July 17

Friday 17, 1998:

Biologists report in the journal Science how they sequenced the genome of the bacterium that causes syphilis, Treponema pallidum.

Thursday 17, 1997:

The F.W. Woolworth Company closes after 117 years in business.

Wednesday 17, 1996:

Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound Boeing 747 carrying TWA flight 800 explodes, killing all 230 on board.

Monday 17, 1995:

1995 - The Nasdaq stock index closes above the 1,000 mark for the first time.

Tuesday 17, 1984:

Laurent Fabius becomes Prime Minister of France

Friday 17, 1981:

Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: Two skywalks filled with people at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri collapse into a crowded atrium lobby killing 114.

Tuesday 17, 1979:

Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami.

Thursday 17, 1975:

History of East Timor: East Timor was annexed, and became the 27th province of Indonesia.

Tuesday 17, 1962:

Nuclear testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site.

Sunday 17, 1955:

Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California.

Tuesday 17, 1945:

At Potsdam, the three main Allied leaders begin their final summit of the war. The meeting will end on August 2.

Monday 17, 1944:

World War II: The largest convoy of the war embarks from Halifax, Nova Scotia under Royal Canadian Navy protection.

Friday 17, 1936:

Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently-elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the Spanish civil war.

Tuesday 17, 1917:

King George V of the United Kingdom issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British royal family will bear the surname Windsor.

Monday 17, 1899:

NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.

Sunday 17, 1898:

Troops under United States General William R. Shafter take the city of Santiago de Cuba from the Spanish.

Saturday 17, 1897:

Klondike gold rush begins when first successful prospectors arrive in Seattle, Washington, USA.

Wednesday 17, 1816:

The French passenger ship Medusa runs aground off the coast of Senegal, with 140 lives lost in the botched rescue that takes weeks, leading to a scandal in the French government.

Monday 17, 1815:

Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.

Sunday 17, 1791:

Massacre at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution. 1200-1500 people were killed, including women and children.

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.

Sunday 17, 1453:

Hundred Years' War: The French under Jean Bureau utterly defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the Battle of Castillon at Gascony

Thursday 17, 1203:

Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus flees from his capital into exile.

Monday 17, 180:

Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa, executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.

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