📅 July 17 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on July 17? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
🎉 Special days
- 😀 World Emoji Day
⏳ On this day in history
- 1717Handel’s "Water Music" was first played on boats on the River Thames
- 1850Vega became the first star (other than the Sun) ever photographed
- 1955Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California
- 1975American and Soviet spacecraft linked up in space
- 1994Brazil won its fourth soccer World Cup, at the Rose Bowl in California
🎂 Born on July 17
- 🔦 Gordon Gould (1920) — physicist who helped invent the laser
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July 17 quiz
In what year? 🎶 Handel’s "Water Music" was first played on boats on the River Thames
In what year? ⭐ Vega became the first star (other than the Sun) ever photographed
In what year? 🏰 Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California
Which famous person was born on July 17?