What happened on 17 july
There have been several significant events that occurred on July 17th throughout history. Here are a few examples:
- 1918 - The SS Waratah, an Australian passenger ship, disappeared while traveling from Sydney to Durban, South Africa. Despite extensive searches, no wreckage or bodies were ever found, and the mystery of the Waratah's disappearance remains unsolved.
- 1945 - The USS Indianapolis, a U.S. Navy cruiser, was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine while en route to the Philippines. Of the nearly 1,200 crewmen on board, approximately 900 survived the initial sinking, but only about 300 were eventually rescued from the water.
- 1969 - The Apollo 11 spacecraft, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins, entered into lunar orbit. Armstrong and Aldrin would later become the first humans to set foot on the Moon.
- 1987 - The Hyatt Regency walkway collapse occurred in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring over 200. The incident was one of the deadliest structural failures in U.S. history.
- 1996 - The TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747, exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 people on board. The cause of the crash was later determined to be a spark from a faulty electrical wire that ignited the plane's fuel tank.
- 2007 - The I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapsed during rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145. The incident was one of the deadliest bridge collapses in U.S. history.
These are just a few examples of significant events that have occurred on July 17th. If you're looking for more information on a specific event or year, feel free to ask!