National days, ongoing national weeks and months, and global observances for July 17, 2027. Plus historical events and birthdays.
July 17, 2027 celebrates National Yellow Pig Day, plus 6 more. National Yellow Pig Day on July 17 honors the unique attributes of the number 17 and its significance to mathematics. This article is our attempt to explain what a yellow pig and the number 17 have in common, too!
People born on July 17
Jazz pianist be who composed music for the television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip, including Linus and Lucy and Christmas Time Is Here.
Female professional baseball player who played in predominantly male leagues. She became the first woman to play as a regular on an American major-level professional baseball team (Negro League).
Actress, comedian, musician, and visual and voice artist who is fondly remembered for her eccentric stage persona.
Actor and dancer who won an Academy Award for his role in Yankee Doodle Dandy. He is fondly remembered for his tough-guy roles in films like The Public Enemy and White Heat.
Engineer who invented the Shay locomotive, which was a geared steam locomotive.
Events that occurred on July 17 throughout history
Congress authorizes paper money in the U.S. The notes were created to finance the Civil War and were government IOUs payable in coin.
Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts, becoming the first dental school affiliated with a university in the U.S.
The first ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon, creating the Klondike Gold Rush. Within two year, 100,000 people flooded Seattle to secure transportation to Alaska to claim their own gold.
Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
Allied leaders Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, hold the Potsdam Conference to decide the future of a defeated Germany. The leaders develop the "4 D's"--demilitarization, denazification, decentralization, and democratization.
Longer-running observances that include this date.
National Ice Cream Month
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Disability Pride Month
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National Fragile X Awareness Month
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National Anti-boredom Month
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National Hot Dog Month
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National Blueberry Month
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National Picnic Month
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World Watercolor Month
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National Grilling Month
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National Culinary Arts Month
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National Cell Phone Courtesy Month
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Independent Retailer Month
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