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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[180]] – [[Scillitan Martyrs|Twelve inhabitants]] of [[Scillium]] (near Kasserine, modern-day [[Tunisia]]) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. *[[1048]] – [[Pope Damasus II|Damasus II]] is elected pope, and dies 23 days later.<ref>{{cite book|last=Darras|first=Joseph Épiphane|title=A General History of the Catholic Church: From the Commencement of the Christian Era Until the Present Time. Volume III|location=New York|publisher=P. O'Shea, Publisher|date=1866|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SdNAAQAAMAAJ|page=36}}</ref> *[[1203]] – The [[Fourth Crusade]] assaults [[Constantinople]]. The [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Alexios III Angelos]] flees from his capital into exile. *[[1402]] – Zhu Di, better known by his [[Regnal name|era name]] as the [[Yongle Emperor]], assumes the throne over the [[Ming dynasty]] of China. *[[1429]] – [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Charles VII of France]] is [[coronation of the French monarch|crowned]] the King of France in the [[Reims Cathedral]] after a successful campaign by [[Joan of Arc]]. *[[1453]] – [[Battle of Castillon]]: The last battle of the [[Hundred Years' War]], the French under [[Jean Bureau]] defeat the English under the [[John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury|Earl of Shrewsbury]], who is killed in the battle in [[Gascony]]. * [[1489]] – [[Sikandar Lodi]] succeeds [[Bahlul Khan Lodi]] as [[Sultan of Delhi]].<ref name="sen2">{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 |pages=122–125}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1717]] – King [[George I of Great Britain]] sails down the [[River Thames]] with a barge of 50 musicians, where [[George Frideric Handel]]'s ''[[Water Music (Handel)|Water Music]]'' is premiered. *[[1762]] – Former emperor [[Peter III of Russia]] is murdered. *[[1771]] – [[Bloody Falls massacre]]: [[Chipewyan]] chief [[Matonabbee]], traveling as the guide to [[Samuel Hearne]] on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting [[Inuit]]. *[[1791]] – Members of the [[National Guard (France)|French National Guard]] under the command of [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|General Lafayette]] [[Champ de Mars Massacre|open fire]] on a crowd of radical [[Jacobin (politics)|Jacobins]] at the [[Champ de Mars]], Paris, during the [[French Revolution]], killing scores of people. *[[1794]] – The 16 [[Carmelites|Carmelite]] [[Martyrs of Compiègne]] are executed ten days prior to the end of the French Revolution's [[Reign of Terror]]. *[[1821]] – The [[Kingdom of Spain]] cedes the territory of [[History of Florida#End of Spanish control|Florida]] to the United States.<ref name="Tebeau p156">{{Cite book |ref=mainbook|last=Tebeau|first=Charlton W.| title = A History of Florida, Third Edition|edition=1999|year=1971|publisher=University of Miami Press|isbn=978-0870243387}}</ref> *[[1850]] – [[Vega]] became the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed.<ref name=barger_white2000>{{cite book | display-authors=1 | last1=Barger | first1=M. Susan | last2=White | first2=William B. | date=2000 |orig-date=1991 | title=The Daguerreotype: Nineteenth-Century Technology and Modern Science | publisher=JHU Press | page=88 | isbn=978-0-8018-6458-2 }}</ref><ref name=pasp2_10_249>{{cite journal | display-authors=1 | last1=Holden | first1=Edward S. | last2=Campbell | first2=W. W. | title=Photographs of Venus, Mercury and Alpha Lyræ in Daylight | journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific | date=1890 | volume=2 | issue=10 | pages=249–250 | doi=10.1086/120156 | bibcode=1890PASP....2..249H | s2cid=120286863 | doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[1867]] – [[Harvard School of Dental Medicine]] is established in [[Boston]], Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university. *[[1899]] – [[NEC]] Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital. ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – 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]] – [[Willis Carrier]] creates the first [[Air conditioning|air conditioner]] in [[Buffalo, New York]]. *[[1917]] – 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]] – [[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 – 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]] – 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]] – [[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]] – [[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]] – [[Douglas Corrigan]] takes off from [[Floyd Bennett Field|Brooklyn]] to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan. *[[1944]] – [[Port Chicago disaster]]: Near the [[San Francisco Bay]], two ships laden with [[ammunition]] for the war explode in [[Port Chicago, California]], killing 320. * 1944 – [[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]] – 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]] – 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]] – [[First Indochina War]]: [[Viet Minh]] troops successfully ambush the armoured French column 'G.M. 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]] – [[Disneyland]] is dedicated and opened by [[Walt Disney]] in [[Anaheim, California]]. *[[1962]] – [[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]] – [[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]] – King [[Mohammed Zahir Shah]] of [[Afghanistan]], while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin [[Mohammed Daoud Khan]]. *[[1975]] – [[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]] – [[East Timor]] is [[Indonesian invasion of East Timor|annexed]] and becomes the 27th [[Provinces of Indonesia|province]] of [[Indonesia]]. * 1976 – 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]] – [[Nicaragua]]n dictator General [[Anastasio Somoza Debayle]] resigns and flees to [[Miami, Florida]], United States. *[[1981]] – 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]] – The national drinking age in the United States was [[National Minimum Drinking Age Act|changed]] from 18 to 21. *[[1985]] – Founding of the [[Eureka (organization)|EUREKA Network]] by former head of states [[François Mitterrand]] (France) and [[Helmut Kohl]] (Germany). *[[1989]] – First flight of the [[Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit|B-2 