Editing July 17 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; Liner {{SS|Deutschland|1900|2}} sets east to west transatlantic record of five days, eleven hours and five minutes.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=28|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> 
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Willis Carrier]] creates the first [[Air conditioning|air conditioner]] in [[Buffalo, New York]].
*[[1917]] &ndash; King [[George V]] issues a proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the [[British royal family]] will bear the surname [[House of Windsor|Windsor]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Nicholas II of Russia|Tsar Nicholas II]] of [[Russian Empire|Russia]] and his immediate family and retainers [[Execution of the Romanov family|are executed]] by [[Bolshevik]] [[Cheka|Chekists]] at the [[Ipatiev House]] in [[Yekaterinburg]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russia]].<ref name=RomanovBL>{{cite web |title=Nicholas II of Russia |url=https://www.bl.uk/people/nicholas-ii-of-russia |website=www.bl.uk |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-date=8 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908082413/https://www.bl.uk/people/nicholas-ii-of-russia |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  1918   &ndash; The {{RMS|Carpathia}}, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the {{RMS|Titanic}}, is sunk off Ireland by the German {{SMU|U-55}}; five lives are lost.
*[[1919]] &ndash; 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.<ref>[https://vnk.fi/hallitusmuoto100 Suomen hallitusmuoto 100 vuotta (Valtioneuvoston kanslia)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430120455/https://vnk.fi/hallitusmuoto100 |date=2019-04-30 }} (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Altona Bloody Sunday]]: A riot between the [[Nazi Party]] paramilitary forces, the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] and [[Sturmabteilung|SA]], and the [[Communist Party of Germany|German Communist Party]] ensues.
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: An [[Spanish coup of July 1936|Armed Forces rebellion]] against the recently elected leftist [[Popular Front (Spain)|Popular Front]] government of Spain starts the civil war.
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Douglas Corrigan]] takes off from [[Floyd Bennett Field|Brooklyn]] to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Port Chicago disaster]]: Near the [[San Francisco Bay]], two ships laden with [[ammunition]] for the war explode in [[Port Chicago, California]], killing 320.
*  1944   &ndash; [[World War II]]: At [[Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery]] in Normandy, Field Marshal [[Erwin Rommel]] is seriously injured by [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] aircraft while returning to his headquarters.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3381986/Flight-Lieutenant-Charley-Fox.html|title=Obituary: Flight Lieutenant Charley Fox|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=4 November 2008|access-date=27 March 2010}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The main three leaders of the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] nations, [[Winston Churchill]], [[Harry S. Truman]] and [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Potsdam Conference|meet]] in the German city of [[Potsdam]] to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
*[[1953]] &ndash; The largest number of United States [[midshipman]] casualties in a single event results from an [[USMC R4Q NROTC crash|aircraft crash]] in Florida, killing 44.
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[First Indochina War]]: [[Viet Minh]] troops successfully ambush the armoured French column 'G.M.&nbsp;42' in the [[Battle of Chu Dreh Pass]] in the [[Central Highlands (Vietnam)|Central Highlands]]. It is the last battle of the war.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fall| first1= Bernard| title=Street Without Joy: The French Debacle in Indochina| date=2005| publisher=Stackpole Military History |author-link=Bernard Fall|page=240|isbn=9780811732369}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Disneyland]] is dedicated and opened by [[Walt Disney]] in [[Anaheim, California]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Nuclear weapons testing]]: The "Small Boy" test shot [[Little Feller (nuclear tests)|Little Feller I]] becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the [[Nevada National Security Site]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Abdul Rahman Arif]] is [[17 July Revolution|overthrown]] and the [[Ba'ath Party]] is installed as the governing power in [[Iraq]] with [[Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr]] as the new Iraqi President.
*[[1973]] &ndash; King [[Mohammed Zahir Shah]] of [[Afghanistan]], while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin [[Mohammed Daoud Khan]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Apollo–Soyuz Test Project]]: An American [[Apollo program|Apollo]] and a Soviet [[Soyuz (spacecraft)|Soyuz spacecraft]] dock with each other in [[orbit]] marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[East Timor]] is [[Indonesian invasion of East Timor|annexed]] and becomes the 27th [[Provinces of Indonesia|province]] of [[Indonesia]].
