07-17-2004, 01:15 PM
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July 17th
180 ~ Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa were executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
1674 ~ Birthday of Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter.
1762 ~ Catherine the Great became empress of Russia after the murder of Peter III.
1787 ~ Birthday of Friedrich Krupp, Industrialist.
1790 ~ Death of Adam Smith, Scottish economist.
1897 ~ The Klondike gold rush began when the first successful prospectors arrived in Seattle, Washington.
1918 ~ Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, their children and staff were murdered by Bolsheviks.
1945 ~ World War II: Potsdam Conference - At Potsdam, the three main Allied leaders began their final summit of the war.
1955 ~ Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California.
1997 ~ The F.W. Woolworth Company closed after 117 years in business.
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