July 17 historical events
180 — 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
The Scillitan Martyrs were a group of early Christians of North Africa executed by the Roman Empire in Carthage, modern Tunisia, on 17 July 180 AD. The group takes its name from the nearby town of Scillium. They are venerated as martyrs in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Their executions occurred at the end of a wave of persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire during the reign of Marcus Aurelius in 161–180.
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658 — Battle of Nahrawan
The Battle of Nahrawan (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة النَّهْرَوَان, romanized: Ma'rakat an-Nahrawān) was fought between the Kufan forces of the fourth Rashidun caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib and the Kharijites, who were primarily composed of qurra originating from across Iraq, in July 658 CE (Safar 38 AH). The latter were a group of former allies of Ali during the First Fitna.
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1048 — Damasus II is elected pope, and dies 23 days later
Pope Damasus II (; died 9 August 1048, born Poppo von Brixen) was the Bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 17 July 1048 to his death on 9 August that same year. He was the second of the German pontiffs nominated by Emperor Henry III. A native of Bavaria, he was the third German to become pope and had one of the shortest papal reigns.
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1134 — Battle of Fraga
The Battle of Fraga was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista that took place on 17 July 1134 at Fraga, Aragon, Spain. The battle was fought between the combined forces of King Alfonso the Battler and Viscount Centule VI of Béarn, and a variety of Almoravid forces that had come to the aid of the town of Fraga which was being besieged by Alfonso.
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1210 — Battle of Gestilren
The Battle of Gestilren took place on July 17, 1210. The battle was fought between the exiled King of Sweden Sverker and the ruling King Eric. Sverker had been beaten in the previous Battle of Lena, but had returned with new forces. Sverker was killed in the battle. The exact strength of the armies are unknown. The battle was a victory for the Folkung party of local autonomies against the centralising forces of Catholic monarchy. The party would rule the country until they were defeated at the Battle of Sparrsätra in 1247.
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1247 — Siege of Seville
The siege of Seville (July 1247 – November 1248) was a 16-month successful investment during the Reconquista of Seville by forces of Ferdinand III of Castile. Although perhaps eclipsed in geopolitical importance by the rapid capture of Córdoba in 1236, which sent a shockwave through the Muslim world, the siege of Seville was nonetheless the most complex military operation undertaken by Fernando III.
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1279 — Battle of Devina
The Battle of Devina occurred on 17 July 1279 near the small fortress of Devina, close to the modern town of Kotel, Burgas Province, south-eastern Bulgaria. Ivailo of Bulgaria attacked the Byzantine army sent to help his rival for the crown Ivan Asen III.
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1381 — Battle of Saltes Island
The naval Battle of Saltes Island or Battle of Saltes (Spanish: Batalla de la Isla Saltés) took place on 17 July 1381, off Saltes Island, between the Crown of Castile and the Kingdom of Portugal during the Third Ferdinand War. The Castilian fleet commanded by Don Fernando Sánchez de Tovar defeated decisively the Portuguese fleet led by João Afonso Telo.
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1402 — Accession of Yongle Emperor
The Yongle Emperor (2 May 1360 – 12 August 1424), personal name Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from 1402 to 1424. He was the fourth son of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the dynasty. In 1370, Zhu Di was granted the title of Prince of Yan. By 1380, he had relocated to Beiping (present-day Beijing) and was responsible for protecting the northeastern borderlands.
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1429 — Charles VII is crowned king of France at Reims
On July 17, 1429, Charles VII was crowned king of France in Reims Cathedral. Joan of Arc attended the ceremony, which followed the lifting of the siege of Orléans.
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1453 — Battle of Castillon
The Battle of Castillon was a battle between the forces of England and France which took place on 17 July 1453 in Gascony near the town of Castillon-sur-Dordogne (later Castillon-la-Bataille). On the day of the battle, the English commander, John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, mistakenly believing that the enemy was retreating, led a relatively small advance force of his army in an attack on a strongly fortified French encampment without waiting for reinforcements.
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1586 — Capture of Axel
The Capture of Axel was a military event during the Dutch Revolt and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) in which the town of Axel, defended by the Spanish, was captured by an Anglo-Dutch force led by Sir Philip Sidney, with the garrison being put to the sword. It was also the first feat of Maurice of Nassau.
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1589 — Battle of Suriagehara
Battle of Suriagehara (摺上原の戦い, Suriagehara no tatakai) was a battle during the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan. It was fought at a field called Suriagehara, whose modern location is split between the towns of Inawashiro and Bandai in Fukushima Prefecture.
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1603 — Battle of Brașov
The Battle of Braşov (German: Schlacht am Kronstadt; Hungarian: Brassó Csata) was fought on July 17, 1603, between the troops of Wallachia led by Radu Şerban and the Habsburg Empire on one side and the Transylvanian troops led by Mózes Székely on the other side. Mózes Székely was killed on the battlefield, and the Wallachian lord Radu Şerban became ruler of Transylvania for until September 1603, when Giorgio Basta and the imperial commissioners took control of the country in the name of the emperor.
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1611 — Capture of Novgorod (1611)
The capture of Novgorod occurred during the Time of Troubles, which entailed the Swedish occupation of Novgorod from July 1611 until its return to Russia in 1617 as a result of the Treaty of Stolbovo.
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1628 — Action of 17 July 1628
The action of 17 July 1628 took place during the Anglo-French War (1627–1629). The English force led by the Kirke brothers succeeded in capturing a supply convoy bound for New France, severely impairing that colony's ability to resist attack.
