Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320. Date: July 17, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, hold the Potsdam Conference in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany. Date: July 17, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on…
The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44. Date: July 17, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. It is the last battle of the war. Date: July 17, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅…
Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site. Date: July 17, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President. Date: July 17, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)
King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan. Date: July 17, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations. Date: July 17, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
The opening of the 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 African sporting events during apartheid. Date: July 17, 1976 Read more…
East Timor is annexed and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia. Date: July 17, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)