Wednesday, July 17, 2024

History for July 17

History for July 17 - On-This-Day.com 
Phyllis Diller 1917 - Comedian
  • 1212 - The Moslems were crushed in the Spanish crusade.
  • 1821 - Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.
  • 1867 - Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston, MA. It was the first dental school in the U.S.
  • 1917 - The British royal family adopted the Windsor name.
  • 1945 - U.S. President Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill began meeting at Potsdam in the final Allied summit of World War II.
  • 1955 - Disneyland opened in Anaheim, CA.

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