Spirit]] Stealth Bomber. * 1989 – [[Holy See–Poland relations]] are restored. *[[1996]] – [[TWA Flight 800]]: Off the coast of [[Long Island]], New York, a Paris-bound TWA [[Boeing 747]] explodes, killing all 230 on board. *[[1997]] – 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]] – 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 – 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]] – 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]] – [[Concorde]] is brought back into service nearly a year after the [[Air France Flight 4590|July 2000]] crash. *[[2006]] – 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]] – [[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]] – [[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 – 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 – [[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]] – At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a [[2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing|suicide bombing]] in [[Diyala Governorate]], Iraq. *[[2018]] – [[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> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1487]] – [[Ismail I]] of Iran (died 1524) *[[1499]] – [[Maria Salviati]], Italian noblewoman (died 1543) *[[1531]] – [[Antoine de Créqui Canaples]], Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1574) ===1601–1900=== *[[1674]] – [[Isaac Watts]], English hymnwriter and theologian (died 1748) *[[1695]] – [[Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim]] (died 1766) *[[1698]] – [[Pierre Louis Maupertuis]], French mathematician and philosopher (died 1759) *[[1708]] – [[Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth]] (died 1769) *[[1714]] – [[Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten]], German philosopher and academic (died 1762) *[[1744]] – [[Elbridge Gerry]], American merchant and politician, 5th [[Vice President of the United States]] (died 1814) *[[1763]] – [[John Jacob Astor]], German-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1848) *[[1774]] – [[John Wilbur (Quaker minister)|John Wilbur]], American minister and theologian (died 1856) *[[1797]] – [[Paul Delaroche]], French painter and academic (died 1856) *[[1823]] – [[Leander Clark]], American businessman, judge, and politician (died 1910) *[[1831]] – [[Xianfeng Emperor]] of China (died 1861) *[[1831]] - [[Naser al-Din Shah]] of [[Qajar Iran]] (a. 1896)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh {{!}} Qājār Shah of Iran, Assassination & Legacy {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Naser-al-Din-Shah |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1837]] – [[Joseph-Alfred Mousseau]], Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th [[Secretary of State for Canada]] (died 1886) *[[1839]] – [[Ephraim Shay]], American engineer, invented the [[Shay locomotive]] (died 1916) *[[1853]] – [[Alexius Meinong]], Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic (died 1920) *[[1868]] – [[Henri Nathansen]], Danish director and playwright (died 1944) *[[1870]] – [[Charles Davidson Dunbar]], Scottish soldier and [[bagpipe]] player (died 1939) *[[1871]] – [[Lyonel Feininger]], German-American painter and illustrator (died 1956) *[[1873]] – [[Many Benner]], French painter (died 1965)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oberlé |first1=Raymond |title=BENNER, Emmanuel Michel |url=https://www.alsace-histoire.org/netdba/benner-emmanuel-michel/ |website=alsace-histoire.org |date=1983 |access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1879]] – [[Jack Laviolette]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 1960) *[[1882]] – [[James Somerville]], English admiral and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Somerset]] (died 1949) *[[1888]] – [[Shmuel Yosef Agnon]], Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1970) *[[1889]] – [[Erle Stanley Gardner]], American lawyer and author (died 1970) *[[1894]] – [[Georges Lemaître]], Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (died 1966) *[[1896]] – [[Rupert Atkinson (RAF officer)|Rupert Atkinson]], English RAF officer (died 1919) *[[1898]] – [[Berenice Abbott]], American photographer (died 1991)<ref>{{cite book|first=George|last=Sullivan|title=Berenice Abbott, Photographer: An Independent Vision|location=New York|publisher=Clarion Books|year=2006|page=9|isbn=978-0-61844-026-9}}</ref> * 1898 – [[Osmond Borradaile]], Canadian soldier and cinematographer (died 1999) *[[1899]] – [[James Cagney]], American actor and dancer (died 1986) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Luigi Chinetti]], Italian-American race car driver (died 1994)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Siano |first1=Joseph |title=Luigi Chinetti Sr., 93, Automobile Importer and Champion Racer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/20/obituaries/luigi-chinetti-sr-93-automobile-importer-and-champion-racer.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=16 July 2021 |date=20 August 1994}}</ref> * 1901 – [[Bruno Jasieński]], Polish poet and author (died 1938) * 1901 – [[Patrick Smith (politician)|Patrick Smith]], Irish farmer and politician, [[Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine]] (died 1982) *[[1902]] – [[Christina Stead]], Australian author and academic (died 1983) *[[1905]] – [[William Gargan]], American actor (died 1979) *[[1910]] – [[James Elliott Coyne|James Coyne]], Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd [[Governor of the Bank of Canada]] (died 2012) * 1910 – [[Frank Olson]], American chemist and microbiologist (died 1953) *[[1911]] – [[Lionel Ferbos]], American trumpet player (died 2014) * 1911 – [[Heinz Lehmann]], German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (died 1999) *[[1912]] – [[Erwin Bauer]], German race car driver (died 1958) * 1912 – [[Art Linkletter]], Canadian-American radio and television host (died 2010) *[[1913]] – [[Bertrand Goldberg]], American architect, designed the [[Marina City|Marina City Building]] (died 1997) *[[1914]] – [[Eleanor Steber]], American soprano and educator (died 1990) *[[1915]] – [[Bijon Bhattacharya]], Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1978) * 1915 – [[Arthur Rothstein]], American photographer and educator (died 1985) *[[1916]] – [[Eleanor Hadley]], American economist and policymaker (died 2007)<ref name="green">{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Sara