CoM Moderators Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 1603 - English explorer Walter Raleigh is arrested by forces of King James I of England 1864 - CSA President Davis replaces General Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood 1867 - 1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established 1922 - Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto 1925 - Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits 1959 - Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey discovers partial skull of a new species of early human ancestor, Zinjanthropus boisei or 'Zinj' (now called Paranthropus boisei) lived in Africa almost 2 million years ago 1974 - The Moody Blues open 1st quadrophonic recording studio in UK 1981 - Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B William 23-year-old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1996 - Paris-bound flight TWA 800, explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 on board the Boeing 747 2018 - 89th MLB All Star Game, Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.: AL beats NL 8-6, the teams combining for a record 10 home runs accounting for 13 of the 14 total runs More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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