July 17

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2026 Daily Holidays that fall on July 17, include:

• Disneyland's Anniversary - July 17 (First Opened July 17, 1955) 
  
• International Firgun Day 
• National Peach Ice Cream Day
• National Tattoo Day 
• Victims of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Attack Day 
• World Day for International Criminal Justice 
• World Emoji Day 
• Wrong Way Corrigan Day 
• Yellow Pig Day 

2026 Weekly Holidays that include July 17, are:

• Info. to Come!

2026 Monthly Holidays that include July 17, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our July Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of July.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Info. to Come! 

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for July 17 is Cancer.

Birth Flower of the Month

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for July is:

• Rubies which are said to guarantee health, wisdom, wealth, and success in love

Famous Birthdays

• 1917 - Phyllis Diller, American comedian and actress (d. 2012)
• 1923 - John Cooper, English car designer who co-founded the Cooper Car Company (d. 2000)
• 1935 - Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer
• 1943 - LaVyrle Spencer, America author

Famous Deaths

• 1918 - Romanov family shooting victims in Russia
• 1959 - Billie Holidays, American singer and actress (b. 1915)
• 1961 - Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
• 1996 - Victims of TWA Flight 800
• 2006 - Mickey Spillane, American author (b. 1918)
• 2009 - Walter Cronkite, American journalist and actor (b. 1916)
• 2014 - Victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1954 - Comedian Groucho Marx marries actress Eden Hartford
• 1975 - Former Beatle Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox divorce
• 1988 - NHL ice hockey star Wayne Gretzky marries actress Janet Jones
• 1999 - Actress Raquel Welch marries Richard Palmer

Quote of the Day

Imagine the world we would live in if everyone wanted Love & Peace!

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

Are there movie snacks that are healthy snacks? You be the judge! A movie these days can be expensive in more ways than one! First, you pay a small fortune to buy your ticket. On entering the theater, you are bombarded by the smell of freshly popped buttered popcorn. Who can resist the concession stand and all of your movie food favorites? Not many people!

Find more information on Movie Snacks from Kerry at Healthy Diet Habit's website.

Season

July 17th falls within the Summer Season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Summer is the Hottest of the Four Seasons! It follows Spring and is before Fall! The kids are out of school and many vacations happen in summer, which means more family time. Hopefully a beach is involved!

The first day of Summer is also known as the Summer Solstice where we enjoy the most sunlight of the year! After this day, the amount of daylight starts to decrease each day.

Check out our Summer Season page for information about Summer, Summer Dates, Major Summer Holidays and Observances, Major Summer Festivals, Fun Facts About Summer, Summer Food Tips, Summer Gardening, Summer Preparation, Summer Quotes, and Summer Weather Information.

Kerry has put together some great information and tips on Summer Foods: 

• Summer Cooking

• Summer Weight Loss Tips

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this day falls in the Winter Season. 

• Winter Foods

• Winter Weight Gain

• Winter Weight Loss Tips

This Day in History

• 1429 - Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France
• 1762 - After the murder of Peter III of Russia, Catherine II becomes the Tsar of Russia
• 1867 - The Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, MA
• 1902 - The first air conditioner is created by Willis Carrier in Buffalo, New York
• 1918 - The RMS Carpathia is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55 with 5 lives lost
• 1938 - Douglas Corrigan becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan when he takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland
• 1944 - Two ships full with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, CA killing 320
• 1955 - Walt Disney opens Disneyland in Anaheim, California
• 1981 - A walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri collapses and kills 144 and injures more than 200
• 1984 - The national drinking age in the U.S. was changed from 18 to 21
• 1989 - The first flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber occurs
• 1996 - TWA Boeing 747 Flight 800 explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York on it's way to Paris, France, killing all 230 on board
• 1998 - A tsunami destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people with several thousand injured after a 7.0 mw earthquake
• 2006 - After a 7.7 mw earthquake and tsunami hits the Indonesian island, Java, 668 people are killed and more than 9,000 injured
• 2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed

This Day in Music

• 1968 - Yellow Submarine, The Beatles' fourth film premieres in London
• 1970 - The Guess Who perform at the White House for President Richard Nixon and his guests, Prince Charles and Princess Anne
• 1995 - Carole King's Tapestry album is certified Diamond
• 2012 - The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack album is released

The Guess Who - No Time

This Day in Sports

• 1903 - Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France race
• 1976 - The Summer Olympics in Montreal opens with 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!