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Politics
Coronation of Charles VII
Coronation of Charles VII with Joan of Arc present in Reims Cathedral.
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17July
20 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1762
Politics
Death of the deposed Emperor Peter III
Peter III dies under suspicious circumstances at Ropsha on 17 July 1762, days after Catherine's coup.
View details1887
Science
Death of Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix died in Trenton, New Jersey, having helped found or expand more than 30 hospitals for the mentally ill during her lifetime.
View details1898
Arts
Birth of Berenice Abbott
Berenice Abbott was born on July 17, 1898, in Springfield, Ohio.
View details1902
1917
Arts
Birth of Phyllis Diller
Birth of Phyllis Ada Driver in Lima, Ohio, the future comedian who helped open stand-up comedy to women.
View details1917
Arts
Recognized as first woman solo stand-up comic
Birth of the performer later recognized by the Smithsonian as the first woman stand-up comic to perform solo.
View details1921
Science
Birth in Budapest, Hungary
Hannah Szenes was born on 17 July 1921 in Budapest, Hungary, to an assimilated Jewish family, later becoming a poet, diarist, and resistance parachutist.
View details1921
Sports
Birth of Marcenia Lyle (Toni) Stone
Marcenia Lyle Stone was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.
View details1937
Exploration
Death in Nice, France
Harriet Chalmers Adams died in Nice, France, after a short illness.
View details1946
Science
Birth of Ann (Joann) Marshall
Ann Marshall, later a model, singer, actress, and pioneering Los Angeles broadcaster, was born in the United States.
View details1946
Arts
First successful screen test and Fox contract
Marilyn Monroe passes her first successful screen test at Twentieth Century-Fox and is awarded a studio contract.
View details1959
Arts
Death of Billie Holiday
Death of Billie Holiday in New York City at age 44; later buried at Saint Raymond’s Cemetery in the Bronx.
View details1976
Politics
Opening of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
She opened the 1976 Montreal Olympics, serving as the declarant.
View details1984
Exploration
First woman to fly to space twice
Launched on Soyuz T-12, becoming first woman to fly to space twice.
View details1984
Activism
National Minimum Drinking Age Act signed with major MADD influence
President Ronald Reagan signs the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, establishing 21 as the national drinking age after strong MADD advocacy.
View details1997
Arts
Opening of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum opens in Santa Fe on July 17, 1997.
View details2001
Politics
Death of Katharine Graham
Katharine Graham died after a fall and injury in Sun Valley, Idaho.
View details2002
Science
Plaque unveiling and Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame induction
Commemorative plaque unveiled in Portage la Prairie; the same day Newton enters the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame.
View details2012
Science
First day as Yahoo! CEO
Mayer started her role as Yahoo! CEO, initiating strategic changes.
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