July 17 - This Day in History

July 17 : General Interest
1955: Disneyland opens

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American Revolution
1776 : Congress learns of war of words
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-learns-of-war-of-words


Automotive
1920 : Three-point seatbelt inventor Nils Bohlin born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/three-point-seatbelt-inventor-nils-bohlin-born


Civil War
1864 : John Bell Hood takes command of the Army of Tennessee
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-bell-hood-takes-command-of-the-army-of-tennessee


Cold War
1945 : Potsdam Conference begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/potsdam-conference-begins


Crime
2011 : Casey Anthony released from prison
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/casey-anthony-released-from-prison


Disaster
1944 : Port Chicago disaster
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/port-chicago-disaster


General Interest
1938 : "Wrong Way" Corrigan crosses the Atlantic
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wrong-way-corrigan-crosses-the-atlantic

1975 : Superpowers meet in space
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/superpowers-meet-in-space

1996 : Flight 800 explodes over Long Island
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/flight-800-explodes-over-long-island


Hollywood
1956 : High Society, Grace Kelly's last film, opens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/high-society-grace-kellys-last-film-opens


Literary
1889 : Erle Stanley Gardner is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/erle-stanley-gardner-is-born


Music
1967 : Jimi Hendrix drops out as opening act for The Monkees
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jimi-hendrix-drops-out-as-opening-act-for-the-monkees


Old West
1870 : "Wild Bill" Hickok kills a soldier
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wild-bill-hickok-kills-a-soldier


Presidential
1945 : Truman records impressions of Stalin
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-records-impressions-of-stalin


Sports
1941 : Joe DiMaggio ends 56-game hitting streak
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/joe-dimaggio-ends-56-game-hitting-streak


Vietnam War
1969 : Wheeler visits South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wheeler-visits-south-vietnam

1972 : South Vietnamese paratroopers fight for Citadel
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-paratroopers-fight-for-citadel


World War I
1917 : Fighting in the streets of Petrograd, Russia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fighting-in-the-streets-of-petrograd-russia


World War II
1945 : Potsdam Conference convenes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/potsdam-conference-convenes