This is the 199th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 167 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1850, that Vega became the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed.
Also today in 1867, Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
125 years ago today, NEC Corporation was organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
It was 122 years ago today that Willis Carrier created the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
That same date in 1938, Douglas Corrigan took off from Brooklyn to fly the “wrong way” to Ireland and became known as “Wrong Way” Corrigan.
69 years ago today, Disneyland was dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
It was 62 years ago today, as part of nuclear weapons testing, the “Small Boy” test shot Little Feller I became the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft docked with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations on this date in 1975.
Also today in 1984, The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
On July 17, 1989, was the first flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
It was also this date in 2001 that Concorde was brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
Also on July 17, 2018, Scott S. Sheppard announced that his team has discovered a dozen irregular moons of Jupiter.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
French mathematician and philosopher, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, born on this date in 1698.
Born July 17, 1763, German-American businessman and philanthropist John Jacob Astor.
Georges Lemaître, the Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist was born 130 years ago today.
Born July 17, 1910, American chemist and microbiologist Frank Olson.
American physicist and academic, invented the laser, Gordon Gould, born on this date in 1920.
Russian mathematician and academic, Sergei K. Godunov was born 95 years ago today.
Born July 17, 1935, Canadian actor and producer Donald Sutherland.
Also born on that same date in 1954, American author, screenwriter, and producer, J. Michael Straczynski.
Also turning 69 today is American mycologist and author Paul Stamets.
Canadian author and activist, Cory Doctorow, born on this date in 1971.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 17, 2024
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