July 17
1821 - Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
1862 - During the Civil War, Congress approved the Second Confiscation Act, which declared that all slaves taking refuge behind Union lines were to be set free.
1898 - Spain surrendered to the United States at Santiago, Cuba, ending the Spanish-American War.
1917 - The British royal family changed its surname from the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor amid anti-German sentiment during World War I.
1918 - Russia's Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.
1936 - The Spanish Civil War began as right-wing army generals launched a coup attempt against the Second Spanish Republic.
1944 - During World War II, 320 men, two-thirds of them African-Americans, were killed when a pair of ammunition ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met at the opening of the Potsdam Conference, the final Allied summit of World War II.
1955 - Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California.
1975 - An Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in the first superpower link-up of its kind.
1981 - At least 114 people were killed when a pair of suspended walkways above the lobby of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed during a dance.
1996 - TWA Flight 800, a Europe-bound Boeing 747, exploded and crashed off Long Island, New York shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 230 people on board.
1998 - The last Russian Czar Nicholas II was buried 80 years after he and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.
2009 - Former CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite died in New York City at age 92.
2013 - In a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing on domestic spying, members of Congress said they'd never intended to allow the National Security Agency to build a database of every phone call in America, while top Obama administration officials countered that the once-secret program was legal and necessary to keep America safe.
2013 - Same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales.
2014 - All 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were killed when the Boeing 777 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine; both Ukraine's government and pro-Russian separatists denied responsibility.
2020 - Civil rights icon John Lewis, whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, died at age 80.
2022 - A report said nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting that left 21 people dead at a Texas elementary school, but "egregiously poor decision-making" resulted in a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman was finally confronted and killed.
Birthdays
26 - Leo Howard (actor)
27 - Grace Fulton (actress)
29 - Jessica Amlee (actress)
29 - Kali Uchis (singer)
31 - Billie Lourd (actress)
31 - Amy Hart (reality star)
35 - Summer Bishil (actress)
37 - Brando Eaton (actor)
38 - Tom Cullen (actor)
40 - Sarah Jones (actress)
41 - Stefania Spampinato (actress)
44 - Mike Vogel (actor)
47 - Eric Winter (actor)
47 - Luke Bryan (singer)
54 - Jason Clarke (actor)
55 - Bitty Schram (actress)
55 - Andre Royo (actor)
59 - Craig Morgan (singer)
60 - Regina Belle (singer)
63 - Nancy Giles (actress)
71 - David Hasselhoff (actor)
72 - Lucie Arnaz (actress)
76 - Camilla (Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, wife of King Charles III)
83 - Verne Lundquist (sportscaster)
88 - Donald Sutherland (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 17
1925 - Tris Speaker becomes the fifth player in MLB history to reach 3,000 career hits.
1941 - The longest hitting streak in baseball history ended when the Cleveland Indians pitchers held New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio hitless for the first time in 57 games. The streak had begun on May 15, 1941.
1954 - The Brooklyn Dodgers made history as the first team with a majority of black players.
1990 - The Minnesota Twins become the first MLB team to turn two triple plays in one game (vs. Boston Red Sox).
1994 - Brazil won a record fourth World Cup, defeating Italy 3-2 on penalty kicks after having tied 0-0 after extra time.
2005 - Tiger Woods wins his 10th career major after winning the British Open.
2011 - Japan defeats the United States to win the Women's World Cup 3-1 on penalty kicks after having tied 2-2 after extra time.
2018 - Alex Bregman and George Springer hit back-to-back homers in the 10th inning, and the American League beat the National League 8-6 in an All-Star Game that included a record 10 home runs.
2018 - Australian basketball center Liz Cambage establishes a new WNBA single-game scoring record with 53 points in leading the Dallas Wings to a 104-87 victory over the New York Liberty.
2018 - Bloomberg estimates the NFL made $14 billion in revenue in 2017, distributing a record $8.1 billion to the league's 32 franchises, or $255 million per team.
2022 - Cameron Smith of Australia wins the 150th British Open.
