This Day In History July 17th.

Disneyland opens!

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Today in history:

JFK Jr. dies in a plane crash.

Harry Chapin was killed when his car was struck by a tractor-trailer.

 Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy.

Marine Corps Maj. John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record.

"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger was first published.

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Today in history:

Die Hard opens.

 Gianni Versace was shot dead outside his Miami Beach home.

36-hour kidnap ordeal began for 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver.

Georgia became the last Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union

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Today in history:

Hank Aaron hits his 500th homerun.

Eight student nurses brutally slain in Chicago.

Italy formally declared war on Japan.

scientist Robert H. Goddard received a U.S. patent for a liquid-fueled rocket apparatus.

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Today in history:

Live Aid concert takes place.

A blackout hit New York City.

Frank Sinatra made his first commercial recording.

John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination.

Deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City.

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Today in history:

'Disco Demolition' at Comiskey Park.

Rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey.

The Rolling Stones played their first-ever gig at The Marquee in London.

The Etch A Sketch was first produced by the Ohio Art Co.

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Today in history:

The Hollywood Argyles hit number 1 with 'Alley Oop.'

A Nigeria Airways DC-8 carrying Muslim pilgrims crashed.

 Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom was presented to polio vaccine pioneer Dr. Jonas Salk and to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by President Jimmy Carter.

 "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee was first published.

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Today in history:

U.S. Women's Soccer team wins World Cup.

Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic. 

Mel Blanc died in Los Angeles at age 81.

Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk with explosives.

AT&T's Telstar 1 communications satellite was launched.

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Today in history:

Bob Dylan records 'Blowin' in the Wind.'

Jerry Garcia performed for the final time as frontman of the Grateful Dead.

Pan Am Flight 759 crashed in Kenner, Louisiana.

Andy Warhol's exhibit of 32 paintings of Campbell's soup cans opened.

101 people were killed in a train collision in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Today in history:

Bill Withers hit number 1.

Atlantis thundered into orbit.

Roger Federer won his fifth straight Wimbledon championship.

The Roswell Daily Record, quoted officials at Roswell Army Air Field as saying they had recovered a "flying saucer" that crashed onto a ranch.

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