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[7] 1918 – The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; five lives are lost. 1919 – The form of government in the Republic of Finland is officially confirmed. For this reason, July 17 is known as the Day of Democracy (Kansanvallan päivä) in Finland. [8]
This is a list of selected July 17 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, ...
The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. It offered e-cards. [4] [5]The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [6] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z".
1964 - Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes; 1980 - Death of Pascual Jordan, German physicist (b. 1902)
1507 – In Brussels, Prince Charles I is crowned Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders, [7] ... [17] 2019 – A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku ...
October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... [16] mostly civilians, and taking more than 240 hostages, [17] ...
24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... A less scientific metric is the sheer volume of famous people born on this date.
Dan Seals (February 8, 1948 –March 25, 2009), American country music artist of England Dan & John Ford Coley fame, would have turned 77 this year.; Terry Melcher (February 8, 1942 –November 19, 2004), American record producer, singer (Bruce & Terry, the Rip Chords) and son to Doris Day, would have turned 83 this year.