1821 - Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
1862 - During the Civil War, Congress approved the Second Confiscation Act, which declared that all slaves taking refuge behind Union lines were to be set free.
1898 - Spain surrendered to the United States at Santiago, Cuba, ending the Spanish-American War.
1917 - The British royal family changed its surname from the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor amid anti-German sentiment during World War I.
1918 - Russia's Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.
1936 - The Spanish Civil War began as right-wing army generals launched a coup attempt against the Second Spanish Republic.
1944 - During World War II, 320 men, two-thirds of them African-Americans, were killed when a pair of ammunition ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met at the opening of the Potsdam Conference, the final Allied summit of World War II.
1955 - Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California.
1975 - An Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in the first superpower link-up of its kind.
1981 - At least 114 people were killed when a pair of suspended walkways above the lobby of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed during a dance.
1996 - TWA Flight 800, a Europe-bound Boeing 747, exploded and crashed off Long Island, New York shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 230 people on board.
1998 - The last Russian Czar Nicholas II was buried 80 years after he and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.
2009 - Former CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite died in New York City at age 92.
2013 - In a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing on domestic spying, members of Congress said they'd never intended to allow the National Security Agency to build a database of every phone call in America, while top Obama administration officials countered that the once-secret program was legal and necessary to keep America safe.
2013 - Same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales.
2014 - All 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were killed when the Boeing 777 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine; both Ukraine's government and pro-Russian separatists denied responsibility.
2020 - Civil rights icon John Lewis, whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, died at age 80.
2022 - A report said nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting that left 21 people dead at a Texas elementary school, but "egregiously poor decision-making" resulted in a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman was finally confronted and killed.
Birthdays
26 - Leo Howard (actor)
27 - Grace Fulton (actress)
29 - Jessica Amlee (actress)
29 - Kali Uchis (singer)
31 - Billie Lourd (actress)
31 - Amy Hart (reality star)
35 - Summer Bishil (actress)
37 - Brando Eaton (actor)
38 - Tom Cullen (actor)
40 - Sarah Jones (actress)
41 - Stefania Spampinato (actress)
44 - Mike Vogel (actor)
47 - Eric Winter (actor)
47 - Luke Bryan (singer)
54 - Jason Clarke (actor)
55 - Bitty Schram (actress)
55 - Andre Royo (actor)
59 - Craig Morgan (singer)
60 - Regina Belle (singer)
63 - Nancy Giles (actress)
71 - David Hasselhoff (actor)
72 - Lucie Arnaz (actress)
76 - Camilla (Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, wife of King Charles III)
83 - Verne Lundquist (sportscaster)
88 - Donald Sutherland (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 17
1925 - Tris Speaker becomes the fifth player in MLB history to reach 3,000 career hits.
1941 - The longest hitting streak in baseball history ended when the Cleveland Indians pitchers held New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio hitless for the first time in 57 games. The streak had begun on May 15, 1941.
1954 - The Brooklyn Dodgers made history as the first team with a majority of black players.
1990 - The Minnesota Twins become the first MLB team to turn two triple plays in one game (vs. Boston Red Sox).
1994 - Brazil won a record fourth World Cup, defeating Italy 3-2 on penalty kicks after having tied 0-0 after extra time.
2005 - Tiger Woods wins his 10th career major after winning the British Open.
2011 - Japan defeats the United States to win the Women's World Cup 3-1 on penalty kicks after having tied 2-2 after extra time.
2018 - Alex Bregman and George Springer hit back-to-back homers in the 10th inning, and the American League beat the National League 8-6 in an All-Star Game that included a record 10 home runs.
2018 - Australian basketball center Liz Cambage establishes a new WNBA single-game scoring record with 53 points in leading the Dallas Wings to a 104-87 victory over the New York Liberty.
2018 - Bloomberg estimates the NFL made $14 billion in revenue in 2017, distributing a record $8.1 billion to the league's 32 franchises, or $255 million per team.
2022 - Cameron Smith of Australia wins the 150th British Open.
