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.
1902 - Willis Carrier produced a set of designs for what would become the world's first modern air-conditioning system.
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.
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 - Following Nazi Germany's surrender, 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 after a year-long, $17 million construction; the park drew a million visitors in its first 10 weeks.
1975 - The American Apollo and Soviet Soyuz spacecrafts linked up for the first time in orbit.
1981 - A pair of suspended walkways above the lobby of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed during a dance, killing 114 people.
1996 - TWA Flight 800, a Europe-bound Boeing 747, exploded and crashed off the coast of Long Island, New York, shortly after departing 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.
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 decorated 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
30 - Kali Uchis (singer)
32 - Amy Hart (reality star)
32 - Billie Lourd (actress)
41 - Sarah Jones (actress)
42 - Stefania Spampinato (actress)
48 - Luke Bryan (singer)
48 - Eric Winter (actor)
55 - Jason Clarke (actor)
56 - Bitty Schram (actress)
61 - Regina Belle (singer)
64 - Mark Burnett (producer)
70 - Angela Merkel (German chancellor)
72 - David Hasselhoff (actor)
73 - Lucie Arnaz (actress)
77 - Queen Camilla (wife of Britain's King Charles III)
84 - Verne Lundquist (sportscaster)
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Today in Sports History - July 17
1925 - Tris Speaker of the Boston Red Sox becomes the fifth player in MLB history to record 3,000 career hits.
1936 - New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell begins a MLB record 24-game winning streak.
1941 - The longest hitting streak in MLB history came to an end at 56 games when New York Yankees slugger Joe DiMaggio went hitless in a game against the Cleveland Indians.
1954 - The Brooklyn Dodgers made history as the first MLB team with a majority makeup of African American players.
1974 - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson becomes just the second pitcher to record 3,000 career strikeouts.
1978 - New York Yankees manager Billy Martin and slugger Reggie Jackson fight in the dugout after Jackson refuses to bunt, causing Martin to suspend him.
1990 - The Minnesota Twins become the first team in MLB history to turn two triple plays in one game, but still lose 1-0 to the Boston Red Sox.
1994 - Brazil defeated Italy 3-2 on penalty kicks to win a record fourth World Cup.
2005 - Tiger Woods, in winning the British Open, claims his 10th career major championship.
2011 - Japan defeats the United States 3-1 on penalty kicks to win the Women's World Cup.
2018 - The American League and National League combine for an All-Star Game record 10 home runs (13 of the 14 total runs were scored via home run) in an 8-6 American League victory.
2018 - Australian basketball center Liz Cambage scores 53 points as the Dallas Wings defeat the New York Liberty 104-87 to set a new WNBA single-game scoring record.
2018 - Bloomberg estimates the NFL made $14 billion in revenue in 2017, distributing a record $8.1 billion to the league's 32 teams ($255 million each).
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.
1902 - Willis Carrier produced a set of designs for what would become the world's first modern air-conditioning system.
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.
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 - Following Nazi Germany's surrender, 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 after a year-long, $17 million construction; the park drew a million visitors in its first 10 weeks.
1975 - The American Apollo and Soviet Soyuz spacecrafts linked up for the first time in orbit.
1981 - A pair of suspended walkways above the lobby of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed during a dance, killing 114 people.
1996 - TWA Flight 800, a Europe-bound Boeing 747, exploded and crashed off the coast of Long Island, New York, shortly after departing 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.
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 decorated 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
30 - Kali Uchis (singer)
32 - Amy Hart (reality star)
32 - Billie Lourd (actress)
41 - Sarah Jones (actress)
42 - Stefania Spampinato (actress)
48 - Luke Bryan (singer)
48 - Eric Winter (actor)
55 - Jason Clarke (actor)
56 - Bitty Schram (actress)
61 - Regina Belle (singer)
64 - Mark Burnett (producer)
70 - Angela Merkel (German chancellor)
72 - David Hasselhoff (actor)
73 - Lucie Arnaz (actress)
77 - Queen Camilla (wife of Britain's King Charles III)
84 - Verne Lundquist (sportscaster)
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Today in Sports History - July 17
1925 - Tris Speaker of the Boston Red Sox becomes the fifth player in MLB history to record 3,000 career hits.
1936 - New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell begins a MLB record 24-game winning streak.
1941 - The longest hitting streak in MLB history came to an end at 56 games when New York Yankees slugger Joe DiMaggio went hitless in a game against the Cleveland Indians.
1954 - The Brooklyn Dodgers made history as the first MLB team with a majority makeup of African American players.
1974 - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson becomes just the second pitcher to record 3,000 career strikeouts.
1978 - New York Yankees manager Billy Martin and slugger Reggie Jackson fight in the dugout after Jackson refuses to bunt, causing Martin to suspend him.
1990 - The Minnesota Twins become the first team in MLB history to turn two triple plays in one game, but still lose 1-0 to the Boston Red Sox.
1994 - Brazil defeated Italy 3-2 on penalty kicks to win a record fourth World Cup.
2005 - Tiger Woods, in winning the British Open, claims his 10th career major championship.
2011 - Japan defeats the United States 3-1 on penalty kicks to win the Women's World Cup.
2018 - The American League and National League combine for an All-Star Game record 10 home runs (13 of the 14 total runs were scored via home run) in an 8-6 American League victory.
2018 - Australian basketball center Liz Cambage scores 53 points as the Dallas Wings defeat the New York Liberty 104-87 to set a new WNBA single-game scoring record.
2018 - Bloomberg estimates the NFL made $14 billion in revenue in 2017, distributing a record $8.1 billion to the league's 32 teams ($255 million each).
