July 17
Friday 17, 1998:
Biologists report in the journal Science how they sequenced the genome of the bacterium that causes syphilis, Treponema pallidum.
Tuesday 17, 1979:
Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami.
Monday 17, 1815:
Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.
Wednesday 17, 1771:
Massacre at Bloody Falls: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his arctic overland journey, massacre a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
Saturday 17, 1762:
Catherine II becomes tzar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia.
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