Jean |date=June 6, 2007 |title=Eleanor Hadley Spent Her Life Standing up to Oppression, Dies at 90 |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |type=obituary |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/eleanor-hadley-spent-her-life-standing-up-to-oppression-dies-at-90/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020181047/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003736138_hadleyobit06m.html |archive-date=October 20, 2007}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Lou Boudreau]], American baseball player and manager (died 2001) * 1917 – [[Phyllis Diller]], American actress, comedian, and voice artist (died 2012) * 1917 – [[Kenan Evren]], Turkish general and politician, 7th [[President of Turkey]] (died 2015) * 1917 – [[Christiane Rochefort]], French author (died 1998) *[[1918]] – [[Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio]], Guatemalan soldier and politician, [[President of Guatemala]] (died 2003) *[[1919]] – [[Albert Stubbins]], English footballer (died 2002)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/863|title=Liverpool career stats for Albert Stubbins - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!|website=www.lfchistory.net|access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Gordon Gould]], American physicist and academic, invented the [[laser]] (died 2005) * 1920 – [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]], Spanish businessman, 7th [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] (died 2010) *[[1921]] – [[George Barnes (musician)|George Barnes]], American guitarist, producer, and songwriter (died 1977) * 1921 – [[Louis Lachenal]], French mountaineer (died 1955) * 1921 – [[Mary Osborne]], American guitarist (died 1992) * 1921 – [[Toni Stone]], American baseball player (died 1996) * 1921 – [[František Zvarík]], Slovak actor (died 2008) *[[1923]] – [[Jeanne Block]], American psychologist (died 1981) * 1923 – [[John Cooper (car maker)|John Cooper]], English car designer, co-founded the [[Cooper Car Company]] (died 2000) *[[1924]] – [[Garde Gardom]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th [[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] (died 2013) *[[1925]] – [[Jimmy Scott]], American singer and actor (died 2014) * 1925 – [[Mohammad Hasan Sharq]], Afghan politician *[[1926]] – [[Édouard Carpentier]], French-Canadian wrestler (died 2010) * 1926 – [[Willis Carto]], American activist and theorist (died 2015) *[[1928]] – [[Vince Guaraldi]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1976) *[[1929]] – [[Arthur Frommer]], American travel writer (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vitello |first=Paul |date=November 18, 2024 |title=Arthur Frommer, 95, Dies; His Guidebooks Opened Travel to the Masses |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/books/arthur-frommer-dead.html |access-date=November 20, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *1929 – [[Sergei K. Godunov]], Russian mathematician and academic (died 2023) *[[1932]] – [[Niccolò Castiglioni]], Italian composer (died 1996) * 1932 – [[Red Kerr]], American basketball player and coach (died 2009) * 1932 – [[Wojciech Kilar]], Polish pianist and composer (died 2013) * 1932 – [[Karla Kuskin]], American author and illustrator (died 2009) * 1932 – [[Slick Leonard]], American basketball player and coach (died 2021) * 1932 – [[Ian Moir]], Australian rugby league player (died 1990)<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/ian-moir/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref> * 1932 – [[Quino]], Spanish-Argentinian cartoonist (died 2020) * 1932 – [[Hal Riney]], American businessman, founded [[Publicis & Hal Riney]] (died 2008) *[[1933]] – [[Keiko Awaji]], Japanese actress (died 2014) * 1933 – [[Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici]], Maltese politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of Malta]] (died 2022) * 1933 – [[Mimi Hines]], Canadian singer and comedian (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=October 27, 2024 |title=Mimi Hines, a Replacement Star in ‘Funny Girl,’ Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/theater/mimi-hines-dead.html |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Tony Pithey]], Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (died 2006) *[[1934]] – [[Lucio Tan]], Chinese-Filipino billionaire businessman and educator *[[1935]] – [[Diahann Carroll]], American actress and singer (died 2019) * 1935 – [[Peter Schickele]], American composer and educator (died 2024) * 1935 – [[Donald Sutherland]], Canadian actor and producer (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/donald-sutherland-dead-1235978933/|title=Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In 'Klute', 'Ordinary People', 'Hunger Games' & Scores Of Others Was 88|website=deadline.com|date=20 June 2024 }}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Hermann Huppen]], Belgian author and illustrator *[[1939]] – [[Andrée Champagne]], Canadian actress and politician (died 2020) * 1939 – [[Spencer Davis]], Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020) *[[1940]] – [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]], English actor and screenwriter (died 2020) *[[1941]] – [[Daryle Lamonica]], American football player (died 2022) * 1941 – [[Bob Taylor (cricketer)|Bob Taylor]], English cricketer * 1941 – [[Achim Warmbold]], German race car driver and manager *[[1942]] – [[Gale Garnett]], New Zealand–born Canadian singer * 1942 – [[Connie Hawkins]], American basketball player (died 2017) * 1942 – [[Don Kessinger]], American baseball player and manager * 1942 – [[Zoot Money]], English singer-songwriter and keyboard player *[[1943]] – [[LaVyrle Spencer]], American author and educator *[[1944]] – [[Mark Burgess (cricketer)|Mark Burgess]], New Zealand cricketer and footballer * 1944 – [[Catherine Schell]], Hungarian-English actress * 1944 – [[Carlos Alberto Torres]], Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2016) *[[1945]] – [[Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia]] * 1945 – [[John Patten, Baron Patten]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for Education]] *[[1946]] – [[Chris Crutcher]], American novelist and short story writer * 1946 – [[Ted Sampley]], American POW/MIA activist (died 2009)<ref>{{cite news|last=Schudel|first=Matt|title=Ted Sampley, 62: Vietnam Veteran Was an Outspoken Advocate for POWs|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/14/AR2009051404049.