A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200. Date: July 17, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
Brazil win their fourth World Cup title, defeating Italy 3–2 on penalties. Date: July 17, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board. Date: July 17, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
After takeoff from Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Sempati Air Flight 304 crashes into a residential neighborhood in Bandung, killing 28 people. Date: July 17, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing the permanent international court in The Hague, to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. Date: July 17, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day…
The 7.0 Mw Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured. Date: July 17, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna, India, killing 60 people. Date: July 17, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 7.7 Mw Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured. Date: July 17, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the São Paulo–Congonhas Airport runway, killing 199 people. Date: July 17, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eric Garner is killed by police officer Daniel Pantaleo in New York City, after the latter put him in a prohibited chokehold while arresting him. Date: July 17, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)