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1631 — Battle of Burgstall, Angern and Reindorff
The attack on Burgstall, Angern, and Reindorff was a Swedish surprise night raid against Liga and Holy Roman Empire troops during the Thirty Years' War, at the villages of Burgstall, Angern, and Reindorff near Wolmirstedt. The attack occurred on the night of July 27–28, 1631 and the resulting action was a Swedish victory that boosted their morale and disrupted Imperial supplies; additionally all three villages were burned and plundered.
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1657 — Battle of Lälitz
The Battle of Lälitz (Swedish: Slaget vid Lälitz; Russian: Битва при Лялице) was an engagement fought between Swedish and Russian troops in the village of Lälitz on 17 July 1657. It ended with the Russian troops being repulsed and their commander dying of his wounds sustained during the fighting.
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1717 — Handel’s Water Music is performed on the Thames
On July 17, 1717, musicians performed George Frideric Handel’s Water Music on the River Thames for King George I. The king listened from his royal barge.
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1761 — Action of 17 July 1761
The Action of 17 July 1761 was a naval engagement fought off the Spanish port of Cádiz between a British Royal Navy squadron and a smaller French Navy squadron during the Seven Years' War. British fleets had achieved dominance in European waters over the French following heavy defeats of French fleets 1759. To maintain this control, British battle squadrons were stationed off French ports, as well as ports in neutral but French-supporting Spain which sheltered French warships. In 1761, two French ships, the 64-gun ship of the line Achille and 32-gun frigate Bouffone were blockaded in the principal Spanish naval base of Cádiz, on the Southern Atlantic coast of Spain.
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1771 — Bloody Falls massacre
The Bloody Falls massacre took place during Hudson's Bay Company employee Samuel Hearne's exploration of the Coppermine River for copper deposits near modern-day Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada on 17 July 1771. Hearne's original travelogue is now lost, and the narrative that became famous was published after Hearne's death with substantial editorializing.
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1791 — Champ de Mars massacre
The Champ de Mars massacre took place on 17 July 1791 in Paris at the Champ de Mars against a crowd of republican protesters amid the French Revolution. Two days before, the National Constituent Assembly issued a decree that King Louis XVI would retain his throne under a constitutional monarchy. This decision came after Louis and his family had unsuccessfully tried to flee France in the Flight to Varennes the month before.
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1793 — Battle of Perpignan
The Battle of Perpignan or Battle of Niel (fr:Bataille de Perpignan) on 17 July 1793 saw the French Army of the Eastern Pyrenees led by Louis-Charles de Flers defending against an offensive by the Spanish Army of Catalonia commanded by Antonio Ricardos. The French turned back the Spanish attacks and forced their opponents to pull back.
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1794 — Battle of Trippstadt
The Battle of Trippstadt was a relatively minor French military action in 1794 during the War of the First Coalition. The clash between the French Republican forces and the armies of Prussia and Habsburg Austria was fought over several days (13 to 17 July) in the Palatinate Forest in the German states west of the Rhine River.
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1794 — The 16 Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne are executed ten days prior to the end of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror
The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs (or tertiaries). They were executed by the guillotine towards the end of the Reign of Terror, at what is now the Place de la Nation in Paris on 17 July 1794, and are venerated as saints in the Catholic Church.
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1812 — British and allied forces take Fort Mackinac
On July 17, 1812, the American garrison surrendered Fort Mackinac after British troops, Canadian volunteers and Indigenous allies landed on the island and took up positions overlooking the fort.
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1817 — Second Battle of Angostura
The Second Battle of Angostura was a military siege and confrontation that took place in the context of the Venezuelan War of Independence between Patriot and Royalist forces, that ended with victory for the Patriots, who managed to capture the city of Angostura on 17 July 1817.
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1849 — Second Battle of Vác (1849)
The Battle of Vác, fought between 15 and 17 July 1849, was one of two important battles which took place in Vác during the Hungarian War of Independence. This battle, fought between the Russian Empire's intervention forces led by Field Marshal Ivan Paskevichand and the Hungarian Army of the Upper Danube led by General Artúr Görgei, was part of the Summer Campaign.
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1861 — Battle of Scary Creek
The Battle of Scary Creek was a minor battle fought during the American Civil War across the Kanawha River from present day Nitro in Putnam County, West Virginia on July 17, 1861.
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1863 — Battle of Honey Springs
The Battle of Honey Springs (also known as the Affair at Elk Creek) on July 17, 1863, was an American Civil War engagement. an important victory for Union forces in their efforts to gain control of the Indian Territory. It was the largest confrontation between Union and Confederate forces in the area that would eventually become Oklahoma. The engagement was also unique in the fact that white soldiers were the minority in both fighting forces. African and Native Americans made up significant portions of each of the opposing armies.
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1867 — Harvard establishes its dental school
On July 17, 1867, Harvard University established a dental school. It was the first dental school in the United States affiliated with a university and its medical school.
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1871 — Battle of Manantiales
The Battle of Manantiales was fought in southwestern Uruguay as part of the internal conflict between the Blancos and the Colorados that had been going on intermittently since the country's independence. The Blancos, led by Timoteo Aparicio, were leading a rebellion to overthrow the Government of Uruguay, controlled by the Colorados since the end of the Uruguayan War. On 17 July 1871 government General Enrique Castro attacked Aparcio's force.