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=May 15, 2009|access-date=May 7, 2019}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's]], English educator and politician * 1947 – [[Robert Begerau]], German footballer and manager * 1947 – [[Queen Camilla|Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom]] * 1947 – [[Wolfgang Flür]], German musician ([[Kraftwerk]]) * 1947 – [[Mick Tucker]], English rock drummer ([[The Sweet|Sweet]]) (died 2002) *[[1948]] – [[Ron Asheton]], American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009) * 1948 – [[Luc Bondy]], Swiss director and producer (died 2015) *[[1949]] – [[Geezer Butler]], English bass player and songwriter * 1949 – [[Charley Steiner]], American journalist and sportscaster *[[1950]] – [[Sadhan Chandra Majumder]], Bangladeshi politician * 1950 – [[Tengku Sulaiman Shah]], Malaysian corporate figure * 1950 – [[Phoebe Snow]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011) *[[1951]] – [[Lucie Arnaz]], American actress and singer * 1951 – [[Mark Bowden]], American journalist and author * 1951 – [[Andrew Robathan]], English soldier and politician, [[Minister of State for the Armed Forces]] *[[1952]] – [[David Hasselhoff]], American actor, singer, and producer<ref>{{cite web |title=David Hasselhoff |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1625a86 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528104136/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1625a86 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 28, 2019 |website=BFI |access-date=14 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Nicolette Larson]], American singer-songwriter (died 1997) * 1952 – [[Thé Lau]], Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015) * 1952 – [[Robert R. McCammon]], American author *[[1954]] – [[Angela Merkel]], German chemist and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)|Chancellor of Germany]] from 2005 to 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Angela Merkel {{!}} Biography, Political Career, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Angela-Merkel |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-12-08|title=Olaf Scholz elected as Germany's new Chancellor, replacing Angela Merkel|language=en-AU|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-08/olaf-scholz-elected-germanys-new-chancellor/100684978|access-date=2021-12-26}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Edward Natapei]], Vanuatuan politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Vanuatu]] (died 2015) * 1954 – [[J. Michael Straczynski]], American author, screenwriter, and producer *[[1955]] – [[Sylvie Léonard]], Canadian actress and screenwriter * 1955 – [[Paul Stamets]], American mycologist and author *[[1956]] – [[Julie Bishop]], Australian lawyer and politician, 38th [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs]] * 1956 – [[Bryan Trottier]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach *[[1957]] – [[Bruce Crump]], American drummer and songwriter (died 2015) * 1957 – [[Wendy Freedman]], Canadian-American cosmologist and astronomer *[[1958]] – [[Wong Kar-wai]], Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter * 1958 – [[Suzanne Moore]], English journalist * 1958 – [[Thérèse Rein]], Australian businesswoman, founded [[Ingeus]] * 1958 – [[Susan Silver]], American music manager *[[1959]] – [[Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin]], Bangladeshi-English politician *[[1960]] – [[Kim Barnett]], English cricketer and coach * 1960 – [[Mark Burnett]], English-American screenwriter and producer * 1960 – [[Nancy Giles]], American journalist and actress * 1960 – [[Robin Shou]], Hong Kong martial artist and actor * 1960 – [[Dawn Upshaw]], American soprano * 1960 – [[Jan Wouters]], Dutch footballer and manager *[[1961]] – [[António Costa]], Portuguese politician, 119th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] * 1961 – [[Jeremy Hardy]], English comedian and actor (died 2019) *[[1963]] – [[Regina Belle]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress * 1963 – [[Letsie III of Lesotho]] * 1963 – [[Matti Nykänen]], Finnish ski jumper and singer (died 2019) *[[1964]] – [[Heather Langenkamp]], American actress and producer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/333689/this-day-in-horror-history-happy-birthday-heather-langenkamp/|title=This Day in Horror History: Happy Birthday, Heather Langenkamp!|date=17 July 2020|access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Craig Morgan]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1965 – [[Alex Winter]], English-American actor, film director and screenwriter *[[1966]] – [[Lou Barlow]], American guitarist and songwriter * 1966 – [[Sten Tolgfors]], Swedish lawyer and politician, 30th [[Minister for Defence (Sweden)|Swedish Minister of Defence]] *[[1969]] – [[Jason Clarke]], Australian actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Famous birthdays list for July 17, 2023 includes celebrities Luke Bryan, Donald Sutherland |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/07/famous-birthdays-list-for-july-17-2023-includes-celebrities-luke-bryan-donald-sutherland.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |date=17 July 2023 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> * 1969 – [[Scott Johnson (cartoonist)|Scott Johnson]], American cartoonist * 1969 – [[Jaan Kirsipuu]], Estonian cyclist *[[1971]] – [[Calbert Cheaney]], American basketball player and coach * 1971 – [[Cory Doctorow]], Canadian author and activist * 1971 – [[Nico Mattan]], Belgian cyclist *[[1972]] – [[Elizabeth Cook]], American singer and guitarist * 1972 – [[Donny Marshall]], American basketball player and sportscaster * 1972 – [[Jason Rullo]], American drummer * 1972 – [[Jaap Stam]], Dutch footballer and manager * 1972 – [[Eric Williams (basketball, born 1972)|Eric Williams]], American basketball player *[[1973]] – [[Eric Moulds]], American football player *[[1974]] – [[Claudio López (footballer)|Claudio López]], Argentine footballer *[[1975]] – [[Andre Adams]], New Zealand cricketer * 1975 – [[Elena Anaya]], Spanish actress * 1975 – [[Darude]], Finnish DJ and producer * 1975 – [[Loretta Harrop]], Australian triathlete * 1975 – [[Konnie Huq]], English television