July 17 in History
What happened on July 17 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on july 17 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on july 17 in history.
?>1987
Lt. Col. Oliver North and Rear Adm. John Poindexter begin testifying to Congress regarding the Iran-Contra scandal.
1966
Ho Chi Minh orders a partial mobilization of North Vietnam to defend against American airstrikes.
1960
American pilot Francis Gary Powers pleads guilty to spying charges in a Moscow court.
1946
Chinese communists attack the Nationalist army on the Yangtze River.
1944
Field Marshall Erwin Rommel is wounded when an Allied fighter strafes his staff car in France.
1898
U.S. troops under General William R. Shafter take Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
1864
Confederate President Jefferson Davis replaces General Joseph E. Johnston with General John Bell Hood in hopes of defeating Union General William T. Sherman outside Atlanta.
1821
Andrew Jackson becomes the governor of Florida.
1815
Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders to the British at Rochefort, France.
1801
The U.S. fleet arrives in Tripoli.
1799
Ottoman forces, supported by the British, capture Aboukir, Egypt from the French.
1791
National Guard troops open fire on a crowd of demonstrators in Paris.
1785
France limits the importation of goods from Britain.
1762
Peter III of Russia is murdered and his wife, Catherine II, takes the throne.
1453
France defeats England at Castillon, France, ending the Hundred Years’ War.