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July 17 is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 167 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 180 – ...
July 17, 2024 (Wednesday) edit. history. watch. Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas war. Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. At least 42 Palestinians are killed and more than 70 others are injured in Israeli strikes on a United Nations -run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp and on a designated "safe zone" in al-Mawasi, Rafah.
1981 – Hyatt Regency walkway collapse in Kansas City, Missouri killing 114 people and injuring more than 200 caused by structural failure. 1989 – First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber. 1996 – Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris –bound Boeing 747 carrying TWA flight 800 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
29. 30. 31. 2024. July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., being the month of his birth. Before then it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the calendar that started with March.
July 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 18. All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 30 by Old Calendar. [note 1] For July 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 4 .
July 17: Constitution Day in South Korea ( 1948 ); World Emoji Day. 1862 – The garrotting and robbery of James Pilkington, a British member of Parliament, led to a moral panic in London. 1918 – Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II and his family (pictured) were murdered by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg.
The inclusion of transport by rail in its parks began on July 17, 1955, with the opening of the original Disneyland (a key component of the Disneyland Resort) in California, and has since spread to other parts of the world with the opening of Walt Disney World in Florida, Tokyo Disney Resort, Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, and ...
July 1, 1977 (Friday) The last Railway Mail Service mail train in the U.S. completed its run, bringing an end to almost 113 years of service. The final train departed New York on Thursday, June 30 and arrived in Washington DC the next morning, after which the service was permanently discontinued. At its height, the RMS had 30,000 employees ...