presenter<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-07-12|title=My Secret Life: Konnie Huq, TV Presenter, age 32|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-konnie-huq-tv-presenter-age-32-864535.html|access-date=2020-08-02|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Terence Tao]], Australian-American mathematician<ref name="Vitae Tao">{{cite web|url=https://www.math.ucla.edu/~tao/preprints/cv.html|title=Vitae and Bibliography for Terence Tao |date=3 September 2019|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Luke Bryan]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1976 – [[Gino D'Acampo]], Italian chef and author<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/WWo9TmbS9wvKpDOQ1OmXAo0zhiE/appointments|title=Gennaro D'ACAMPO - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Dagmara Domińczyk]], Polish-American actress * 1976 – [[Marcos Senna]], Brazilian-Spanish footballer * 1976 – [[Anders Svensson (footballer, born 1976)|Anders Svensson]], Swedish footballer and sportscaster * 1976 – [[Eric Winter]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |last2=clevel |last3=.com |date=2022-07-17 |title=Today's famous birthdays list for July 17, 2022 includes celebrities David Hasselhoff, Billie Lourd |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/07/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-july-17-2022-includes-celebrities-david-hasselhoff-billie-lourd.html |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=cleveland |language=en}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Andrew Downton]], Australian cricketer * 1977 – [[Leif Hoste]], Belgian cyclist * 1977 – [[Marc Savard]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1978]] – [[Ricardo Arona]], Brazilian mixed martial artist * 1978 – [[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]], American musician and songwriter * 1978 – [[Jason Jennings]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Jennings Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jason-jennings-407298 |website=MLB.com |access-date=16 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1978 – [[Justine Triet]], French film director and screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justine Triet |url=https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/directors/justine-triet |access-date=27 May 2023 |website=[[Critics' Week|La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes]]}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Mike Vogel]], American actor<ref>{{cite web| title=Mike Vogel.com| work=Fun Facts| url=http://mike-vogel.com/?page_id=84| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908015106/http://mike-vogel.com/?page_id=84| archive-date=2011-09-08}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Javier Camuñas]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Javier Camuñas - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/javier-camunas_prs26358/person.shtml |website=Eurosport |access-date=16 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Brett Goldstein]], British actor, comedian and writer<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=The Most Complete Guide to Jewish Emmy Nominees, 2021 — Detroit Jewish News|url=https://thejewishnews.com/2021/09/14/the-most-complete-guide-to-jewish-emmy-nominees-2021/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=The Detroit Jewish News|date=14 September 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Ryan Miller]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Miller |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/gamelog/_/id/1549/ryan-miller |website=ESPN.com |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Hely Ollarves]], Venezuelan runner<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Hely Ollarves |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/89194 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Omari Banks]], Anguillan cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Omari Banks profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/omari-banks-51258 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Adam Lind]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Adam Lind Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.milb.com/player/adam-lind-452252 |website=[[Minor League Baseball]] |access-date=16 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Loui Eriksson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Loui Eriksson Stats and News |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/loui-eriksson-8470626 |website=NHL.com |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Neil McGregor]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Neil McGregor - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/neil-mcgregor_prs194422/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[DeAngelo Smith]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=DeAngelo Smith Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SmitDe98.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=16 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Darius Boyd]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |title=Darius Boyd |url=https://www.nrl.com/players/nrl-premiership/retired/darius-boyd/ |website=National Rugby League |access-date=16 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Jeremih]], American singer, songwriter, and record producer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeremih-mn0001545319|title = Jeremih | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links| website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Oliver Ekman-Larsson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Oliver Ekman-Larsson Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/player/oliver-ekman-larsson-8475171 |website=NHL.com |access-date=July 15, 2024}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Billie Lourd]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=VanHoose |first1=Benjamin |title=Billie Lourd's Husband Calls Her a 'Badass Hot Mom Wife' on 30th Birthday: 'I Love You Forever' |url=https://people.com/movies/billie-lourd-celebrates-30th-birthday-with-husband-austen-rydell/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=17 July 2023 |date=18 July 2022}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Tatu Sinisalo]], Finnish actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nayttelijaliitto.fi/@Bin/1377240/Cv%2520.pdf|title=CV|publisher=Näyttelijäliitto|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627210816/http://www.nayttelijaliitto.fi/@Bin/1377240/Cv%2520.pdf |access-date=9 September 2023|archive-date=2019-06-27 |language=fi}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Kali Uchis]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |last=Kellman |first=Andy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kali-uchis-mn0003446629/biography |title=Kali Uchis {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=May 28, 2018}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Wonwoo]], South Korean rapper and singer<ref>{{cite web |title=[HAPPY B하인드] 7월 17일 오늘의 아이돌은? 