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1876 — Battle of Warbonnet Creek
The Battle of Warbonnet Creek was a skirmish characterized by a duel between "Buffalo Bill" Cody and a young Cheyenne warrior named Heova'ehe or Yellow Hair (often incorrectly translated as "Yellow Hand"). The engagement is often referred to as the First Scalp for Custer because of this incident. It occurred July 17, 1876, in Sioux County in northwestern Nebraska.
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1878 — 1878 Invercargill by-election
The 1878 Invercargill by-election was a by-election during the 6th New Zealand Parliament in the Southland electorate of Invercargill. The by-election occurred following the resignation of MP George Lumsden and was won by Henry Feldwick.
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1882 — Battle of Big Dry Wash
The Battle of Big Dry Wash was fought on July 17, 1882, between troops of the United States Army's 3rd Cavalry Regiment and 6th Cavalry Regiment and warriors of the White Mountain Apache tribe.The location of the battle was called "Big Dry Wash" in Major Evans' official report, but later maps called the location "Big Dry Fork", which is how it is cited in the four Medal of Honor citations that resulted from the battle.
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1894 — Battle of Kassala
The Battle of Kassala was fought on July 17, 1894, between Italian colonial troops and Mahdist Sudanese forces.
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1894 — 1894 New South Wales colonial election
The 1894 New South Wales colonial election was held on 17 July 1894 for all of the 125 seats in the 16th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a first past the post voting system.
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1899 — Nippon Electric Company is founded
Nippon Electric Company, now NEC, was founded in Japan. Kunihiko Iwadare helped establish it as a joint venture with a foreign company.
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1907 — Battle of Pasjane
The Battle of Pasjane refers to a series of clashes between Albanian Kachaks under the command of Idriz Seferi and Serbian Chetniks under the command of Rade Radivojević and Dragoljub Nikolić during July 1907 in the villages at the foothills of the Skopska Crna Gora (Karadak) Mountains. The battles ended in a Serbian Chetniks defeat, with almost all of their soldiers falling in battle.
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1907 — Establishment of International Shooting Sport Federation
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is the governing body of Olympic shooting events. It also regulates several non-Olympic shooting sport events. The Federation's activities include regulation of the sport, managing Olympic qualification events and quota places, and organisation of tournaments like the World Cup and World Championships. The ISSF was founded in 17 July 1907 and affiliates more than 150 National Shooting Federations.
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1913 — 1913 Grey by-election
The Grey by-election of 1913 was a by-election held for Grey during the 18th New Zealand Parliament. As no candidate won an absolute majority on the first ballot on 17 July, a second round was held on 24 July. The seat had become vacant due to the death of Arthur Guinness. Three candidates contested the seat, and it was won by the left-wing candidate, who was elected on the second ballot with Liberal support.
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1916 — Battle of Bazentin Ridge
The Battle of Bazentin Ridge (14–17 July 1916) was part of the Battle of the Somme (1 July – 18 November) on the Western Front in France, during the First World War. On 14 July, the British Fourth Army (General Henry Rawlinson) made a dawn attack against the German 2nd Army (General Fritz von Below) in the Brown Position (Braune Stellung), from Delville Wood westwards to Bazentin le Petit Wood.
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1918 — Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia
Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) was Emperor of Russia from 1 November 1894 until his abdication in 1917. He was the last Russian monarch before the Russian Revolution and oversaw the Russian Empire's participation in World War I. In 1918, the Romanovs were murdered, putting an end to the Romanov dynasty.
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1918 — A German submarine sinks RMS Carpathia
The German submarine U-55 torpedoed RMS Carpathia in the Atlantic off Ireland. The liner had rescued survivors of the Titanic six years earlier.
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1919 — Finland confirms its republican constitution
Finland confirmed a new constitution that set out the powers of Parliament and the president. It established Finland’s form of government as a republic after independence.
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1926 — National Guangdong University is renamed Sun Yat-sen University
National Guangdong University in Guangzhou was formally renamed National Sun Yat-sen University in memory of Sun Yat-sen, who had founded the institution in 1924.
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1930 — Second Battle of Guilin
The Second Battle of Guilin was fought between the invading Hunan Army, allied to the forces of Chiang Kai-shek, and the forces of the New Guangxi clique personally commanded by Li Zongren. Li was facing a second invasion by the forces of the Yunnan Army (also allied to Chiang Kai-shek) targeted at Nanning. Li was forced to withdraw his forces from Guilin.
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1932 — Altona Bloody Sunday
Altona Bloody Sunday (German: Altonaer Blutsonntag) is the name given to the events of 17 July 1932 when a recruitment march by the Nazi SA led to violent clashes between the police, the SA and supporters of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in Altona, which at the time belonged to the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein but is now part of Hamburg. Eighteen people were killed.
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1933 — Fifth encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet
The fifth encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet was an encirclement campaign launched by the Chinese Nationalist Government against the Eyuwan Soviet, a Communist base in the Hubei–Henan–Anhui border region. It was met by the 25th Red Army's fifth counter-encirclement campaign. As with the fourth campaign, this campaign ended in a Nationalist victory. The 25th Red Army decided in mid-November 1934 to abandon the soviet area and head westwards, joining the Long March.
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1934 — Brazilian presidential election, 1934
Indirect presidential elections were held in Brazil on 17 July 1934. Unlike previous elections which had been public, this election was carried out by the Constituent Assembly. The result was a predictable victory for Getúlio Vargas, who received 175 of the 248 votes.
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1935 — Death of Nie Er
On 17 July 1935, Nie Er, a musician, died.
