What happened in history today 17th of July?

Answer 1

17 July:

Feast day of Saints: The Seven Apostles of Bulgaria, Clement of Okhrida, and his companions, Leo IV, pope, Ennodius, Kenelm, Speratus, and his companions, Marcellina, Nerses of Lampronazi.

Quotes of the day:

"Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shovelling the walk before it stops snowing." -Phyllis Diller

"To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say it is incomplete and unfit for view." -James McNeil Whistler, 'The gentle Art of Making Enemies'

On this day: The Hundred Years war ends with the defeat of the English at Castillon, 1453. First issue of Punchpublished in London, 1841. The British royal family changes it's name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, 1917. The Potsdam conference began, 1945. An Apollo, and Soyuz space craft successfully docked in orbit, 1975. The Humber estuary Bridge opened by the Queen, 1981. Saddam Hussein threatens the use of force against Kuwait, and The UAE, 1990.

Born: Maxim Litvinov, 1876. Erle Stanley Gardner, 1889. James Cagney, 1899. Phyllis Diller, 1917.

Donald Sutherland, 1935. Wayne Sleep, 1948.

Died: Adam Smith, 1790. Charlotte Corday, 1793, James McNeil Whistler, 1903. Dragolub Mihajlovic, 1946. Billy Holiday, 1959.