세븐틴 '원우' |url=https://enews.imbc.com/Tpl/View/288142?progcode=0 |website=MBC 연예 스포츠 |access-date=13 March 2025 |language=ko}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[OG Anunoby]], British basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=OG Anunoby Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/anunoog01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=July 15, 2024}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Rosana Serrano]], Cuban rower<ref>{{cite web |title=Rowing {{!}} Team Profile: Cuba - Pan American Games Lima 2019 |url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/rowing/athlete-profile-nrowwscull2-l-cub01-cuba.htm |website=wrsd.lima2019.pe |access-date=28 May 2020 |archive-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621080958/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/rowing/athlete-profile-nrowwscull2-l-cub01-cuba.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Jordan Lawlar]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jordan Lawlar Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy ... |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jordan-lawlar-691783 |website=MLB.com |access-date=July 15, 2024}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Connor Bedard]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Connor Bedard Stats and News |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/connor-bedard-8484144 |website=NHL.com |access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[521]] – [[Magnus Felix Ennodius]], Gallo-Roman bishop * [[855]] – [[Pope Leo IV|Leo IV]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (born 790) * [[952]] – [[Wu Hanyue]], Chinese noblewoman (born 913) * [[961]] – [[Empress Dowager Du|Du]], empress dowager of the [[Song dynasty]] *[[1070]] – [[Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders|Baldwin VI]], count of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] (born 1030) *[[1085]] – [[Robert Guiscard]], Norman adventurer *[[1119]] – [[Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders|Baldwin VII]], count of Flanders (born 1093) *[[1210]] – [[Sverker II of Sweden|Sverker II]], king of [[Sweden]] (born 1210) *[[1304]] – [[Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer]] (born 1251) *[[1399]] – [[Jadwiga of Poland|Jadwiga]], queen of [[Poland]] (born 1374) *[[1453]] – [[Dmitry Shemyaka]], Grand Prince of [[Moscow]] * 1453 – [[John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury]], English commander and politician (born 1387) *[[1531]] – [[Hosokawa Takakuni]], Japanese commander (born 1484) *[[1571]] – [[Georg Fabricius]], German poet and historian (born 1516) *[[1588]] – [[Mimar Sinan]], Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the [[Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Azapkapı)|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque]] and [[Süleymaniye Mosque]] (born 1489) ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] – [[Mózes Székely]], Hungarian noble (born 1553) *[[1642]] – [[William, Count of Nassau-Siegen]], German count, field marshal of the Dutch State Army (born 1592)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Huberty |first1=Michel |last2=Giraud |first2=Alain |last3=Magdelaine |first3=F. & B. |title=l'Allemagne Dynastique |language=fr |location=Le Perreux |publisher=Alain Giraud |date=1981 |volume=Tome III: Brunswick-Nassau-Schwarzbourg |pages=234 }}; {{cite journal |last=Menk |first=Friedhelm |date=1967 |title=Wilhelm Graf zu Nassau-Siegen (1592–1642) |language=de |journal=Siegerland |volume=Band XLIV |issue=Heft 2 |pages=57 }}</ref> *[[1645]] – [[Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset]], English-Scottish politician, [[Lord Chamberlain|Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom]] (born 1587) *[[1704]] – [[Pierre-Charles Le Sueur]], French fur trader and explorer (born 1657) *[[1709]] – [[Robert Bolling]], English planter and merchant (born 1646) *[[1725]] – [[Thomas King (died 1725)|Thomas King]], English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (born before 1660?).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1715-1754/member/king-thomas-1660-1725 |title=KING, Thomas (?bef.1660-1725), of St. Margaret's, Westminster and Sheerness, Kent. |website=[[History of Parliament Online]] |first=A. N. |last=Newman |access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1762]] – [[Peter III of Russia]] (born 1728) *[[1790]] – [[Adam Smith]], Scottish economist and philosopher (born 1723) *[[1791]] – [[Martin Dobrizhoffer]], Austrian missionary and author (born 1717) *[[1793]] – [[Charlotte Corday]], French murderer (born 1768) *[[1794]] – [[John Roebuck]], English chemist and businessman (born 1718) *[[1845]] – [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (born 1764) *[[1871]] – [[Karl Tausig]], Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (born 1841) *[[1878]] – [[Aleardo Aleardi]], Italian poet and politician (born 1812) *[[1879]] – [[Maurycy Gottlieb]], Ukrainian-Polish painter (born 1856) *[[1881]] – [[Jim Bridger]], American scout and explorer (born 1804) *[[1883]] – [[Tự Đức]], Vietnamese emperor (born 1829) *[[1885]] – [[Jean-Charles Chapais]], Canadian farmer and politician, 1st [[Minister of Agriculture (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Agriculture]] (born 1811) *[[1893]] – [[Frederick A. Johnson]], American banker and politician (born 1833) *[[1894]] – [[Leconte de Lisle]], French poet and translator (born 1818) * 1894 – [[Josef Hyrtl]], Austrian anatomist and biologist (born 1810) *[[1900]] – [[Thomas McIlwraith]], Scottish-Australian politician, 8th [[Premier of Queensland]] (born 1835) ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[Hector Malot]], French author and critic (born 1830) *[[1912]] – [[Henri Poincaré]], French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1854) *[[1918]] – Victims of the [[Shooting of the Romanov family]]: ** [[Nicholas II of Russia]] (born 1868)<ref name=RomanovBL /> ** [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia]] (born 1872)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexandra {{!