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1936 — Spanish coup of July 1936
The Spanish coup of July 1936 was a military uprising against the Second Spanish Republic launched on 17–18 July 1936 by a coalition of conservative, monarchist, and far-right officers and civilians. Planned chiefly by Generals Emilio Mola and José Sanjurjo and joined by Francisco Franco, it was intended to overthrow the Popular Front government and replace it with an authoritarian regime.
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1936 — Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (Spanish: guerra civil española) was fought in Spain from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalist rebels. Republicans loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic included socialists, anarchists, communists, and separatists, supported by the Soviet Union. The opposing Nationalists were an alliance of Falangists, monarchists, conservatives, traditionalists, syndicalists and fascists, supported by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
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1942 — Kozara Offensive
The Kozara Offensive (Serbo-Croatian: Kozaračka ofenziva/ofanziva), also known as Operation West Bosnia (German: Operation West-Bosnien) was a large-scale German-led counter-insurgency operation against the Yugoslav Partisans in the Bosnian mountain region of Kozara in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. It was launched on 10 June 1942, with the goal to encircle and destroy the Partisans who were operating in the Kozara mountain region near Banja Luka, which threatened German access to the Belgrade-Zagreb railway.
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1942 — Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its Axis allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in southern Russia. Marked by intense close-quarters combat and heavy civilian losses during aerial bombardment, the battle is considered the largest and deadliest urban battle in military history and the deadliest battle in World War II.
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1943 — Izyum–Barvenkovo offensive
The Izyum–Barvenkovo offensive (17 July 1943 – 27 July 1943) was a Soviet offensive operation of the Southwestern Front against part of the German Army Group South during World War II. The aim of the operation was to tie down German reserves during the Battle of Kursk and overrun the German forces located in Donbas.
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1943 — Donbas strategic offensive (July 1943)
The First Donbas strategic offensive, also known as the Mius-Donets Offensive, was a military campaign fought in the Donets Basin from 17 July to 2 August 1943, between the German and Soviet armed forces on the Eastern Front of World War II. The Germans contained the Soviet offensive in its northern portion after initial gains and pushed the southern portion back to its starting point.
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1943 — Drive on Munda Point
The Drive on Munda Point was an offensive by mainly United States Army forces against Imperial Japanese forces on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands from 2–17 July 1943. The Japanese forces, mainly from the Imperial Japanese Army, were guarding an airfield at Munda Point on the western coast of the island that the U.S. wished to capture as one of the key objectives of the New Georgia campaign.
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1944 — Action of 17 July 1944
The Action of 17 July 1944 was a submarine engagement of World War II. It resulted in the sinking of the Japanese Navy's Kadai class submarine I-166 in the Strait of Malacca by the British Royal Navy submarine Telemachus. Operating for the first time with the Eastern Fleet at Colombo in Ceylon, Commander Bill King on 13 July had put himself in a position known as One Fathom bank in order to intercept Japanese traffic between Penang and Singapore. They waited until the 17th when submerged, the ASDIC operator alerted King to the sound of propellers, and the watch soon spotted a Japanese submarine; that being I-166.
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1944 — Port Chicago disaster
The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion that occurred on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, United States. Munitions detonated while being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations, killing 320 sailors and civilians and injuring 390 others. Most of the dead and injured were enlisted African-American sailors. A month later, unsafe conditions inspired hundreds of servicemen to refuse to load munitions, an act known as the Port Chicago Mutiny. Fifty men—called the "Port Chicago 50"—were convicted of mutiny and sentenced to long prison terms.
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1944 — Operation Mascot
Operation Mascot was an unsuccessful British carrier air raid conducted against the German battleship Tirpitz at her anchorage in Kaafjord, Norway, on 17 July 1944. The attack was one of a series of strikes against the battleship launched from aircraft carriers between April and August 1944, and was initiated after Allied intelligence determined that the damage inflicted during the Operation Tungsten raid on 3 April had been repaired. A force of 44 British dive bombers and 40 fighters took off from three aircraft carriers in the early hours of 17 July.
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1944 — Second Battle of the Odon
The Second Battle of the Odon comprised operations fought by the British Second Army during the Second World War. Attacks took place in mid-July 1944 against Panzergruppe West, as part of the Battle of Normandy. Operations Greenline and Pomegranate were intended to draw German attention away from Operation Goodwood, an attack from the Orne bridgehead on 18 July.
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1944 — Battle of Nietjärvi
The Battle of Nietjärvi (15–17 July 1944) was part of the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union, which occurred during World War II. The battle ended in a Finnish victory.
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1945 — Meeting of Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference (German: Potsdamer Konferenz) was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone from 17 July to 2 August 1945, to allow the three leading Allies to plan the postwar peace, while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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1946 — 1946 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary
Georgia Democrats voted in their party's primary for governor.
Party primary election.
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1947 — Nanma–Linqu Campaign
The Nanma–Linqu Campaign consisted of two battles fought at Nanma and Linqu in Shandong between the communists and the nationalists during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, and it resulted in a nationalist victory.
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1948 — Operation Kedem
Operation Kedem was an action planned and carried out by Irgun and Lehi forces in July 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli war. Its purpose was to capture East Jerusalem, including the Old City. After the first cease-fire of the war, which lasted for four weeks, the balance in power in Jerusalem had shifted dramatically. Israel was now much stronger than the Arabs in the Jerusalem sector.
