Day Guide for Friday July 17th 2020

This is our day guide for Friday July 17th 2020 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Observances on July 17th 2020

World Emoji Day 📅

Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Emoji Day

World Day for International Justice

World Day for International Justice on 17 July recognises the emerging system of international criminal.

Korean Constitution Day

Celebrates the declaration of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea in 1948

National Peach Ice Cream Day

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Peach Ice Cream Day

National Yellow Pig Day

Science
USA

Yellow Pig Day originated in the 1960s when two math students from Princeton spent a long time analysing the number 17.

Wrong Way Corrigan Day

History
USA

On July 17, 1938, Douglas Corrigan began his "wrong way" transatlantic flight from New York to Dublin instead of California.

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General Information for July 17th 2020

There are 6 observances on this day.
This was 1058 days ago.
Day 199 of 2020
167 days left in 2020
Week 29 of the year

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On this Day in History

1975 - Apollo and Soyuz dock together.
1959 - Billie Holiday, jazz singer - probably the greatest of them all - was arrested on her death bed in hospital for possession of narcotics. She died later that day.
1954 - Groucho Marx marries Eden Hartford.
1948 - A London rail disaster happens when an express train from Edinburgh to King's Cross derails at New Southgate due to a track defect and travelling above speed limit.
1203 - The Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus flees into exile.