On This Day: 17 July

17 July in Indian history

• 2000During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna, India, killing 60 people.India
• 1489Sikandar Lodi succeeds Bahlul Khan Lodi as Sultan of Delhi.India

17 July in world history

• 2007TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.
• 2006The 7.7 Mw Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured.
• 1998A 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.
• 1997After takeoff from Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Sempati Air Flight 304 crashes into a residential neighborhood in Bandung, killing 28 people.
• 1994Brazil won the FIFA World Cup final against Italy 3–2 on penalties, following a 0–0 draw after extra time.
• 1976The 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 th
• 1968Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in a bloodless coup.
• 1945World 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.
• 1936Nationalist military officers launch a coup d'état against the Spanish Republic, beginning the Spanish Civil War
• 1932Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
• 1918Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II and his family were murdered by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg.
• 1850William Cranch Bond and John Adams Whipple took a daguerreotype of Vega, the first astrophotograph of a star other than the Sun.
• 1821The Kingdom of Spain cedes the territory of Florida to the United States.
• 1791Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
• 1771Dene men who were acting as guides to Samuel Hearne on his exploration of the Coppermine River in present-day Nunavut, Canada, massacred a group of about twenty Copper Inuit.
• 1453The Battle of Castillon, the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War, ended with the English losing all holdings in France except the Pale of Calais.

Born on 17 July

• 1946Ted Sampley, American POW/MIA activist (died 2009)
• 1941Bob Taylor, English cricketer
• 1928Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1976)
• 1921Toni Stone, American baseball player (died 1996)
• 1915Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1978)India
• 1871Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (died 1956)

Died on 17 July

• 2024Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer, songwriter and scholar (born 1942)
• 2012Marsha Singh, Indian-English politician (born 1954)India
• 1790Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (born 1723)
• 1588Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque and Süleymaniye Mosque (born 1489)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 17 July in history?

2007: TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people. 2006: The 7.7 Mw Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured. 2000: During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna, India, killing 60 people. 1998: 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.

What happened on 17 July in Indian history?

2000: During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna, India, killing 60 people. 1489: Sikandar Lodi succeeds Bahlul Khan Lodi as Sultan of Delhi.

Which famous people were born on 17 July?

Ted Sampley, American POW/MIA activist (died 2009) (1946); Bob Taylor, English cricketer (1941); Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1976) (1928); Toni Stone, American baseball player (died 1996) (1921).

Which day is observed on 17 July?

Constitution Day (South Korea); Gion Matsuri (Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto); Independence Day (Slovakia); International Firgun Day (International); King's Birthday (Lesotho).