Explore 1917 historical events from 2000–2009.
Endrick Felipe Moreira de Sousa Pessoa, known mononymously as Endrick, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazil nat…
Endrick, Brazilian footballer
Javon Anthony Walton, also known by his ring name Wanna, is an American actor and professional boxer, who is best known for his portrayal of Ashtray in the HBO series Euphoria. Aft…
Javon Walton, American actor and boxer
Jean Bernard was a French physician and haematologist. During his life, he served as president of the French Academy of Sciences and the French National Academy of Medicine. He was…
Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (born 1907)
Scott Brazil was an American television producer and director.
Scott Brazil, American director and producer (born 1955)
The Italy national football team has represented Italy in men's international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federa…
Italy win their fourth World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time.
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688 was a domestic passenger flight from Multan to Islamabad with a stopover in Lahore, operated by Pakistan's flag carrier Pakistan Internat…
A Pakistan International Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Multan International Airport, killing all 45…
The 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts on 11 July 2006. They took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai,the capital of the …
Mumbai train bombings: 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
X, formerly known as Twitter, is an American microblogging and social networking service, headquartered in Bastrop, Texas. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms a…
Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
An earthquake occurred on July 17, 2006, at 15:19:27 local time along a subduction zone off the coast of west and central Java, a large and densely populated island in the Indonesi…
The 7.7 Mw Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and…
Henderson Forsythe was an American actor. Forsythe was known for his role as Dr. David Stewart on the soap opera As the World Turns, a role he played for over 30 years (1960-1991),…
Henderson Forsythe, American actor (born 1917)
Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg, better known by her stage name Alida Valli, or simply Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 10…
Alida Valli, Italian actress (born 1921)
Phil Walden was the American co-founder of the Macon, Georgia-based Capricorn Records, along with former Atlantic Records executive Frank Fenter.
Phil Walden, American record producer and manager, co-founder of Capricorn Records (born 1940)
Brian Leslie Labone was an English footballer who played for and captained Everton. A one-club man, Labone's professional career lasted from 1958 to 1971, during which he won the F…
Brian Labone, English footballer (born 1940)
Top of the Pops (TOTP) is a British record chart television programme, made by the BBC and broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was the world's l…
The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired…
The 2006 Qana airstrike was an airstrike carried out by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) on a three-story building in the small community of al-Khuraybah near the South Lebanese village…
An Israeli airstrike kills 28 Lebanese civilians, including 16 children.
Gukesh Dommaraju is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, Gukesh is the youngest undisputed world champion; the youngest player to hav…
Dommaraju Gukesh, Youngest contender to compete for the title of World Chess Champion
Albert Scott Crossfield was an American naval officer and test pilot. In 1953, he became the first pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound. Crossfield was the first of twelve pilo…
Albert Scott Crossfield, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (born 1921)
Henriette Davidson Avram was a computer programmer and systems analyst who developed the MARC format, the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in …
Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (born 1919)
Moshe (Moses) Teitelbaum was a Hungarian-American Hasidic rebbe and the world leader of the Satmar Hasidim.
Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi and author (born 1914)
Jane Isabel Jacobs was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. Her book The Death and Life of Great …
Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (born 1916)
Peter John Law was a Welsh politician. For most of his career Law sat as a Labour councillor and subsequently Labour Co-operative Assembly member (AM) for Blaenau Gwent. Latterly h…
Peter Law, Welsh politician and independent member of parliament (born 1948)
Julia Stimson Thorne was an American writer. She was the first wife of John Kerry, who was a U.S. Senator during their marriage.
Julia Thorne, American author (born 1944)
Steven Roy Howe was an American professional baseball relief pitcher. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Texas Ranger…
Steve Howe, American baseball player (born 1958)
John Kenneth Galbraith, also known as J. K. Galbraith or Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics…
John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (born 1908)