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1949 — 4th Locarno Film Festival
The 4th Locarno Film Festival was held from 8 July to 17 July, 1949 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival created official awards this year and gave out the grand prize, in later years called the Golden Leopard, to The Farm of Seven Sins by Jean Devaivre. Ten films were entered for prize judging.
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1953 — USMC R4Q NROTC crash
USMC R4Q Packet BuNo 131663 was one of twenty aircraft airlifting 1,600 Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) second-class (2/c) midshipmen between summer aviation training in Texas and amphibious warfare training in Virginia in July 1953. Shortly after midnight, the plane crashed and burned following a refueling stop in Florida.
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1954 — Battle of Chu Dreh Pass
The Battle of Chu-Dreh Pass also known as the Ambush at Chu-Dreh Pass and Operation Myosotis was the last battle of the First Indochina War between French Union and Viet Minh forces that took place on 17 July 1954, in the Central Highlands of French Indochina. It ended with the French battle group, 'Groupement Mobile No. 42' suffering heavy losses and the near destruction of the veteran Corée battalion.
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1954 — 1954 West German presidential election
An indirect presidential election (officially the 2nd Federal Convention) was held in West Germany on 17 July 1954. The government parties and the opposition SPD renominated incumbent Theodor Heuss. Against his wishes, the Communist Party of Germany nominated Alfred Weber. Heuss was reelected on the first ballot with about 85% of the vote.
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1955 — Disneyland holds its dedication in Anaheim
Walt Disney's first theme park welcomed invited guests for a televised dedication in Anaheim, California. The park opened to the public the following day.
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1956 — 1956 Gold Coast general election
General elections were held in the Gold Coast (soon to become Ghana) on 17 July 1956. The result was a victory for Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party, which won 71 of the 104 seats. A new constitution, approved on 29 April 1954, established a cabinet composed of African ministers drawn from an all-African legislature chosen by direct election.
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1963 — 16th Locarno Film Festival
The 16th Locarno Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 July 1963 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival featured the premiere of Lina Wertmüller's first feature film,The Lizards. The opening film of the festival was The Four Days of Naples directed by Nanni Loy. The top prize of the festival, the Golden Sail, was awarded to Transport from Paradise directed by Zbynek Brynych.
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1966 — 1966 Cupa României final
The 1966 Cupa României final was the 28th final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between Steaua București and UTA Arad, and was won by Steaua București after a game with 4 goals. It was the 7th cup for Steaua București.
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1966 — The first episode of Ultraman airs in Japan
Tokyo Broadcasting System aired the first regular episode of Ultraman, a live-action science fiction series from Tsuburaya Productions. A promotional special had aired a week earlier.
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1968 — 17 July Revolution
The 17 July Revolution (Arabic: انقلاب 17 تموز, romanized: inqilāb 17 Tammūz) was a bloodless coup in Iraq in 1968 led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif, and Abd ar-Rahman al-Dawud that ousted President Abdul Rahman Arif and Prime Minister Tahir Yahya and brought the Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party to power.
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1973 — Guyanese general election, 1973
General elections were held in Guyana on 17 July 1973. The result was a victory for the People's National Congress, which won 37 of the 53 seats. However, the PNC's victory was the result of fraud as the government had direct control of the elections. Voter turnout was 81.0%.
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1973 — 1973 Afghan coup d'état
The 1973 Afghan coup d'état, locally known as the Coup of 26 Saratan, The National Revolution and self-proclaimed as the Revolution of 26 Saratan 1352, was led by Army General and prince Mohammad Daoud Khan against his cousin, King Mohammad Zahir Shah, on 17 July 1973, which resulted in the establishment of the Republic of Afghanistan under a one-party system led by Daoud Khan.
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1975 — Apollo and Soyuz dock in Earth orbit
A U.S. Apollo spacecraft and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft docked in Earth orbit. Mission commanders Thomas Stafford and Alexei Leonov shook hands after the crews opened the connecting hatches.
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1980 — 1980 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection
This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1980 election. Former California Governor Ronald Reagan won the 1980 Republican nomination for President of the United States, and chose former CIA Director George H. W. Bush as his running mate.
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1981 — Glasdrumman ambush
The Glasdrumman ambush was an attack by the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) against a British Army observation post. It took place on 17 July 1981 at a scrapyard in Glasdrumman, County Armagh, southwest of Crossmaglen.
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1981 — Bombing of Lebanon (July 1981)
In July 1981, Israeli warplanes began bombarding a number of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) targets across Lebanon, mostly in Beirut and in the south of the country. This was in response to several Palestinian rocket attacks on northern Israel during the Lebanese Civil War. Buildings, bridges and other infrastructure across Lebanon were either destroyed or badly damaged, and according to Palestinian and Lebanese reports, the operation left from 123 to over 300 killed.
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1981 — Walkways collapse at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency
Two elevated walkways collapsed into the hotel atrium during a dance at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri.
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1982 — Fijian general election, 1982
General elections were held in Fiji between 10 and 17 July 1982. The paradoxical results were both a triumph and a setback for the Alliance Party of the Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. The Alliance captured 51.8 percent of the popular vote, only slightly down on its previous total, but won only 28 seats, 8 fewer than at the previous election of September 1977.
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1986 — Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election, 1986
The Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election, 1986 was a parliamentary by-election held on 17 July 1986 for the British House of Commons constituency of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
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1987 — 15th Moscow International Film Festival
The 15th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 6 to 17 July 1987. The Golden Prize was awarded to the Italian film Intervista directed by Federico Fellini.
