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What happened in history on this day: July 17?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On July 17 in ...
- 2002 - ATI Technologies releases a new Radeon graphics chip.
- 2002 - At the Macworld Expo, Apple Computer introduces a new iMac computer with 17-inch flat panel display. Other features: 800 MHz PowerPC G4 with 256 kB L2 cache, 256 MB SDRAM, 80 GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce4 MX with 32 MB VRAM, SuperDrive, speakers, 1440x900 graphics, 56 Kbps modem, 10/100 Base-T Ethernet. Price is US$1999.
- 1943 - United Artists releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film Victory Through Air Power to theaters. It cost US$788,000 to make. The film is based on the book by Major Alexander de Seversky.
- 1955 - At 2:00 PM, Disneyland park opens, in Anaheim, California. Five themed areas are Main Street U.S.A., Frontierland, Fantasyland, Adventureland, and Tomorrowland. Eighteen attractions are ready for use. Based on an initial US$10,000 for planning, the final construction cost was US$17 million. 15,000 guests were invited, but attendance for the day is 28,000-33,000.
- 1955 - Mouseketeers, the actors of the upcoming The Mickey Mouse Club TV show, make their first official TV appearance at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad attraction opens in Disneyland. The two engines are the #1 C.K. Holliday, and the #2 E.P. Ripley.
- 1955 - The Fire-Wagon horse-drawn Main Street vehicle begins operating at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Horse-Drawn Streetcars begins operating at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Plaza Pavilion Restaurant opens in the Plaza Hub at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The City Hall area on Town Square at Disneyland opens.
- 1955 - The Police Station opens in Town Square at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Opera House opens in Town Square at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Fire Department opens in Town Square at Disneyland.
- 1955 - Grandma's Baby Shop opens on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Gibson Greeting Cards store opens on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Shoe Store Gallen-Kamp Stores Co. opens on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Watches & Clocks shop opens on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Bank of America opens a branch location on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Camera Center shop opens on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Wurlitzer Music Hall shop opens on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Ruggles China and Glass House shop opens on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Story Book Shop opens on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Market House shop opens on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Refreshment Corner open on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Yale & Towne Lock Shop opens on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Penny Arcade attraction opens on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Pen Shop opens on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Main Street Shooting Gallery opens on Main Street, inside the Penny Arcade, using real .22-caliber weapons.
- 1955 - The Crystal Arcade opens on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Fine Tobacco shop opens on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Main Street Cinema attraction opens on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Emporium store opens on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Carnation Ice Cream Parlor opens on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Upjohn Pharmacy shop opens on Main Street in Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Stage Coach attraction begins operation in Frontierland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Golden Horseshoe Revue opens in the Slue Foot Sue's Golden Horseshoe saloon in Frontierland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Mule Pack ride opens in Frontierland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Frontier Trading Post shop opens in Frontierland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - Disney's Mark Twain Riverboat is christened in Frontierland at Disneyland. The large paddlewheeler is 105 feet long, weighing 150 tons.
- 1955 - The Davy Crockett Frontier Museum opens in Frontierland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Chicken Plantation Restaurant opens in Frontierland at Disneyland, sponsored by Swift.
- 1955 - Sleeping Beauty Castle opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Snow White Adventures attraction opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Peter Pan Flight attraction opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The King Arthur Carrousel attraction opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Mr. Toad's Wild Ride attraction opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Canal Boats of the World attraction opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - Merlin's Magic Shop opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Mad Hatter's Mad Tea Party attraction opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - In Disneyland, the main electrical cables to Fantasyland are mysteriously cut, stranding riders for hours until firefighters can rescue them.
- 1955 - The Jungle Cruise attraction opens in Adventureland at Disneyland. The two operating boats are named Ganges Gal and Congo Queen.
- 1955 - The Red Wagon Inn restaurant opens in the Plaza Hub at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Adventureland Bazaar opens in Adventureland.
- 1955 - The Space Station X-1 exhibit opens in Torrowland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Tomorrowland Autopia attraction opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Moonliner rocket is displayed in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Circarama theater opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. The theater shows a 360-degree film projected from 11 16-mm projectors. The first film is Circarama U.S.A., created from a drive around California by a car with 11 16-mm cameras mounted on the roof.
- 1955 - The Monsanto Hall of Chemistry display opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Court of Honor exhibit opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Disneyland Band gives its first performance, at Disneyland.
- 1955 - In Disneyland, a natural gas leak in Tomorrowland forces the area to be roped off.
- 1955 - Carnival owners in the US predict that Disneyland would go out of business within six months.
