July 17th, 2026

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What happened on July 17th?

July 17th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.

July 17th, 2007

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.

July 17th, 1996

TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.

July 17th, 1992

The Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom, was officially opened.

July 17th, 1981

A structural failure caused a walkway at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., to collapse (damage pictured), killing 114 people and injuring 216 others.

July 17th, 1968

Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in a bloodless coup.

July 17th, 1944

Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing 320 people and injuring more than 400 others.

July 17th, 1918

Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II and his family (pictured) were murdered by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg.

July 17th, 1863

The New Zealand Wars resumed as British forces led by General Duncan Cameron began the invasion of the Waikato.

July 17th, 1862

The garrotting and robbery of James Pilkington, a British member of Parliament, led to a moral panic in London.

July 17th, 1850

William Cranch Bond and John Adams Whipple took a daguerreotype of Vega, the first astrophotograph of a star other than the Sun.

July 17th, 1771

Dene men, acting as guides to Samuel Hearne on his exploration of the Coppermine River in present-day Nunavut, Canada, massacred a group of about twenty Copper Inuit.

July 17th, 1453

The Battle of Castillon, the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War, ended with the English losing all holdings in France except the Pale of Calais.

July 17th, 1989

Holy See–Poland relations are restored.

July 17th, 1985

Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 17th

Birthdays and future age on July 17th, 2026

72

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

91

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John

36

Klæmint Olsen

Faroese association football player

*July 17th, 1990, Runavík

30

Ulrikke Falch

Norwegian actress

*July 17th, 1996, Oslo

32

Victor Lindelöf

Swedish association football player

*July 17th, 1994, Västerås

61

Bastian Sick

German journalist

*July 17th, 1965, Lübeck

48

Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer

*July 17th, 1978, Montpellier

41

Francis Banecki

German association football player

*July 17th, 1985, Berlin

79

Queen Camilla

Queen Consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

*July 17th, 1947, King's College Hospital

75

Lucie Arnaz

American actress

*July 17th, 1951, Hollywood

89

Andreas von Bülow

German politician

*July 17th, 1937, Dresden

66

Nancy Giles

Actress and television personality

*July 17th, 1960, New York City

41

Tom Cullen

British actor

*July 17th, 1985, Aberystwyth

34

Mehdy Metella

French swimmer

*July 17th, 1992, Cayenne

57

Jaan Kirsipuu

Estonian cyclist

*July 17th, 1969, Tartu

51

Terence Tao

Australian-American mathematician

*July 17th, 1975, Adelaide

55

Aarne Ruben

Estonian writer and journalist

*July 17th, 1971, Tallinn

68

Wong Kar-wai

Chinese screenwriter, film producer and film director

*July 17th, 1958, Shanghai

54

Jaap Stam

Dutch association football player and manager

*July 17th, 1972, Kampen

65

António Costa

118th Prime Minister of Portugal

*July 17th, 1961, Lisbon

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