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Thursday, July 17, 2025
Thursday, July 17, 2025 falls on a Thursday. It is day 198 of the year, ISO week 29, in Q3.
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Thursday, July 17, 2025 falls on a Thursday. It is day 198 of the year, ISO week 29, in Q3.
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July 17, 2025 is day 198 of 365, ISO week 29, in Q3. The moon is Last Quarter and the zodiac sign is Cancer.
Thursday, July 17, 2025 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to July 17.
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.
TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.
Brazil won the FIFA World Cup final against Italy 3–2 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time.
The Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom, was officially opened.
Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (pictured), the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in a bloodless coup.
In Olympia, Greece, the Summer Olympics torch relay, nicknamed the "relay of peace", began.
Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing 320 people and injuring more than 400 others.
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