- 1955 - At 4:30 PM, the ABC Television network airs the 90-minute Dateline: Disneyland show, broadcasting the opening of Disneyland park. An estimated 70-90 million people watch the show, the largest live TV broadcast to date, with over twenty cameras and a staff of hundreds. Hosts of the show are Art Linkletter, Bob Cummings, and Ronald Reagan. The official dedication is made by Walt Disney and California Governor Goodwin Knight.
- 1956 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Davy Crockett and the River Pirates to theaters. The film is a compilation of episodes five and six from the TV series.
- 1962 - The Aunt Jemima's Kitchen restaurant opens in Frontierland at Disneyland. Former name was Aunt Jemima's Pancake House.
- 1963 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Savage Sam to theaters. The film is a sequel to the film Old Yeller, and is based on the book by Fred Gibson.
- 1985 - The Disney Channel airs Dateline: Disneyland, documenting the opening of the park thirty years ago.
- 1987 - Disney re-releases the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to theaters.
- 1989 - PSA ends sponsorshop of the World Premiere Circle-Vision theater at Disneyland.
- 1989 - The Splash Mountain attraction opens in Critter Country at Disneyland, after five years of planning. The ride features 103 Audio-Animatronic characters, some from the former America Sings attraction. This is the longest flume chute ride in the world.
- 1989 - The Brer Bar opens in Critter Country in Disneyland. Formerly this location was the Mile Long Bar.
- 1992 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film A Stranger Among Us to theatres.
- 1992 - The Splash Mountain attraction opens in Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1992 - Disney releases the computer-generated short film Off His Rockers to theaters.
- 1992 - Buena Vista releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Honey, I Blew Up the Kid to theaters.
- 1995 - Michael Eisner instructs Stephen Bollenbach to negotiate with Larry Tisch (main holder of CBS shares) on the price to buy the CBS TV network.
- 1996 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Kazaam to theaters in the US.
- 2001 - Disney releases the animated film The Book of Pooh: Stories From the Heart on videocassette.
- 2001 - Disney releases the animated film Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search For Christopher Robin on videocassette and DVD.
- 2005 - A ceremony is held re-dedicating Disneyland. Some attending are California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Disney CEO Michael Eisner, Disney president Robert Iger, Art Linkletter, and Diane Disney Miller.
- 2008 - Tony Baxter and Chris Merritt announce the return of the Sleeping Beauty Castle walk-through attraction in Disneyland.
- 2009 - Marty Sklar retires from the Walt Disney Company.
- 2015 - Disney releases the Marvel Ant-Man feature film to theatres. Available in three versions: regular, 3-D, and 3-D IMAX.
- 1983 - At the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, the SCCA Budweiser Trans-Am Championship - Round 6 race is held.
- Finishing 4th is the Pickett Racing #6 Corvette, driven by Darin Brassfield.
- Finishing 11th is the JS Racing #35 Corvette, driven by Jim Sanborn.
- Finishing 13th is the Western Ave. Auto Parts #87 Corvette, driven by Bill Morrison.
- Finishing 14th is the Cavendish Farms #70 Corvette, driven by Murray Edwards.
- Finishing 15th is the Deman Racing Team #42 Corvette, driven by Peter Deman.
- Finishing 16th is the Brandt Racing #60 Corvette, driven by John Brandt.
- Finishing 18th is the Jet-Syn #93 Corvette, driven by Michael Oleyar.
- Finishing 19th is the #74 Corvette, driven by Dennis Cuppy.
- In 28th place, but not finishing the race, is the Quaker Manufacturing #73 Corvette, driven by Dan Furey.
- In 31st place, but not finishing the race, is the Kidd Racing #4 Corvette, driven by James Kidd.
- In 32nd place, but not finishing the race, is the APS/Gray Racing #25 Corvette, driven by Jon Gray.
- In 33rd place, but not finishing the race, is the Currin Racing #99 Corvette, driven by Phil Currin.
- 1988 - At the Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota, the fifth round of the SCCA Corvette Challenge race series is held. Finishing 1st is Andy Pilgrim in the #18 Princess Casinos 1988 Corvette.
- 1999 - At Knebworth House in Essex, England, the 20th Annual Corvette Nationals of the Classic Corvette Club United Kingdom is held, over two days. 120 Corvettes take part in the longest convoy of Corvettes ever in England. 344 cars in total take part in the main event.
- 2005 - At the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, the Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma race is held, round five of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 1st in GT1 class and 7th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C6-R driven by Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell.
- Finishing 2nd in GT1 class and 8th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C6-R driven by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta.
- In 6th place in GT1 class and 21st overall, but not finishing the race, is the Corvette C5-R driven by Ryan Dalziel and Alex Figge.
