What are the important events that happened on July 17? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 17: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 17 is the 199^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 167 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 4, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,721,174,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontaenneagon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 196 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,226 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 17 Historical Events

• 1402 –
  Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming Dynasty of China.
• 1586 –
  A meeting takes place at Lüneburg between several Protestant powers in order to discuss the formation of an ‘evangelical’league of defence, called the 'Confederatio Militiae Evangelicae', against the Catholic League.
• 1771 –
  Bloody Falls Massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, travelling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
• 1917 –
  King George V of the United Kingdom issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British royal family will bear the surname Windsor.
• 1918 –
  On the orders of the Bolshevik Party carried out by Cheka, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
• 1938 –
  Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the “wrong way” to Ireland and becomes known as “Wrong Way” Corrigan.
• 1948 –
  The South Korean constitution is proclaimed.
• 1981 –
  The opening of the Humber Bridge by HM The Queen in England.
• 1998 –
  A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crime against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
• 1998 –
  Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 3,183, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.

Who were born on July 17?

• 1853 –
  Alexius Meinong, Austrian philosopher (d. 1920)
• 1870 –
  Charles Davidson Dunbar, British military piper (d. 1939)
• 1888 –
  Milán Füst, Hungarian writer, (d. 1967)
• 1920 –
  Kenneth Wolstenholme, English sports commentator (d. 2002)
• 1941 –
  Daryle Lamonica, American football player
• 1946 –
  Alun Armstrong, English actor
• 1949 –
  Charlie Steiner, American sports broadcaster
• 1971 –
  Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
• 1975 –
  Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
• 1986 –
  Dana, Korean singer and actress (TSZX)

Who died on July 17?

• 521 –
  Magnus Felix Ennodius, bishop and Latin poet (b. 474)
• 1571 –
  Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)
• 1704 –
  Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer
• 1881 –
  Jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804)
• 1894 –
  Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (b. 1810)
• 1944 –
  William James Sidis, gifted mathematician and child prodigy (b. 1898)
• 1959 –
  Eugene Meyer, American businessman and newspaper publisher (b. 1875)
• 2001 –
  Katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917)
• 2003 –
  David Kelly, Welsh UN weapons inspector (b. 1944)
• 2005 –
  Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-born actress (b. 1913)