July 17 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | July 17 Calendar
July 17th Daily Holidays include:
- Disneyland’s Anniversary – (First Opened July 17, 1955)
- Global Hug Your Kid Day – July 17, 2023 (Third Monday in July)
- National Get Out of the Doghouse Day – July 17, 2023 (Third Monday in July)
- National Peach Ice Cream Day
- National Tattoo Day
- Victims of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Attack Day
- World Day for International Criminal Justice
- World Emoji Day
- Wrong Way Corrigan Day
- Yellow Pig Day
July 17: Famous Birthdays
- July 17,1917 – Phyllis Diller, American comedian and actress (d. 2012)
- July 17,1923 – John Cooper, English car designer who co-founded the Cooper Car Company (d. 2000)
- July 17,1935 – Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer
- July 17,1943 – LaVyrle Spencer, America author
July 17: Historical Events
- July 17,1429 – Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France
- July 17,1762 – After the murder of Peter III of Russia, Catherine II becomes the Tsar of Russia
- July 17,1867 – The Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, MA
- July 17,1902 – The first air conditioner is created by Willis Carrier in Buffalo, New York
- July 17,1918 – The RMS Carpathia is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55 with 5 lives lost
- July 17,1938 – Douglas Corrigan becomes known as “Wrong Way” Corrigan when he takes off from Brooklyn to fly the “wrong way” to Ireland
- July 17,1944 – Two ships full with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, CA killing 320
- July 17,1955 – Walt Disney opens Disneyland in Anaheim, California
- July 17,1981 – A walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri collapses and kills 144 and injures more than 200
- July 17,1984 – The national drinking age in the U.S. was changed from 18 to 21
- July 17,1989 – The first flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber occurs
- July 17,1996 – TWA Boeing 747 Flight 800 explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York on it’s way to Paris, France, killing all 230 on board
- July 17,1998 – A tsunami destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people with several thousand injured after a 7.0 mw earthquake
- July 17,2006 – After a 7.7 mw earthquake and tsunami hits the Indonesian island, Java, 668 people are killed and more than 9,000 injured
- July 17,2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed
July 17: Music Events
- July 17,1968 – Yellow Submarine, The Beatles’ fourth film premieres in London
- July 17,1970 – The Guess Who perform at the White House for President Richard Nixon and his guests, Prince Charles and Princess Anne
- July 17,1995 – Carole King’s Tapestry album is certified Diamond
- July 17,2012 – The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack album is released
July 17: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for July 17 is Cancer.
July Birthstone:
What is the July Birthstone? Ruby
The July birthstones are Rubies. Ruby birthstone is a sight to behold. Its deep red hue, with a hint of purple, is known as “pigeon’s blood” in the trade. It’s a variety of the mineral corundum, and its color comes from trace amounts of chromium. The more chromium, the deeper the red.
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