- 2021 - At the Lime Rock Park raceway in Lime Rock, Connecticut, USA, the Northeast Grand Prix race is held, round 7 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 1st overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C8.R driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 2nd in GT Le Mans class and 2nd overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C8.R driven by Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy.
- 1940 - Britain agrees to close the Burma Road to China for three months.
- 1941 - First Spanish troops arrive in Bavaria, Germany, to begin training with the Wehrmacht for fighting against Soviet forces.
- 1944 - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's staff car is attacked near Livarot by British fighter planes. Rommel is severely wounded and hospitalized. Adolf Hitler removes him from command of Army Group B, replacing him with Field Marshal Günther von Kluge.
- 1944 - Convoy HXS-300, with 167 ships, sails from New York bound for Ireland, under Canadian escort. It is the largest convoy of the war, and no ships are lost in transit.
- 1945 - The British Pacific Fleet joins the US Third Fleet in attacks on Japan.
- 1945 - American President Harry Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet at Schloss Cecilienhof in Potsdam near Berlin, Germany, beginning a 17-day conference. Partway through the conference, Chruchill is replaced by the newly elected British Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Peace terms are drafted, and discussions are held on Germany, Poland, and Japan. Stalin tells Truman that he believes Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide, but probably escaped.
- 1985 - The USSR issues a postage stamp marking the 40th anniversary of the Potsdam Conference.
- 1970 - Ralph Baer demonstrates his television video game system to Magnavox.
- 2001 - Enix releases the Dragon Warrior III Remix video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
- 2003 - EA Sports releases the NCAA Football 2004 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube.
- 2007 - EA Sports releases the NCAA Football 08 video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the US.
- 2007 - Red Octane/Activision releases the Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the '80s video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 1947 - Raoul Wallenberg dies in Lubianka prison in Russia.
- 1976 - (to August 1) The 21st Olympic Games are held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sweden wins 4 gold and 1 silver medals.
- 1858 - Designs of Leonard Charles Wyon are approved by Queen Victoria, for coins of the Province of Canada: 1c, 5c, 10c, and 20c pieces.
- 1793 - Final 176 cents with wreath design are delivered by Mint Chief Coiner Henry Voigt to Mint Treasurer Tristam Dalton.
- 1947 - B. Max Mehl sells at auction the Idler specimen of the 1804 silver dollar to Edwin Hydeman for $3125.
- 2008 - Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming introduces S. 3290 "America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008".
- 1914 - New York Giants beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1, in 21 innings.
- 1918 - Longest errorless Major League baseball game, Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings.
- 1919 - New York Yankees get 21 hits, Saint Louis Browns get 17 hits; Browns win 7-6 in 17 innings, on squeeze play.
- 1923 - Carl Mays gives up 13 runs and 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Cleveland Indians.
- 1924 - Saint Louis Cardinals' pitcher Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0.
- 1941 - Joe DiMaggio's 56-game baseball hitting streak ends.
- 1966 - Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.3).
- 1974 - Bob Gibson becomes second pitcher to strike-out 3,000.
- 1976 - (to August 1) The Games of the XXI Olympiad are held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- 1976 - ABA merges into the NBA.
- 1979 - National League beats American League 7-6 in 50th All Star Game (Kingdome, Seattle, Washington).
- 1979 - Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo, Norway.
- 1987 - New York Yankees' first baseman Don Mattingly becomes the first American League player to hit a home run in seven consecutive games.
- 1988 - Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets the 100m woman's record (10.49s).
- 1990 - New York Yankees' player Deion Sanders hits an inside the park homer.
- 1990 - The Minnesota Twins become the first team in baseball history to turn two triple plays in the same game, against the Boston Red Sox.
- 1994 - Brazil wins the 1994 FIFA World Cup, defeating Italy 3-2 in penalties (Full time score 0-0).
- 1997 - Daniel Komen breaks the two-mile world record, in a time of 7:58.61.
- 2021 - At the Lime Rock Park raceway in Lime Rock, Connecticut, USA, the Northeast Grand Prix race is held, round 7 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 1st overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C8.R driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 4th overall is the Heart of Racing Team #23 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 driven by Ross Gunn and Roman De Angelis.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats San Diego Padres by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 9-5.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Colorado Rockies by score 8-3.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Texas Rangers by score 6-2.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats New York Mets by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Oakland Athletics beats Houston Astros by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Minnesota Twins by score 11-0.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Miami Marlins by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Baltimore Orioles by score 7-5.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Boston Red Sox by score 13-2.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats Atlanta Braves by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Kansas City Royals by score 4-2.
- 1850 - Harvard Observatory takes first photograph of a star (Vega).
- 1948 - C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro.
- 1966 - Pioneer 7 launched.
