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July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years ) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar , with 167 days remaining.
Events
100-1899 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.1762 - Catherine II becomes tzar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia .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 .1791 - Massacre at the Champ de Mars , Paris, during the French Revolution . 1200-1500 people were killed, including women and children.1815 - Napoleonic Wars : In France , Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.1867 - In Boston, Massachusetts , USA, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established as the first dental school in the United States .1897 - Klondike gold rush begins when first successful prospectors arrive in Seattle, Washington , USA.1898 - Spanish-American War : Battle of Santiago Bay - Troops under United States General William R. Shafter take the city of Santiago de Cuba from the Spanish .
1900-1999 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 .1936 - Spanish Civil War : A conservative rebellion against the recently-elected leftist Spain starts the Spanish 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 232.1944 - World War II : The largest convoy of the war embarks from Halifax, Nova Scotia under Royal Canadian Navy protection. 1945 - World War II: Potsdam Conference - At Potsdam , the three main Allied leaders begin their final summit of the war. The meeting will end on August 2 .1955 - Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California .1962 - Nuclear testing : The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site .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.1979 - Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami .1981 - Hyatt Hotel disaster : Two skywalks filled with people at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri collapse into a crowded atrium lobby killing 114.1984 - Laurent Fabius becomes Prime Minister of France 1995 - The Midwestern heat wave in the United States reaches its peak. Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin , among other cities, set all-time high temperature records. The heat claims over 400 lives on this day alone.1995 - The Nasdaq stock index closes above the 1,000 mark for the first time. 1996 - Off the coast of Long Island, New York , a Paris -bound Boeing 747 carrying TWA flight 800 explodes killing all 230 on board.1997 - The F.W. Woolworth Company closes after 117 years in business.1998 - In St. Petersburg , Nicholas II of Russia and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel 80 years after he and his family were killed by Bolsheviks .1998 - A tsunami triggered by an undersea Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 1,500, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless. 1998 - Biologists report in the journal Science how they sequenced the genome of the bacterium that causes syphilis , Treponema pallidum .
Births
1600-1899
1900-1999 1901 - Bruno Jasieński , Polish poet (d. 1938 )1912 - Art Linkletter , television host1917 - Phyllis Diller , comedienne1917 - Margarete Mitscherlich, physician 1920 - Juan Antonio Samaranch , chairman of the International Olympic Committee 1920 - Kenneth Wolstenholme , sports commentator (d. 2002 ) 1928 - Vince Guaraldi , musician, composer (d. 1976 )1935 - Diahann Carroll , singer1935 - Donald Sutherland , actor 1938 - Franz Alt , journalist1939 - Maria Ilva Biolcati, known as Milva, singer1941 - Spencer Davis1941 - Jürgen Flimm , theatre director and manager 1942 - Tim Brooke-Taylor , comedian1947 - Camilla Parker Bowles , British royal mistress1948 - Luc Bondy, film and theatre director1949 - Charlie Steiner , sports anchor1952 - David Hasselhoff , actor, musician1954 - J. Michael Straczynski , science fiction author1956 - Peter D'Adamo, physician, author1963 - Matti Nykänen , Finnish ski jumper1971 - Cory Doctorow , author, activist1973 - Eric Moulds , American football player1975 - Konnie Huq , television presenter
Deaths
1700-1899
1900-1999
2000-2099
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Weekly Weather Forecast (July 17 to 23) (511 words)
Northwest China: July 17 to 19, most parts of Xinjiang will have thunderstorms or light to moderate rain, while eastern parts of the region will be dominated by sunny and hot weather with highest temperature up to 37 Celsius degrees. July 20 to 23, most parts will experience another precipitation from west to east with heavier rainfall expected in northernmost and easternmost parts, accompanied by thunder storms, strong winds and even hail in some places. July 19 to 20, central and northern sections will be sunny and hot while southern sections will be under cloudy skies with possible showers.
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