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1988 — 1988 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final
The 1988 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played on Sunday 17 July 1988 at Gaelic Grounds, Limerick. It was contested by Cork and Tipperary. Tipperary, captained by Pat O'Neill, retained the title, beating Cork on a scoreline of 2–19 to 1–13.
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1989 — The B-2 Spirit makes its first flight
The first B-2 Spirit flew from Palmdale, California, to Edwards Air Force Base. The flight began testing the flying-wing aircraft after its public unveiling the previous year.
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1990 — Sabah state election, 1990
The 1990 Sabah state election was held between Monday, 16 July and Tuesday, 17 July 1990. Parti Bersatu Sabah was the incumbent ruling party. One day before polling, PBS left the Barisan Nasional coalition after joining the coalition after the 1986 state election.
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1994 — 1994 FIFA World Cup final
The final match of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th edition of the quadrennial soccer competition organized by FIFA for the men's national teams of its member associations, took place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, United States, on July 17, 1994. Brazil beat Italy 3–2 on penalties to claim its fourth World Cup title when the game finished 0–0 after extra time.
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1994 — Bash at the Beach (1994)
The 1994 Bash at the Beach was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It was the inaugural Bash at the Beach and took place on July 17, 1994, from the Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida. In 1992 and 1993, WCW held a beach-themed pay-per-view show known as Beach Blast, which was the forerunner to Bash at the Beach.
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1994 — It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country
The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988.
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1996 — TWA Flight 800
TWA Flight 800 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States, to Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, with a stopover at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. On July 17, 1996, at approximately 8:31 p.m. EDT, or 20:31, twelve minutes after takeoff, the Boeing 747-100 performing this flight exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.
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1996 — Seven countries found the Community of Portuguese Language Countries
Leaders from Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe met in Lisbon to establish the organization. Its charter set out plans for closer cooperation among Portuguese-speaking countries.
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1997 — Indian presidential election, 1997
Election Commission of India held the 11th presidential elections of India on 17 July 1997. K. R. Narayanan with 956,290 votes won over his nearest rival T. N. Seshan who got 50,631 votes. K.R. Narayanan was the first dalit to be President of India.
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1997 — Sempati Air Flight 304
Sempati Air Flight 304 (SSR304) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight, flying from Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung, West Java to Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta. On 17 July 1997, the aircraft operating the flight, a Fokker F27 Friendship 600 leased from Trigana Air Service, registered PK-YPM, crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood of Margahayu in Bandung after suffering an engine failure shortly after take-off killing 28 of the occupants and injuring several on the ground.
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1998 — Rome Statute
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC). It was adopted at a diplomatic conference in Rome, Italy on 17 July 1998 and entered into force on 1 July 2002. As of January 2025, 125 states are party to the statute. Among other things, it establishes court function, jurisdiction and structure.
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1998 — An earthquake and tsunami strike northern Papua New Guinea
An earthquake off northern Papua New Guinea was followed by a tsunami that swept through villages near the Sissano Lagoon. More than 2,000 people died.
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1999 — 1999 DFB-Ligapokal final
The 1999 DFB-Ligapokal final decided the winner of the 1999 DFB-Ligapokal, the 3rd edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition. The match was played on 17 July 1999 at the BayArena in Leverkusen. Bayern Munich won the match 2–1 against Werder Bremen for their 3rd title.
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1999 — 1999 MLS All-Star Game
The 1999 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 4th Major League Soccer All-Star Game, played on July 17, 1999, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The MLS Western All-Stars defeated the MLS Eastern All-Stars, 6–4, in front of 23,227 fans at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.
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2000 — Alliance Air Flight 7412
Alliance Air Flight 7412 was a scheduled Indian domestic passenger flight from Calcutta to Delhi, operated by Indian regional airline Alliance Air. On 17 July 2000, while on approach to its first stopover in Patna, the Boeing 737-200 operating the route nose-dived and crashed into a residential area in Patna, killing 60 people including 5 on the ground.
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2001 — Mount Etna begins its July 2001 flank eruption
Fissures opened on the flanks of Mount Etna in Sicily, sending lava down the volcano’s slopes. The eruption continued into early August.
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2001 — Flooding traps miners in Nandan County
Water flooded the Lajiapo mine and connected mine workings in Nandan County, Guangxi. Investigators later traced the flooding to blasting that breached rock separating the working area from a flooded section of a neighbouring mine.
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2004 — 2004 Croatian Football Super Cup
The 2004 Croatian Football Super Cup was the sixth edition of the Croatian Football Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Croatian First League and Croatian Football Cup competitions. The match was played on 17 July 2004 at Stadion Poljud in Split between 2003–04 Croatian First League winners Hajduk Split and 2003–04 Croatian Football Cup winners Dinamo Zagreb.
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2005 — 2nd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
The 2nd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia from 12–17 July 2005. Entries were submitted from 45 countries such as Russia, Argentina, the Netherlands, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Chile, Turkey, Finland, India, Israel, Iran and Canada. Following the selection, 144 films from 37 countries were included into competition and non-competition programs.
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2005 — Aceh peace talks reach an agreement in Helsinki
Mediator Martti Ahtisaari announced that Indonesian government and Free Aceh Movement negotiators had reached an understanding. The formal agreement was signed in Helsinki the following month.
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2006 — 2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami
An earthquake occurred on July 17, 2006, at 15:19:27 local time along a subduction zone off the coast of west and central Java, a large and densely populated island in the Indonesian archipelago. The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.7 and a maximum perceived intensity of IV (Light) in Jakarta, the capital and largest city of Indonesia.
