It happened on this day, July 17th.
events:
1238 – Al-Salih Ayoub takes power over Egypt after the death of Sultan Al-Kamil Muhammad bin Al-Adil.
1717 – George Frideric Handel performs Water Music for the first time before King George I.
1762 – Catherine II is crowned Empress of the Russian Empire after her husband, Emperor Peter III, is killed in his prison at Rubchinsky Castle.
1917 – George V of the United Kingdom changes the name of the ruling family from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.
1918 – The execution of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and his family by the Bolsheviks, ending the three-century rule of the Romanov family.
1919 – Announcement of the creation of the Finnish Republic.
1936 – Beginning of the National Movement in Spain led by General Francisco Franco and outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
1955 – Disneyland theme park opens in California.
1958 – Iraq secedes from the Hashemite Arab Union along with Jordan after the overthrow of the monarchy.
1968 – Iraqi President Abd al-Rahman Arif is overthrown in a coup on July 17, 1968, and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party takes power under the leadership of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr.
1973 – A military coup in Afghanistan overthrows the monarchy and declares the establishment of a republic led by Muhammad Daud Khan.
1978 – The People's Constituent Assembly of the Yemen Arab Republic elects Lieutenant Colonel Ali Abdullah Saleh as President of the Republic.
1994 – The Brazilian national team defeated the Italian national team on penalties in the final of the World Cup held in the United States and won its fourth title in its history.
2009 – Two bombings occur at two of the most luxurious hotels in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and the Southeast Asian Islamic Group is suspected of being behind the incident.
2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in Donetsk Oblast, southeastern Ukraine, with 295 people on board. 14 Tunisian military personnel are killed in the Jabal Chaambi events.
✴️ The 2014 BRICS Summit ended with the inauguration of the New Development Bank.
2015 – Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi died at the age of 25 from head injuries he suffered in a serious accident in late 2014.
✴️ The Islamic State (IS) claims responsibility for a bombing at a market in the Iraqi city of Khan Bani Saad on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which killed more than 120 people and injured more than 116. , a day after the Al-Ha'ir bombing in Saudi Arabia, which targeted the safety of Saudis and was adopted by the same organization.
2019 – The World Health Organization declares the Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency.
2021 – Egypt's Al-Ahly win the African Champions League for the tenth time in its history, after beating Kaizer Chiefs 3-0.
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Births:
1888 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966.
1906 – Nadra Amin, Egyptian singer.
1913 – Roger Garaudy, French writer and philosopher.
1914 – Youssef Ezz El-Din Issa, Egyptian writer.
1920 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee.
1924 – Ali Reda, founder of the Reda Band.
1935 – Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor.
1939 – Ali Khamenei, Iranian Supreme Leader and Shia religious authority.
1944 – Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer and coach.
1947 – Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and wife of Prince Charles, heir to the throne of the United Kingdom.
1949 – Mustafa Ben Hamza, Moroccan religious scholar.
1951 – Abdel Hafez Nofal, Palestinian politician and diplomat.
1952 – Dahan Ould Ahmed Mahmoud, Mauritanian diplomat.
1954 – Angela Merkel, German Chancellor.
1960 – Jan Wouters, Dutch footballer and coach.
1963 – Suha Arafat, wife of Palestinian National Authority President Yasser Arafat.
1972 – Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer.
1974 – Sumaya Al-Khanna, Bahraini actress and host.
1980 – Javier Camonas Gallego, Spanish footballer.
1988 – Summer Bishil, American actress.
1991 – Zahraa Ghandour, Iraqi actress.
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Death:
656 – Othman bin Affan, the third rightly guided caliph.
1115 – Abu Al-Faraj Al-Armanazi, Levantine Muslim scholar and historian.
1790 – Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist.
1845 – Charles Grey, British Prime Minister.
1851 – Roger Hale Schiff, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (now Ontario) and British Army general.
1907 – Hector Malo, French writer.
1912 – Henri Poincaré, French mathematician.
1914 – Mustafa Amin Arslan, Lebanese politician.
1918 – Tsar Nicholas II, Emperor of the Russian Empire.
1919 – Abdullah Al-Behbahani, Iranian religious scholar and scholar, one of the leaders of the Persian Constitutional Revolution.
1928 – Giovanni Giolitti, Italian Prime Minister.
1935 – George William Russell, Irish poet.
1959 – Billie Holiday, American singer.
1965 – Hussein Riad, Egyptian actor.
1971 – Abbas Al-Azzawi, Iraqi historian.
1981 – Muhammad Attia Al-Ibrashi, Egyptian thinker and philosopher.
1989 – Afifa Saab, Lebanese journalist, teacher and feminist activist.
2005 – Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
2009 – Meir Amit, Israeli military commander.
2015 – Jules Bianchi, Formula 1 driver.
2020 – John Lewis, American politician and civil rights activist.
2021 – Ziad Al-Zaher, Palestinian engineer and visual artist.
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Public holidays and occasions:
⬅️ World Day for International Justice.
⬅️ Constitution Day in South Korea.
⬅️ Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan.