}} Biography, Death, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandra-empress-consort-of-Russia |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> ** [[Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia]] (born 1895)<ref name=RomanovBBC>{{cite web |title=BBC Two - Russia's Lost Princesses - Beyond the portraits |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/HxprRdWRhF6G7zg54kFLnp/beyond-the-portraits |website=BBC |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> ** [[Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia]] (born 1897)<ref name=RomanovBBC /> ** [[Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899–1918)|Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia]] (born 1899)<ref name=RomanovBBC /> ** [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia]] (born 1901)<ref name=RomanovBBC /> ** [[Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia]] (born 1904)<ref name=RomanovBL /> ** [[Anna Demidova]] (born 1878) ** [[Ivan Kharitonov]] (born 1872) ** [[Alexei Trupp]] (born 1858) ** [[Yevgeny Botkin]] (born 1865) *[[1925]] – [[Lovis Corinth]], German painter (born 1858) *[[1928]] – [[Giovanni Giolitti]], Italian politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (born 1842) * 1928 – [[Álvaro Obregón]], Mexican general and politician, 39th [[President of Mexico]] (born 1880) *[[1932]] – [[Rasmus Rasmussen (actor)|Rasmus Rasmussen]], Norwegian actor, singer, and director (born 1862) *[[1935]] – [[George William Russell]], Irish poet and painter (born 1867) *[[1942]] – [[Robina Nicol]], New Zealand photographer and suffragist (born 1861)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicol, Robina, 1861–1942 |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22592994 |website=National Library of New Zealand |access-date=27 December 2019 |language=en |date=1 January 1861}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[William James Sidis]], American mathematician and anthropologist (born 1898) *[[1945]] – [[Ernst Busch (field marshal)|Ernst Busch]], German field marshal (born 1885) *[[1946]] – [[Florence Fuller]], South African-born Australian artist (born 1867) * 1946 – [[Draža Mihailović]], Serbian general (born 1893) *[[1950]] – [[Evangeline Booth]], English 4th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (born 1865) * 1950 – [[Antonie Nedošinská]], Czech actress (born 1885) *[[1959]] – [[Billie Holiday]], American singer (born 1915) * 1959 – [[Eugene Meyer (financier)|Eugene Meyer]], American businessman and publisher (born 1875) *[[1960]] – [[Maud Menten]], Canadian physician and biochemist (born 1879)<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Maud Menten|url=http://www.cdnmedhall.org/inductees/dr-maud-l-menten|publisher=The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-date=17 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417162210/http://www.cdnmedhall.org/inductees/dr-maud-l-menten|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Ty Cobb]], American baseball player and manager (born 1886) * 1961 – [[Emin Halid Onat]], Turkish architect and academic (born 1908) *[[1967]] – [[John Coltrane]], American saxophonist and composer (born 1926) *[[1974]] – [[Dizzy Dean]], American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1910) *[[1975]] – [[Konstantine Gamsakhurdia]], Georgian author (born 1893) *[[1980]] – [[Don "Red" Barry]], American actor and screenwriter (born 1912) * 1980 – [[Boris Delaunay]], Russian mathematician and academic (born 1890) *[[1988]] – [[Bruiser Brody]], American football player and wrestler (born 1946) *[[1989]] – [[Itubwa Amram]], Nauruan pastor and politician (born 1922) *[[1991]] – [[John Patrick Spiegel]], American psychiatrist and academic (born 1911) *[[1994]] – [[Jean Borotra]], French tennis player (born 1898) *[[1995]] – [[Juan Manuel Fangio]], Argentinian race car driver (born 1911) *[[1996]] – Victims of [[TWA Flight 800]]: ** [[Michel Breistroff]], French ice hockey player (born 1971) ** [[Marcel Dadi]], Tunisian-French guitarist (born 1951) ** [[David Hogan (composer)|David Hogan]], American composer (born 1949) ** [[Jed Johnson (designer)|Jed Johnson]], American interior designer and director (born 1948) * 1996 – [[Chas Chandler]], English bass player and producer (born 1938) *[[1998]] – [[Lillian Hoban]], American author and illustrator (born 1925) *[[2001]] – [[Katharine Graham]], American publisher (born 1917)<ref>{{cite book|first1=James S.|last1=Baugess|first2=Abbe Allen|last2=DeBolt|title=Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture Volume 1|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=Greenwood|year=2012|page=260|isbn=978-0-31332-945-6}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Joseph Luns]], Dutch politician and [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)|Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1911) *[[2003]] – [[David Kelly (weapons expert)|David Kelly]], Welsh weapons inspector (born 1944) * 2003 – [[Rosalyn Tureck]], American pianist and [[harpsichord]] player (born 1914) * 2003 – [[Walter Zapp]], Latvian-Swiss inventor, invented the [[Minox]] (born 1905) *[[2005]] – [[Geraldine Fitzgerald]], Irish-American actress (born 1913) * 2005 – [[Edward Heath]], English colonel and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (born 1916) * 2005 – [[Joe Vialls]], Australian journalist and theorist (born 1944) *[[2006]] – [[Sam Myers]], American singer-songwriter (born 1936) * 2006 – [[Mickey Spillane]], American crime novelist (born 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mickey Spillane {{!