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2006 — 2006 Cinemalaya
The 2nd Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival was held from July 17 until 23, 2006 in Metro Manila, Philippines.
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2007 — TAM Airlines Flight 3054
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by TAM Airlines from Porto Alegre to São Paulo, Brazil. On the evening of 17 July 2007, the Airbus A320 serving the flight from Porto Alegre overran runway 35L at São Paulo's Congonhas Airport after touching down during moderate rain and crashed into a nearby TAM Express warehouse adjacent to a gas station.
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2007 — 2007 United States House of Representatives elections
There were five special elections for seats in the United States House of Representatives in 2007 to the 110th United States Congress. Four of the elections were held after the death of the incumbent, while the seat in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district opened up after Marty Meehan resigned to become the Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell. In all of these special elections, the incumbent party won.
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2009 — 2009 Cinemalaya
The 5th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival was held from July 17 until 26, 2009 in Metro Manila, Philippines.
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2009 — 2009 Jakarta bombings
A series of bombings took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 17 July 2009. At around 07:47 until 07:57 WIB (00:47-00:57 UTC), the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels in Setiabudi, South Jakarta, were hit by two suicide bombers. The attacks were carried out five minutes apart. Seven people were killed, including three Australians, two Dutch, an Indonesian and a New Zealander. More than 50 people were injured in the blasts.
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2010 — Dinamo Zagreb wins the 2010 Croatian Super Cup
On 17 July 2010, Dinamo Zagreb defeated Hajduk Split 1–0 in the Croatian Super Cup at Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb, Croatia.
The match was in Zagreb; Split is the home city in Hajduk’s name, not the match venue.
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2010 — Waterford wins the Munster hurling final replay
Waterford defeated Cork 1–16 to 1–13 after extra time in the Munster senior hurling final replay at Semple Stadium.
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2011 — El Gran Desafío (2011)
El Gran Desafío (2011) (Spanish for "The Great Challenge") was a major professional wrestling event produced and scripted by the Mexican Lucha libre promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) on July 17, 2011. The event was held in Arena Naucalpan, IWRG's home arena and the venue for the majority of their shows and was the third and final show held under the El Gran Desafío name. The main event of the show was a best two-out-of-three-falls Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match" where both Oficial 911 and Multifacético risked their wrestling mask on the outcome of the match.
Naucalpan, Mexico · State of Mexico, Mexico · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-09-23
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2011 — São Toméan presidential election, 2011
A presidential election was held in São Tomé and Príncipe in 2011, the first round beginning on 17 July 2011 with a run-off held on 7 August 2011. Incumbent President Fradique de Menezes has served the maximum two terms and could not constitutionally seek a third term. The final result saw former president Manuel Pinto da Costa, aged 74, elected in a narrow victory against Speaker of Parliament Evaristo Carvalho.
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2011 — 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup final
The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup final was an association football match that took place on 17 July 2011 at Commerzbank-Arena, in Frankfurt, Germany, to determine the winner of 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. It was played between Japan and the United States. Japan won 3–1 in a penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 draw after extra time, becoming the first Asian team to win a senior—either men's or women's—World Cup final.
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2011 — Money in the Bank (2011)
The 2011 Money in the Bank was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It was the second annual Money in the Bank and took place on July 17, 2011, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, United States, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.
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2011 — 2011 Supercupa României
The 2011 Supercupa României was the 13th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition.
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2014 — Denguin rail crash
The Denguin rail crash occurred on 17 July 2014 when a TER passenger train collided with a SNCF TGV express train near Denguin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. Forty people were injured, four seriously.
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2014 — Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian-backed forces with a Buk 9M38 surface-to-air missile on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed.
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2015 — Sin Salida (2015)
Sin Salida (2015) (Spanish for "No Escape"/"No Exit") was a major professional wrestling event produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre-promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on Friday night July 17, 2015, in CMLL's main venue, Arena México, nicknamed "the cathedral of Lucha Libre" in lieu of CMLL's normally scheduled Super Viernes ("Super Friday") show. The main event was a best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match where both Rey Escorpión and Último Guerrero "bet" their hair on the outcome of the match and the loser was forced to have all his hair shaved off afterwards as per Lucha Libre traditions.
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2015 — 2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing
A suicide car bombing occurred on 17 July 2015 in the Iraqi city of Khan Bani Saad, targeting a local marketplace. As of 19 July 2015 approximately 130 people were killed in the bombing, with a similar number of injured. Several people were killed by collapsed buildings. The bomb was hidden under an ice truck in an attempt to attract more people amid the heat. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
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2016 — São Toméan presidential election, 2016
Presidential elections were held in São Tomé and Príncipe on 17 July 2016. Initial results suggested Evaristo Carvalho of Independent Democratic Action had been elected in the first round of voting, defeating incumbent President Manuel Pinto da Costa; however, the results was subsequently annulled, necessitating a second round between Carvalho and Pinto da Costa, which was held on 7 August. However, Pinto da Costa boycotted the second round after claiming the first round had been fraudulent, meaning Carvalho was elected unopposed.
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2016 — 2016 Cupa Ligii final
The 2016 Cupa Ligii final was the final match of the 2015–16 Cupa Ligii, played between Steaua București and Concordia Chiajna. Steaua București won the match with 2–1 after extra time.
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2017 — 2017 Indian presidential election
The 2017 presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 with the votes counted and the results announced on 20 July 2017. President Pranab Mukherjee, whose term of office was due to expire on 24 July 2017, declined to seek re-election due to health concerns and old age.
