July 17
July 17th is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 167 days remaining.
Events:
- 1955 - Disneyland opened.
- 1979 - Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami.
Births:
- 1787 - Friedrich Krupp, industrialist (+ 1826), see Krupp
- 1899 - Erle Stanley Gardner, author (+ 1970)
- 1891 - Haile Selassie, last emperor of Ethiopia
- 1899 - James Cagney, actor (+ 1986)
- 1912 - Art Linkletter, television host
- 1917 - Phyllis Diller, comedienne
- 1917 - Margarete Mitscherlich, physician
- 1920 - Juan Antonio Samaranch, chairman of the International Olympic Committee
- 1928 - Vince Guaraldi, musician, composer (+ 1976)
- 1934 - Donald Sutherland, actor
- 1935 - Diahann Carroll, singer
- 1938 - Franz Alt, journalist
- 1939 - Maria Ilva Biolcati, known as Milva, singer
- 1941 - Spencer Davis
- 1941 - Jürgen Flimm, theatre director and manager
- 1956 - Peter D'Adamo, physician, author
Deaths:
- 1790 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist
- 1957 - John Coltrane, jazz musician
- 1959 - Billie Holiday, singer
- 1961 - Ty Cobb, baseball player
Holidays and Observances:
- Iraq - Ba'ath Revolution Day
- Puerto Rico - Luis Muñoz Rivera's Birthday
- South Korea - Constitution Day
- HCSSiM-Yellow Pig Day
See Also:
July 16 - July 18 - June 16 - August 18 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December