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1944 : Explosion at Port Chicago On 17 July 1944, a ship loaded with ammunition exploded in Port Chicago, California, causing other explosions in the nearby ships. The entire site was destroyed and 332 people were killed. Safety rules in those days were almost non-existent and the staff were very poorly trained.
1945 : Beginning of the Potsdam Conference On July 17, 1945, U.S. President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met in Potsdam near Berlin to discuss the problems in postwar Europe and the end of the conflict in Japan.
1955 : Disneyland opens in California On July 17, 1955, Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California. The site was not quite ready and many people managed to enter uninvited. Despite a difficult start, the park had a great success and encouraged the construction of Disney World in Florida, ten years later.
1996 : A Boeing 747 explodes shortly after takeoff from New York On 17 July 1996, a TWA Boeing 747 jetliner bound for Paris exploded shortly after takeoff from Kennedy International Airport in New York. Witnesses thought they saw the launch of a missile shortly before the explosion. After investigation, it appeared that the aircraft suffered a mechanical failure and was not shot by the Navy training nearby.

Cita del día : 17 Jullo

Angela Merkel
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Cumpleaños : 17 Jullo

Jean-Baptiste Corot, Pintor francés (1796)
Jack Conway, Director de cine americano (1887)
Erle Stanley Gardner, Escritor americano (1889)
Berenice Abbott, Fotógrafo estadounidense (1898)
James Cagney, Actor estadounidense (1899)
Marcel Dalio, Actor francés (1900)
Juan Antonio Samaranch, Político español bajo Franco, director de la COI (1980-2001) (1920)
Gordon Gould, Físico estadounidense, inventor del láser (1920)
Louis Lachenal, Montañista francés (1921)
Louis Nucera, Escritor francés (1928)
Joaquín Salvador Lavado (Quino), Dibujante argentino (Mafalda) (1932)
Donald Sutherland, Actor canadiense (1935)
Camilla Parker Bowles, Esposa del príncipe Carlos de Gales (1947)
Derek de Lint, Actor holandés (1950)
David Hasselhoff, Actor estadounidense (1952)
Michel Field, Periodista francés (1954)
Angela Merkel, Canciller alemana (1954)
Wong Kar-wai, Director de cine de Hong Kong (1958)
Janet Lynn Kavandi, Astronauta americana (1959)
Matti Nykänen, Saltador de esquí finés (1963)
Cécile de France, Actriz belga (1975)
Katharine Towne, Actriz estadounidense (1978)
Mélanie Thierry, Actriz francesa (1981)

Nos han dejado un 17 Jullo

Hector Malot, Escritor francés (1907)
Henri Poincaré, Matemático francés (1912)
Billie Holiday, Cantante americana (1959)
Juan Manuel Fangio, Racing conductor del coche de la Argentina (1995)
Edward Heath, Primer ministro del Reino Unido (2005)
Mickey Spillane, Escritor estadounidense (2006)
Walter Cronkite, Periodista estadounidense (2009)
David Ngoombujarra, Actor australiano (2011)