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2017 — 2017 FotoFilm Tijuana
The 1st FotoFilm Tijuana Festival took place from 14 to 17 July 2017, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. As stated by its CEO, Julio Rodríguez, the first edition of the festival, held at the Tijuana Cultural Center, had 30 different activities, 41 speakers, 180 featured artists, and 22,000 attendees.
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2019 — Fafa skirmish
On July 17, 2019, Franco-Malian forces clashed with the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara near Fafa, in Mali.
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2021 — 2021 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship final
The 2021 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship final, the deciding game of the 2021 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, was a hurling match that was played on 17 July 2021 at Croke Park, Dublin. It was contested by Kilkenny and Dublin. Kilkenny, captained by Adrian Mullen, won the game by 1–25 to 0–19. The Dublin team had some withdrawals due to some players being close contacts of a confirmed Covid case.
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2021 — UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés
UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés (also known as UFC on ESPN 26 and UFC Vegas 31) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 17, 2021, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
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2021 — 2021 CAF Champions League final
The 2021 CAF Champions League final was the final match of the 2020–21 CAF Champions League, the 57th season of Africa's premier club football tournament organised by CAF, and the 25th edition under the current CAF Champions League title. It was played at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco on 17 July 2021. Al Ahly defeated Kaizer Chiefs 3–0 to win a record-extending 10th CAF Champions League title.
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2021 — 2021 Belgian Super Cup
The 2021 Belgian Super Cup was a football match that took place on 17 July 2021 between Club Brugge, the winners of the 2020–21 Belgian First Division A, and Genk, the winners of the 2020–21 Belgian Cup. Genk made its ninth Super Cup appearance after beating Standard Liège in the 2021 Belgian Cup Final on 25 April 2021.
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2021 — 2021 Cannes Film Festival
The 74th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 6 to 17 July 2021, after having been originally scheduled from 11 to 22 May 2021. American filmmaker Spike Lee was invited to be the president of the jury for the main competition for the festival, after the COVID-19 pandemic in France scuttled plans to have him head the jury of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.
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2021 — 2021 Russian Super Cup
The 2021 Russian Super Cup was the 19th edition of the Russian Super Cup, an annual football match organised jointly by the Russian Football Union and the Russian Premier League. It was contested by the reigning champions of the Russian Cup and the Russian Premier League. The match featured FC Lokomotiv Moscow, the champions of the 2020–21 Russian Cup, and FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, the winners of the 2020–21 Russian Premier League.
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2021 — 2021 Polish Super Cup
The 2021 Polish Super Cup was the 30th Polish Super Cup, an annual Polish football match played between the reigning winners of the Ekstraklasa and Polish Cup. The Ekstraklasa champions Legia Warsaw faced Polish Cup winners Raków Częstochowa. Raków played their first ever Super Cup match, while Legia was playing to win their fifth Super Cup. Cracovia were the defending champions, but failed to qualify to the match indicated.
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2021 — 2021 Bulgarian Supercup
The 2021 Bulgarian Supercup was the 18th edition of the Bulgarian Supercup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's First League and the Bulgarian Cup. The game was played between the champions of the 2020–21 First League, Ludogorets Razgrad, and the 2020–21 Bulgarian Cup winners, CSKA Sofia. This was Ludogorets's 9th Bulgarian Supercup appearance and CSKA Sofia's 6th.
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2022 — 2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park in Dublin on 17 July 2022 between Kilkenny and Limerick, the culmination of the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. It was the 135th final of that sport's primary competition, the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. This was the earliest in the year that the final had ever taken place.
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2022 — July 2022 Punjab provincial by-election
By-elections were held in Punjab, Pakistan on 17 July 2022 to elect 20 members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won a landslide victory on 15 of those 20 seats, leading to the collapse of Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz's PML(N)-led coalition government, as it became 7 seats short of a majority.
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2022 — 2022 Belgian Super Cup
The 2022 Belgian Super Cup was a football match that took place on 17 July 2022 between Club Brugge, the winners of the 2021–22 Belgian First Division A, and Gent, the winners of the 2021–22 Belgian Cup. Club Brugge played its 20th Belgian Super Cup, having won 16 of the 19 previous occasions. Gent appeared for the fourth time, winning once before, against Club Brugge in 2015 Belgian Super Cup.
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2022 — 2022 AFF Women's Championship final
The 2022 AFF Women's Championship final was a match between the Philippines and Thailand to determine the winner of the 2022 AFF Women's Championship. It was the 12th final of the AFF Women's Championship, the top-level Southeast Asian women's football tournament organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).
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2022 — The 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival closes
On 17 July 2022, the 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival closed in Bucheon, South Korea, with Jeong Beom-sik’s film New Normal. The festival had opened on 7 July.
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2022 — 2022 People's Justice Party leadership election
A leadership election was held by the People's Justice Party (PKR) in Malaysia from April to July 2022 to elect new leadership on the central level.
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2022 — Death of Yang Fujia
On 17 July 2022, Yang Fujia, a scholar, died.
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2023 — 2023 Dhaka-17 by-election
A by-election for the Bangladesh parliamentary constituency of Dhaka-17 was held on 17 July 2023, following the death of incumbent member of Parliament Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque. The Awami League nominated Mohammad A. Arafat, an academic and a political advocate of the Awami League, to replace Farooque; he won the by-election with more than 77 percent of the vote, a landslide majority.
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