Tuesday, July 17, 2018

On This Day in History

July 17, 2018

 Historical Events

180  6 inhabitants of Carthage, North Africa executed for being Christians. Earliest record of Christianity in this part of the world.
1203  Siege of Constantinople begins during the fourth Crusade, Crusaders aboad a Venetian fleet attack the city
1762  Catherine II becomes tsarina of Russia following the murder of Peter III
1918  The Romanov royal family and several of their retainers are executed by a Bolshevik firing squad in the basement of Ipatiev House, in Yekaterinburg, Siberia
1936  Spanish generals Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola lead a right-wing uprising, starting the Spanish Civil War
1945  Potsdam Conference (Truman, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting
2014  Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Eastern Ukraine by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board
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