Today is Tuesday, July 17, the 199th day of 2012. There are 167 days left in the year.
1841 ― British humor magazine ``Punch" first published
1850 ― Harvard Observatory takes first photograph of a star (Vega)
1861 ― Congress authorizes paper money
1945 ― Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting
1948 ― Proclamation of the constitution of the Republic of Korea
1955 ― Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County, Calif.
1959 ― Tibet abolishes serfdom
1967 ― Monkees perform at Forest Hills, N.Y., Jimi Hendrix is opening act
1968 ― Beatle's animated film ``Yellow Submarine" premiers in London
1975 ― Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make first U.S.-USSR linkup in space