- 1975 - American Apollo 18 and Soviet Soyuz 19 spacecraft dock with each other in orbit, marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
- 1984 - Soyuz T-12 carries three cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7.
- 2006 - Space Shuttle Discovery returns to Earth from the International Space Station, thirteen days after its launch.
- 1942 - 3 feet of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15.
- 1987 - Ten teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Texas).
- 1794 - African Church of Saint Thomas in Philadelphia is dedicated.
- 1794 - Richard Allen organizes Philadelphia's Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
- 1856 - Sunday school excursion train collides, killing 46 children (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
- 1861 - US Congress authorizes first US government-issued paper money, $50 million worth, known as "demand notes" and "Greenbacks".
- 1862 - US Congress passes Postage Currency Act allowing all forms of government postage stamps to be exchanged by assistant treasurers for greenbacks for payments of less than $5, and outlaws all privately issued notes with value under $1.
- 1862 - US army is authorized to accept blacks as laborers.
- 1863 - Battle of Honey Springs, largest battle of war in Indian Territory.
- 1867 - First permanent university dental school in US opens at Harvard.
- 1897 - First ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from the Yukon.
- 1938 - Douglas Corrigan takes off from New York for California, accidentally flies the "wrong way" to Ireland, becoming known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
- 1942 - 3 feet of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15.
- 1942 - Estimated 87.5 cm (34.5 inches) of rainfall, Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record).
- 1943 - United Artists releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film Victory Through Air Power to theaters.
- 1944 - Two ammunition ships explode at Port Chicago, California, killing 322.
- 1945 - American President Harry Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet at Schloss Cecilienhof in Potsdam near Berlin, Germany, beginning a 17-day conference. Partway through the conference, Chruchill is replaced by the newly elected British Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Peace terms are drafted, and discussions are held on Germany, Poland, and Japan. Stalin tells Truman that he believes Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide, but probably escaped.
- 1954 - Construction begins on Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
- 1955 - At 2:00 PM, Disneyland park opens, in Anaheim, California. Eighteen attractions are ready for use. Five themed areas are Main Street, U.S.A., Frontierland, Fantasyland, Adventureland, and Tomorrowland. Based on an initial US$10,000 for planning, the final construction cost was US$17 million. 15,000 guests were invited, but attendance for the day is 28,000-33,000.
- 1955 - At 4:30 PM, the ABC Television network airs the 90-minute Dateline Disneyland show, broadcasting the opening of Disneyland park. An estimated 90 million people watch the show, the largest live TV broadcast to date, with over twenty cameras and a staff of hundreds. Hosts of the show are Art Linkletter, Bob Cummings, and Ronald Reagan. The official dedication is made by Walt Disney and California Governor Goodwin Knight.
- 1955 - Arco, Idaho becomes first US city lit by nuclear power.
- 1962 - US Senate rejects medicare for the aged.
- 1962 - Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site.
- 1966 - Pioneer 7 launched.
- 1967 - The Monkees music group performs at Forest Hills, New York; Jimi Hendrix is opening act.
- 1967 - Race riots in Cairo, Illinois, USA.
- 1970 - 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, New York City.
- 1970 - Ralph Baer demonstrates his television video game system to Magnavox. Despite a lack of interest from most Magnavox engineers, Bill Enders negotiates an exclusive license to manufacture and distribute the system, and sublicense Sanders Associates' patents on the technology.
- 1975 - American Apollo 18 and Soviet Soyuz 19 spacecraft dock with each other in orbit, marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
- 1979 - Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida.
- 1980 - Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president of US.
- 1981 - Two skywalks filled with people at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, USA collapse into a crowded atrium lobby, killing 114, injuring 200.
- 1981 - Israeli aircraft bomb Beirut, destroying multi-storey apartment blocks containing the offices of PLO associated groups, killing approximately 300 civilians and resulting in worldwide condemnation and a U.S. embargo on the export of aircraft to Israel.
- 1987 - Ten teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Texas).
- 1987 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04.
- 1988 - Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, California: 103 degrees F (39 degrees C).
- 1989 - The Splash Mountain attraction opens in Critter Country at Disneyland, after five years of planning. The ride features 103 Audio-Animatronic characters, some from the former America Sings attraction. This is the longest flume chute ride in the world.
- 1989 - The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber first flies.
- 1995 - The Nasdaq Composite stock market index closes above the 1,000 mark for the first time.
- 1996 - Paris-bound TWA Flight 800 (Boeing 747) explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 on board.
- 2008 - American investment bank Merrill Lynch & Company posts a US$4.89 billion quarterly loss after writing down bad debts, and unveils plans to sell billions of dollars of assets.
- 2016 - In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, three police officers are ambushed and killed by ex-serviceman Gavin Long.
Other history:
- 1976 - 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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