JULY
17TH
FEAST DAY OF
"THE SEVEN APOSTLES OF BULGARIA; ST CLEMENT
OF OKHRIDA & HIS COMPANIONS; ST LEO IV, POPE; ST ENNODIUS; ST KENELM; ST SPERATUS
& HIS COMPANIONS; ST MARCELLINA; & ST NERSES LAMPRONAZI." |
| 17TH |
561 |
"JOHN III" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 17TH |
855 |
"ST. LEO IV" ENDS HIS REIGN
AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 17TH |
1453 |
THE DEFEAT OF THE ENGLISH AT THE BATTLE OF CASTILLON, SEES
THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR BETWEEN FRANCE & ENGLAND COMES TO AN END. |
| 17TH |
1819 |
THE FIRST SAVINGS BANK IN AUSTRALIA,
FOUNDED BY BARRON FIELD & ROBERT CAMPBELL & POPULARLY KNOWN AS CAMPBELL’S
BANK, OPENS IN SYDNEY, PARRAMATTA, LIVERPOOL, & WINDSOR. |
| 17TH |
1835 |
ABOUT 50 LIVES LOST WHEN THE BARQUE "ENCHANTRESS"
WAS WRECKED IN THE D’ENTRECASTREAUX, TASMANIA. |
| 17TH |
1841 |
THE FIRST ISSUE OF "PUNCH"
MAGAZINE IS PUBLISHED IN LONDON. |
| 17TH |
1917 |
THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY NAME IS CHANGED FROM ‘HOUSE OF
SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA’ TO ‘HOUSE OF WINDSOR.’ |
| 17TH |
1955 |
160 ACRE DISNEYLAND AMUSEMENT PARK
OPENS IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA. |
| 17TH |
1959 |
A 600,000 YEAR OLD HUMAN SKULL IS DISCOVERED BY "DR.
LEAKEY." |
| 17TH |
1959 |
JAZZ SINGER, "BILLIE
HOLLIDAY" 44, DIES FROM A HEROIN OVERDOSE. |
| 17TH |
1964 |
"DONALD CAMPBELL" DRIVING BLUEBIRD BROKE THE LAND
SPEED RECORD TRAVELLING AT 648 kph ON LAKE EYRE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| 17TH |
1965 |
U.S. ASTRONAUT "THOMAS
STAFFORD" AND SOVIET COSMONAUT "ALEKSEI LEONEV" SHOOK HANDS IN SPACE
FOLLOWING THE DOCKING OF ‘APOLLO 18’ AND ‘SOYUS 19.’ |
| 17TH |
1966 |
U.S. RUNNER, "JIM RYAN" LOWERS THE WORLD 1500metre
TIME FROM 3:53.6 TO 3:51.3. |
| 17TH |
1967 |
GIFTED U.S. JAZZ SAXOPHINIST,
"JOHN COLTRANE," 40, DIED IN A LONG ISLAND HOSPITAL.
IN 1965 HE WAS NAMED ‘JAZZMAN OF THE YEAR’ AND ELECTED TO THE ‘HALL OF
FAME.’ |
| 17TH |
1969 |
5 DIE WHEN A CESSNA 210 CRASHED NEAR MOUNT BUANGOR, VICTORIA. |
| 17TH |
1974 |
"JOHN LENNON" IS ORDERED TO
LEAVE THE UNITED STATES IN 60 DAYS. |
| 17TH |
1975 |
"RINGO STARR" & "MAUREEN COX"
DIVORCE. |
| 17TH |
1976 |
21ST MODERN OLYMPICS OPENS IN MONTREAL. |
| 17TH |
1979 |
BRITISH RUNNER, "SEBASTIAN COE" LOWERS THE WORLD
1500metre TIME FROM 3:49.4 TO 3:48.95. |
| 17TH |
1979 |
MELBOURNE SCIENTISTS DEVELOP THE BIONIC
EAR FOR THE DEAF. |
| 17TH |
1981 |
114 DIE, 200 INJURED WHEN WALKWAYS COLLAPSE AT KANSAS CITY,
HYATT REGENCY HOTEL. |
| 17TH |
1990 |
"SADDAM HUSSEIN" CLAIMS
KUWAIT STOLE OIL FROM IRAQ. |
| 17TH |
1991 |
SHARES IN ABOUT 30% OF THE COMMONWEALTH BANK GO ON SALE TO
THE PUBLIC. |
| 17TH |
1996 |
TWA BOEING 747-100 WITH 229 PEOPLE AND
47,000 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD EXPLODES IN FLAMES 20 MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM JOHN F
KENNEDY AIRPORT ON IT’S WAY TO PARIS. |
| 17TH |
1996 |
"NEWS CORPORATION," BUYS "NEW WORLD
COMMUNICATIONS GROUP," TO CREATE POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST TELEVISION COMPANY IN THE
WORLD. |
| 17TH |
1999 |
ACTRESS, "HELEN HUNT" &
ACTOR, "HANK AZARIA" MARRY AT THEIR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOME. |
| 17TH |
1999 |
A PLANE PILOTED BY "JOHN F KENNEDY jr.," &
CARRYING HIS WIFE, "CAROLINE" & HIS SISTER-IN-LAW "LAUREN BESSET"
CRASHES NEAR MARTHA’S VINEYARD, WHILE TAKING THE FAMILY TO A GATHERING FOR A WEDDING. |
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