July 17
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July 17 is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 166 days remaining until the end of the year.
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- 1070 - Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders (b. 1030)
- 1790 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist
- 1793 - Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat
- 1878 - Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (b. 1812)
- 1887 - Dorothea Dix, American social activist (b. 1802)
- 1918 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (Gregorian calendar date)
- 1918 - Grand Duchess Olga of Russia
- 1918 - Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia
- 1918 - Tsarevich Alexei of Russia
- 1918 - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
- 1918 - Tsarina Alexandra of Russia
- 1918 - Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia
- 1959 - Billie Holiday, singer
- 1959 - Eugene Meyer, American businessman and newspaper publisher (The Washington Post) (b. 1875)
- 1961 - Ty Cobb, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1886)
- 1967 - John Coltrane, jazz musician
- 1975 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor
- 1980 - Boris Delaunay, Soviet/Russian mathematician (b. 1890)
- 1995 - Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911)
- 2001 - Katharine Graham, Washington Post publisher (b. 1917)
- 2003 - Hans Abich, German tv producer
- 2003 - Antje, walrus, long-time mascot of German tv station NDR
- 2003 - Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist
- 2003 - Dr. David Kelly, UN weapons inspector
- 2004 - Pat Roach, wrestler and actor
[change] Events
- 1918 - Nicholas II, the Czar of Russia, his wife, and their 5 children are executed.
- 1955 - Disneyland opens.
