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July 17th, 2006 (July 17 2006)DeathSam Myers, American musician and songwriter (born in 1936)
July 17th, 2006 (July 17 2006)DeathMickey Spillane, American author (born in 1918)Mickey Spillane Quotes
July 17th, 1996 (July 17 1996)EventOff the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound Boeing 747 carrying TWA flight 800 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
July 17th, 1996 (July 17 1996)DeathChas Chandler, bass guitarist (The Animals), record producer and manager (born in 1938)
July 17th, 1986 (July 17 1986)BirthDana, Korean singer and actress (TSZX)
July 17th, 1976 (July 17 1976)EventHistory of East Timor: East Timor was annexed, and became the 27th province of Indonesia.
July 17th, 1976 (July 17 1976)EventThe opening of the Summer Olympics is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team
July 17th, 1976 (July 17 1976)BirthDagmara Dominczyk, Polish actress
July 17th, 1976 (July 17 1976)BirthEric Winter, American actor
July 17th, 1976 (July 17 1976)BirthMatthew Holmes, Australian actor
July 17th, 1966 (July 17 1966)BirthSten Tolgfors, Swedish politician
July 17th, 1956 (July 17 1956)BirthBryan Trottier, Canadian ice hockey player
July 17th, 1946 (July 17 1946)BirthAlun Armstrong, English actor
July 17th, 1946 (July 17 1946)DeathGeneral Dragoljub Mihailovic, commandant of the Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland (born in 1893)
July 17th, 1936 (July 17 1936)EventSpanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently-elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the Spanish civil war.
July 17th, 1926 (July 17 1926)BirthEdouard Carpentier, French-born professional wrestler
July 17th, 1926 (July 17 1926)BirthCharles Champlin, American film critic and writer
July 17th, 1856 (July 17 1856)EventThe Great Train Wreck of 1856, occurs in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania killing over 60 people.
July 17th, 1686 (July 17 1686)EventA meeting takes place at Luneburg between several Protestant powers in order to discuss the formation of an evangelical league of defence, called the Confederatio Militiae Evangelicae , against the Catholic League.
July 17th, 1566 (July 17 1566)DeathBartolome de Las Casas, Spanish priest (born in 1484)
July 17th, 0656 (July 17 0656)DeathUthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.

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