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July 17, 2007
Today in History: July 17th
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1793: French assassin Charlotte Corday is guillotined
Assassin Charlotte Corday is executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
The 25-year-old woman had killed leading French politician Jean Paul Marat four days earlier in his home. Blaming him for the revolutionary war that was breaking out in France, Corday confessed to the murder. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
French assassin Charlotte Corday is guillotined. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:00, Jul 17, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1070.
Books in the GSU Library:
Author: Bowen, Marjorie, pseud.
Title: The angel of the assassination; Marie-Charlotte de Corday d’Armont, Jean-Paul Marat, Jean-Adam Lux; a study of three disciples of Jean-Jacque Rousseau, by Joseph Shearing.
Call Number: DC146.C8 S41935A
1870: "Wild Bill" Hickok kills a soldier
A drunken brawl turns deadly when "Wild Bill" Hickok shoots two soldiers in self-defense, mortally wounding one of them. Read the complete article.
Cite the article:
"Wild Bill" Hickok kills a soldier. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:03, Jul 17, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4584.
Books in the GSU Library:
Author: Holbrook, Stewart Hall, 1893-1964.
Title: Wild Bill Hickok tames the West; illustrated by Ernest Richardson.
Call Number: MAT-CTR. PZ7.H696 WI
1938: "Wrong Way" Corrigan crosses the Atlantic
Douglas Corrigan, the last of the early glory-seeking fliers, takes off from Floyd Bennett field in Brooklyn, New York, on a flight that would finally win him a place in aviation history. Read the complete article.
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"Wrong Way" Corrigan crosses the Atlantic. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:26, Jul 17, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5184.
1955: Disneyland, Walt Disney's metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy, and futurism, opens on July 17, 1955. The $17 million theme park was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, Califo ... View video clips.
Read about Walt Disney:
Author: Watts, Steven, 1952-
Title: The Magic Kingdom : Walt Disney and the American way of life / Steven Watts.
Call Number: NC1766.U52 D5927 1997
Posted by d-nadler at July 17, 2007 03:32 PM