Tunis July 17, 1990 Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0 July 17, 1989 1st Test flight of U.S. stealth-bomber July 17, 1989 Paul McCartney releases "This One" July 17, 1989 Reds reliever Kent Tekulve retires after 1,070 appearances July 17, 1988 117th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots 273 at Royal Lytham July 17, 1988 4 Billion tv-viewers watch Mandela's 70th Birthday Tribute July 17, 1988 Colleen Walker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic July 17, 1988 Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49) July 17, 1988 Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103 degrees F (39 degrees C) July 17, 1987 "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo July 17, 1987 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood, Comfort, Texas July 17, 1987 Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit home runs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8) July 17, 1987 Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time July 17, 1987 Iran and France breaks diplomatic relations July 17, 1986 Emmy 13th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 7th time July 17, 1984 Pierre Mauroy resigns as premier of France July 17, 1984 Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7 July 17, 1983 112th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 275 at Royal Birkdale July 17, 1983 1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Philadelphia Stars 24-22) July 17, 1983 Beth Daniel wins LPGA McDonald's Kids Golf Classic July 17, 1981 "This is Burlesque" closes at Princess Theater New York City after 28 performances July 17, 1981 Humbar Estuary Bridge, U.K., world's longest span, 1.4 km, opens July 17, 1981 Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut July 17, 1981 Lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse 114 die, 200 injured July 17, 1981 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. July 17, 1981 Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta July 17, 1980 Bolivian military coup; general Garcia Meza becomes president July 17, 1980 Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president July 17, 1980 Zenko Suzuki becomes premier of Japan July 17, 1979 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle July 17, 1979 All star MVP: Dave Parker (Pittsburgh Pirates) July 17, 1979 David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 vs. India at Edgbaston July 17, 1979 Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza flees to Miami July 17, 1979 Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo July 17, 1979 Simone Veil becomes chairman of European Parliament July 17, 1978 New York Yankee manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson fight in dug out July 17, 1978 Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend him July 17, 1977 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic July 17, 1976 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montreal July 17, 1976 Indonesian president Suharto annexes East Timor July 17, 1975 Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make 1st US/U.S.S.R. linkup in space July 17, 1975 Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox divorce July 17, 1974 1st quadrophonic studio in U.K. is open by Moody Blues July 17, 1974 Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000 (Cesar Geronimo) July 17, 1974 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island July 17, 1974 John Lennon is ordered to leave U.S. in 60 days July 17, 1973 Military coup in Afghanistan; King Mohammad Zahir Shah flees July 17, 1971 Kathy Whitworth/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Four-Ball Golf Championship July 17, 1970 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, New York City July 17, 1968 Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London July 17, 1967 Monkees perform at Forest Hills, New York, Jimi Hendrix is opening act July 17, 1967 Race riots in Cairo, Illinois July 17, 1966 "It's a Bird... It's Superman" closes at Alvin New York City after 129 performances July 17, 1966 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open July 17, 1966 Indians set club record by hitting 7 HR in 15-2 win over Detroit July 17, 1966 Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3) July 17, 1966 Pioneer 7 launched July 17, 1965 WLCY (now WTSP) TV channel 10 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (ABC) begins July 17, 1964 Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) July 17, 1964 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site July 17, 1963 Telstar soccer team forms in Ijmuiden July 17, 1962 East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall July 17, 1962 Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft) July 17, 1962 Senate rejects medicare for aged July 17, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site July 17, 1961 John Chancellor becomes news anchor of Today Show July 17, 1961 Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th July 17, 1961 Ford Frick rules that if anyone breaks Babe Ruth 60 HR record, it must be done in 1st 154 games July 17, 1959 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis July 17, 1959 Dr. Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) July 17, 1959 Tibet abolishes serfdom July 17, 1959 River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana) July 17, 1958 King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation July 17, 1958 Peter Shaffer's "Five Finger Exercise," premieres in London July 17, 1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak July 17, 1955 Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County July 17, 1955 Arco, Idaho becomes 1st U.S. city lit by nuclear power July 17, 1954 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) July 17, 1954 Theodor Heuss re-elected president of West Germany July 17, 1952 Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier July 17, 1951 King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I July 17, 1950 Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka July 17, 1948 Israeli army captures Nazareth July 17, 1948 Proclamation of constitution of Republic of (South) Korea July 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting July 17, 1944 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322 July 17, 1944 Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland July 17, 1943 RAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde July 17, 1942 3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15 July 17, 1942 Estimated 34.5" (87.5 cm) of rainfall, Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record) July 17, 1942 Transport nr 6 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany July 17, 1941 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland July 17, 1939 22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY July 17, 1938 Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves New York for LA, wound up in Ireland July 17, 1936 Carl Hubbell begins winning streak, beating Pittsburgh 6-0, July 17, 1936 Military uprising under Gen Franco/begins Spanish civil war July 17, 1935 Variety's famous headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix" July 17, 1934 Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland July 17, 1929 U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with China July 17, 1926 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:11.4) July 17, 1925 Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits July 17, 1924 St. Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 July 17, 1923 Carl Mays gave up 13 runs and 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians July 17, 1922 Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto July 17, 1922 Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year July 17, 1919 Finland adopts constitution July 17, 1919 Yanks 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play July 17, 1918 Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings July 17, 1917 British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor July 17, 1915 Italian offensive at Isonzo July 17, 1914 Giants outfielder Red Murray is knocked unconscious by lightning after catching a flyball, ending 21 inning game, Giants win 3-1 July 17, 1912 IAF (International Amateur Athletic Federation) forms in Sweden July 17, 1911 Overthrown shah of Persia Mohammed Ali lands on Astrabad with army July 17, 1902 Orioles forfeit to St. Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL July 17, 1900 New York Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Brooklyn Superbas July 17, 1898 Spanish American War-Spaniards surrender to U.S. at Santiago Cuba July 17, 1897 1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon July 17, 1893 Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket July 17, 1890 Cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony July 17, 1879 1st railroad opens in Hawaii July 17, 1867 1st U.S. dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established July 17, 1866 Italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa July 17, 1864 CSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood July 17, 1863 Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory July 17, 1862 Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition July 17, 1862 U.S. Army authorized to accept blacks as laborers July 17, 1862 United army officially divides corps July 17, 1862 R John Hunt Morgan:Cynthiana, Kentucky CS24 US17 Skirmish at Columbia, Tennessee July 17, 1861 Congress authorizes paper money July 17, 1861 Manassas, Virginia Gen Beauregard requests reinforcements for his 22,000 men, Gen Johnston is ordered to Manassas July 17, 1850 Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star, Vega July 17, 1841 British humor magazine "Punch" 1st published July 17, 1821 Spain cedes Florida to U.S. July 17, 1794 African Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated July 17, 1794 Richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church July 17, 1788 Russian fleet destroys Swedish July 17, 1775 1st military hospital approved July 17, 1774 Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata) July 17, 1740 Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV July 17, 1727 Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor July 17, 1603 Sir Walter Ralegh arrested July 17, 1596 At 10:30AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents arrives at Novaya Zemlya July 17, 1585 English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I July 17, 1583 Spanish and Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk July 17, 1552 Siena drives Spanish troops out of Verdun July 17, 1549 Jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium July 17, 1509 Venice recaptures Padua July 17, 1473 Charles the Stout conquerors Nijmegen July 17, 1453 1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops July 17, 1429 Dauphin crowned king of France July 17, 1393 Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria July 17, 1245 Pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time July 17, 1203 Venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees July 17, 1070 Arnulf III the Hapless becomes earl of Flanders July 17, 1054 Emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king July 17, 855 St. Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope July 17, 561 John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I July 17, 180 Christenen Cittinus/Donatus/Natzalus/Secunda/Speratus/Vestia sentenced to death in Carthago |