}} American author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mickey-Spillane |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Grant Forsberg]], American actor and businessman (born 1959) * 2007 – [[Júlio Redecker]], Brazilian politician (born 1956) * 2007 – [[Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza]], Brazilian lawyer and businessman (born 1945) *[[2009]] – [[Walter Cronkite]], American journalist and actor (born 1916) * 2009 – [[Leszek Kołakowski]], Polish historian and philosopher (born 1927) *[[2010]] – [[Larry Keith]], American actor (born 1931) *[[2011]] – [[David Ngoombujarra]], Australian actor (born 1967) *[[2012]] – [[Richard Evatt]], English boxer (born 1973) * 2012 – [[Forrest S. McCartney]], American general (born 1931) * 2012 – [[İlhan Mimaroğlu]], Turkish-American composer and producer (born 1926) * 2012 – [[William Raspberry]], American journalist and academic (born 1935) * 2012 – [[Marsha Singh]], Indian-English politician (born 1954) *[[2013]] – [[Henri Alleg]], English-French journalist and author (born 1921) * 2013 – [[Peter Appleyard]], English-Canadian [[vibraphone]] player and composer (born 1928) * 2013 – [[Vincenzo Cerami]], Italian screenwriter and producer (born 1940) * 2013 – [[Don Flye]], American tennis player (born 1933) * 2013 – [[Ian Gourlay]], English general (born 1920) * 2013 – [[David White (Scottish footballer)|David White]], Scottish footballer and manager (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: David White, footballer and manager |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-david-white-footballer-and-manager-1567414 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=19 July 2013 |access-date=14 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] victims: ** [[Liam Davison]], Australian author and critic (born 1957) ** [[Shuba Jay]], Malaysian actress (born 1976) ** [[Joep Lange]], Dutch physician and academic (born 1954) ** [[Willem Witteveen]], Dutch scholar and politician (born 1952) * 2014 – [[Henry Hartsfield]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1933) * 2014 – [[Otto Piene]], German sculptor and academic (born 1928) * 2014 – [[Elaine Stritch]], American actress and singer (born 1925) *[[2015]] – [[Bill Arnsparger]], American football player and coach (born 1926) * 2015 – [[Jules Bianchi]], French race car driver (born 1989) * 2015 – [[Owen Chadwick]], English rugby player, historian, and academic (born 1916) * 2015 – [[Van Miller]], American sportscaster (born 1927) * 2015 – [[John Taylor (jazz)|John Taylor]], English pianist and educator (born 1942) *[[2019]] – [[Marie Sophie Hingst]], German historian and blogger who falsely claimed to be descended from [[Holocaust survivor]]s<ref name="rosh">{{cite web|url=https://www.lea-rosh.de/todesanzeige-von-sophie-hingst/|title=Todesanzeige von Sophie Hingst|trans-title=Obituary of Sophie Hingst|work=Lea Rosh Kommunikation & Medien|last=Rosh|first=Lea|date=31 July 2019|access-date=10 June 2023|language=de}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[John Lewis]], American Politician and Civil Rights Leader. (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-07-18|title=Civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis dies|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53454169|access-date=2020-07-18}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya]], Russian-Australian pair skater (born 2000)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idUKRTS30YSX |title=Notable deaths in 2020 |website=Reuters|date=2020-08-28|access-date=2020-09-19}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Cheng Pei-pei]], Chinese actress (born 1946)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=2024-07-19 |title=Cheng Pei Pei, 'Queen' of Kung Fu Cinema, Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/movies/cheng-pei-pei-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Mary Gibby]], British botanist and professor (born 1949)<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Stephen Blackmore |author2=Johannes Vogel |author1-link=Stephen Blackmore |author2-link=Johannes Vogel (botanist) |title=Professor Mary Gibby Ph.D., OBE, FLS, FRSE, PPBPS (1949–2024) |journal=[[Edinburgh Journal of Botany]] |date=December 2024 |volume=81 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.24823/EJB.2024.2084}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Bernice Johnson Reagon]], American singer, songwriter and scholar (born 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |date=2024-07-19 |title=Bernice Johnson Reagon, a Musical Voice for Civil Rights, Is Dead at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/arts/music/bernice-johnson-reagon-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Pat Williams (basketball)|Pat Williams]], American basketball player (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patrick Livingston Murphy Williams: 1940 - 2024 |url=https://www.nba.com/magic/news/patrick-livingston-murphy-williams-obituary-1940-2024 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=www.nba.com |language=en}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: ** [[Alexius of Rome]] ([[Latin Church|Western Church]]) ** [[Andrew Zorard]] ** [[Saint Kenelm|Cynehelm]] ** [[Cynllo]] ** [[Inácio de Azevedo]] ** [[Jadwiga of Poland]] ** [[Magnus Felix Ennodius]] ** [[Saint Marcellina|Marcellina]] ** [[Martyrs of Compiègne]] ** Blessed [[Pavel Peter Gojdič]] ([[Greek Catholic Church]]) ** [[Pope Leo IV]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Leo IV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Leo-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ** [[Canonization of the Romanovs|Romanov sainthood]] ([[Russian Orthodox Church]])<ref name=RomanovBL /> ** [[Scillitan Martyrs|Speratus and companions]] ** [[William White (bishop of Pennsylvania)|William White]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]]) ** [[July 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[Constitution Day (South Korea)]] * [[Gion Matsuri]] ([[Yasaka Shrine]], [[Kyoto]]) * [[Independence Day (Slovakia)]] * [[International Firgun Day]] ([[International observance|International]]) * [[King's Birthday (Lesotho)]] * [[Tirot Sing|U Tirot Sing Day]] ([[Meghalaya]], [[India]]) * [[World Day for International Justice]] ([[International observance|International]]) * [[World Emoji Day]] ([[International observance|International]]) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/17 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=17}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/17 |title=Historical Events on July 17 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:July 17}} [[Category:Days of July]]
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