July 17th (1944) was a Monday. It's the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 167 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 17th July, 1944
» Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
» World War II: Napalm incendiary bombs are dropped for the first time by American Lockheed P-38 Lightning named P-38 pilots on a fuel depot at Coutances, near Saint-Lô, France.
Famous Birthdays on July 17 in 1944
» Mark Burgess (cricketer) known as Mark Burgess, New Zealand cricketer and footballer
» Craig Sams, American-English banker and businessman
» Catherine Schell, Hungarian-English actress
» Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer and manager
July 17th Famous Deaths for 1944
» William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
July 17th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints known as Feast Day:
» Alexius of Rome (Latin Church or Western Church)
» Saint Kenelm e.g Cynehelm
» Cynllo
» Jadwiga of Poland
» Martyrs of Compiègne
» Magnus Felix Ennodius
» Saint Marcellina known as Marcellina
» Saint Piatus known as Piatus of Tournai
» Canonization of the Romanovs called Romanov sainthood (Russian Orthodox Church)
» Scillitan Martyrs e.g Speratus and companions
» William White (bishop of Pennsylvania) (Episcopal Church (USA))
» July 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Constitution Day (South Korea)
» Remembrance days in Slovakia known as Independence Day (Slovakia)