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Events on July 17

• 1453 The Hundred Years' War ends with the Battle of Castillon, in which the French are victorious. England thereby loses its possessions in France, except for Calais.
• 1505 Martin Luther enters the monastery of the Augustinian Hermits in Erfurt and thereby fulfills his vow.
• 1717 During a pleasure cruise by the British King George I on the Thames, the second suite of George Frideric Handel's Water Music is performed for the first time. The king is so enthusiastic about the music that he has some parts played several times.
• 1936 A military coup by the nationalist right under General Franco in Spanish Morocco begins the Spanish Civil War, which lasts until 1939.
• 1945 The Potsdam Conference begins at Cecilienhof Palace, a summit meeting of the three principal Allies of the Second World War to discuss their further course of action.
• 1946 In Berlin, the merger of the northern Rhineland with Westphalia to form the state of North Rhine-Westphalia is announced.
• 1955 In Anaheim, California, Disneyland opens its doors.
• 1968 The Beatles film Yellow Submarine has its premiere in London.
• 1975 As part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first and only docking of a U.S. Apollo spacecraft with a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft takes place.
• 1987 The death penalty is abolished in the GDR.
• 1998 In Rome, 120 states decide to establish the International Criminal Court to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
• 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot­ down over East­ern Ukraine in the run-up to the open Russian attack on Ukraine; all 298 people on board die.

Born on July 17

• 1860 Clara Viebig, German writer
• 1871 Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter
• 1911 Sergei Stolyarov, Soviet actor
• 1920 Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports official
• 1941 Jürgen Flimm, German director, head of the Ruhr Triennial
• 1942 Spencer Davis, British musician
• 1951 Frank Castorf, German director
• 1952 David Hasselhoff, American actor and singer
• 1970 Tom Lehel, German actor, television presenter, comedian and musician
• 2000 Nico Liersch, German actor

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „17. Juli“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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