*  1976   &ndash; The opening of the [[1976 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]] is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of [[New Zealand]]'s participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the [[IOC]] had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in [[South Africa]]n sporting events during [[apartheid]].
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Nicaragua]]n dictator General [[Anastasio Somoza Debayle]] resigns and flees to [[Miami, Florida]], United States.
*[[1981]] &ndash; A structural failure leads to the collapse of [[Hyatt Regency walkway collapse|a walkway at the Hyatt Regency]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
*[[1984]] &ndash; The national drinking age in the United States was [[National Minimum Drinking Age Act|changed]] from 18 to 21.
*[[1985]] &ndash; Founding of the [[Eureka (organization)|EUREKA Network]] by former head of states [[François Mitterrand]] (France) and [[Helmut Kohl]] (Germany).
*[[1989]] &ndash; First flight of the [[Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit|B-2 Spirit]] Stealth Bomber.
*  1989   &ndash; [[Holy See–Poland relations]] are restored.
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[TWA Flight 800]]: Off the coast of [[Long Island]], New York, a Paris-bound TWA [[Boeing 747]] explodes, killing all 230 on board.
*[[1997]] &ndash; After takeoff from [[Husein Sastranegara International Airport]], [[Sempati Air Flight 304]] crashes into a residential neighborhood in [[Bandung]], killing 28 people.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 PK-YPM Bandung |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970717-0}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; The 7.0 {{M|w}} [[1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake|Papua New Guinea earthquake]] triggers a [[tsunami]] that destroys ten villages in [[Papua New Guinea]], killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.
*  1998   &ndash; A diplomatic conference adopts the [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court]], establishing the [[International Criminal Court|permanent international court]] in [[The Hague]], to prosecute individuals for [[genocide]], [[crimes against humanity]], [[war crime]]s, and the [[crime of aggression]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; During approach to [[Jay Prakash Narayan Airport|Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport]], [[Alliance Air Flight 7412]] suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in [[Patna]], [[India]], killing 60 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20000717-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced VT-EGD Patna Airport (PAT)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-06-30}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Concorde]] is brought back into service nearly a year after the [[Air France Flight 4590|July 2000]] crash.
*[[2006]] &ndash; The 7.7 {{M|w}} [[2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami|Pangandaran tsunami earthquake]] severely affects the Indonesian island of [[Java]], killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured.
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[TAM Airlines Flight 3054]], an [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320]], crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the [[São Paulo–Congonhas Airport]] runway, killing 199 people.<!--Resulted in death of famous Brazilian politician-->
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]], a [[Boeing 777]], crashes near the border of [[Ukraine]] and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/09/world/europe/netherlands-ukraine-mh17-report/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 |title=Report: MH17 hit by burst of 'high-energy objects' from outside |last=Mullen |first=Jethro |date=9 September 2014 |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; A French [[Transport express régional|regional train]] on the Pau-Bayonne line [[Denguin rail crash|crashes]] into a [[TGV|high-speed train]] near the town of [[Denguin]], resulting in at least 25 injuries.
*  2014   &ndash; [[Eric Garner]] is [[killing of Eric Garner|killed]] by police officer [[Daniel Pantaleo]] in New York City, after the latter put him in a prohibited [[chokehold]] while arresting him.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/02/nyregion/staten-island-man-died-from-officers-chokehold-autopsy-finds.html |work=The New York Times |last1=Goldstein |first1=Joseph |last2=Santora |first2=Marc |date=August 1, 2014 |access-date=June 27, 2015 |title=Staten Island Man Dies From Chokehold During Arrest, Autopsy Finds |archive-date=February 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210083006/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/02/nyregion/staten-island-man-died-from-officers-chokehold-autopsy-finds.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a [[2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing|suicide bombing]] in [[Diyala Governorate]], Iraq.
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Scott S. Sheppard]] announces that his team has discovered a dozen irregular [[moons of Jupiter]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Drake|first=Nadia|author-link=Nadia Drake|title=12 New Moons Found Orbiting Jupiter|work=National Geographic|date=July 17, 2018|access-date=July 16, 2020|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/07/news-12-new-moons-found-jupiter-79-planets-space/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717203126/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/07/news-12-new-moons-found-jupiter-79-planets-space/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref>