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Notable anniversaries in history for today: July 17
- 100th: 1924 - Saint Louis Cardinals' pitcher Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Pat McCormick; comedian (Don Rickles Show, New Bill Cosby Show).
- 80th: 1944 - Two ammunition ships explode at Port Chicago, California, killing 322.
- 70th: 1954 - Construction begins on Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Heather Langenkamp; actress (Marie - Just the 10 of Us).
- 60th: 1964 - British speed pioneer Sir Donald Campbell sets a new land speed world record of 690.91 km/h (429 mph) in his turbine vehicle, Bluebird.
- 50th: 1974 - Death of Jay Hanna Dean AKA Dizzy Dean at age 64; baseball player (pitcher, Hall of Fame), sportscaster (Game of the Week, legendary spoonerisms).
- 50th: 1974 - First quadrophonic studio in United Kingdom is opened by the Moody Blues.
- 50th: 1974 - Bob Gibson becomes second pitcher to strike-out 3,000.
- 40th: 1984 - Soyuz T-12 carries three cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7.
- 30th: 1994 - Brazil wins the 1994 FIFA World Cup, defeating Italy 3-2 in penalties (Full time score 0-0).
- 15th: 2009 - Death of Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician (born 1921).
- 15th: 2009 - Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, "the most trusted man in America," dies in New York at age 92.
- 10th: 2014 - After a five-hour humanitarian ceasefire, Israel confirms the beginning of a ground offensive in Gaza.
- 10th: 2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashes in eastern Ukraine after being shot down by undetermined source. All 298 people on board are killed.
- 5th: 2019 - Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, former head of the Sinaloa Cartel, which became the biggest supplier of drugs to the U.S., is sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.
- 5th: 2019 - The World Health Organization declares the Kivu Ebola epidemic to be a public health emergency of international concern.
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