Today is Tuesday, July 17, the 197th day of 2007. There are 168 days left in the year.
561 _ John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
855 _ St. Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1549 _ Jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium
1898 _ Spanish American War-Spaniads surrender to U.S. at Santiago Cuba
1948 _ Proclamation of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea
1959 _ Tibet abolishes serfdom
1968 _ Beatle's animated film ``Yellow Submarine’’ premiers in London
1968 _ Revolt in Iraq
1984 _ Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7
1989 _ Paul McCartney releases ``This One’’
1990 _ Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq