* Astronomy

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RE: July 17th

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Little Feller I nuclear test was undertaken by the United States at the Nevada Test Site on July 17, 1962.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50042970/little-feller-i/

RMS Carpathia was sunk in the Atlantic on July 17, 1918 during World War I by a German U-boat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carpathia

The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion that occurred on July 17, 1944
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Chicago_disaster

On July 17th 1955, 26000 lbs of high explosives detonated under Vimy Ridge
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49880106/1955-vimy-ridge-explosion/

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On July 17, 1929, Robert H. Goddard launched the Goddard 3 rocket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Goddard#Launch_History

The Vela 3 and 4 satellites were launched on the 17th July 1964
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/vela.htm

The historic Soyuz and Apollo handshake over the town of Metz in France on the 17th July 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5C8ysmLUU0

Soyuz T-12 (also known as Salyut 7 EP-4) was launched on the 17th July 1984
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_T-12

The British UoSAT-5, also known as UO-22 and OSCAR 22, satellite was launched on the 17th July 1991
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UoSAT-5

IRIS solar space observatory achieved first light on July 17, 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_Region_Imaging_Spectrograph

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Elizabeth Klarer claimed to have had an alien close encounter in the Drakensberg Mountains on July 17, 1955
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Klarer

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Louis William Butterworth (1948. 17 July 17 in Casper, Wyoming - ) is an American engineer and astronaut.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58079597/louis-william-butterworth/

Sergei Konstantinovich Godunov (b. July 17, 1929) is professor at the Sobolev Institute of Mathematics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_K._Godunov

Gordon Gould (July 17, 1920 - September 16, 2005) was an American physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Gould

Monsignor Georges Henri Joseph Edouard Lemaître (17 July 1894 - 20 June 1966) was a Belgian priest, astronomer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49722390/georges-lematre-1894-1966/

Barnaba Oriani (July 17, 1752 - November 12, 1832) was an Italian priest, geodesist, astronomer and scientist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaba_Oriani

Wendy Laurel Freedman (born July 17, 1957) is a Canadian-American astronomer,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Freedman

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RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction-action film directed by Paul Verhoeven.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50043146/robocop-fiction-action-film/

'Emergency - Ward 10' showed the first interracial kiss on television on 17 July 1964 .
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t60901840/first-kiss/

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NGC 6823 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 17th July 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48756934/ngc-6823/

NGC 6834 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 17th July 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58080110/ngc-6834/

NGC 6847 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 17th July 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58080097/ngc-6847/

NGC 6894 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 17th July 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58080094/ngc-6894/

NGC 6940 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 17th July 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3074001/ngc-6940/

NGC 7013 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 17th July 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58080079/ngc-7013/

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The Perseids are active between July 17 - August 24
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3612730/perseid-meteor-shower/

Low Flying Meteor Passes Over Chaplin, 1940
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58079903/chaplin-meteor-1940/

The Block Island meteorite was found on Mars by the Opportunity rover on the 17th July 2009.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_Island_meteorite

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Meteorites

The Cereseto (H5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Piemonte, Italy, on the 17th July, 1840.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t37075328/cereseto-meteorite/

The Mount Browne (H6 chondrite) meteorite fell in New South Wales, Australia, on the 17th July, 1902.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43941961/mount-browne-meteorite/

The Nyirábrany (LL5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Hajdu-Bihar, Hungary, on the 17th July, 1914.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43941967/nyirbrany-meteorite/

The Majorca (Doubtful Iron) meteorite fell in Isles Baleares, Spain, on the 17th July, 1935.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43941974/majorca-meteorite/

The Gorlovka (H3.7 chondrite) meteorite fell in Donetsk, Ukraine, on the 17th July, 1974.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43941980/gorlovka-meteorite/
(Horlivka July 17, 1974 Ukraine Donetsk H3)

The Thika (L6) meteorite fell in Kenya, on the 17th July, 2011.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43946406/kilimambogo/

The Montney (stone) meteorite fell in Canada, on the 17th July, 2005.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3647943/fort-st-john-meteorite/