07-17-2005, 05:45 AM
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July 17th
1790 ~ Death of Adam Smith, Scottish Economist.
1897 ~ Klondike gold rush began when the first successful prospectors arrived in Seattle, Washington.
1899 ~ Birthday of James Cagney, Actor.
1917 ~ King George V issued a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British royal family would bear the surname Windsor.
1935 ~ Birthday of Donald Sutherland, Actor.
1936 ~ An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently-elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain started the Spanish civil war.
1947 ~ Birthday of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (formerly Parker Bowles), former British royal mistress and now wife of Prince Charles.
1961 ~ Death of Ty Cobb, Baseball Hall of Famer.
1962 ~ Nuclear testing: The Small Boy test shot Little Feller I became the last atmospheric detonation at the Nevada Test Site.
2003 ~ Death of Dr. David Kelly, U.N. Weapons Inspector.
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