Today in History: 17th July

Well hello there Gentle Readers. Its time once again to try the Pick 'n' Mix of History.

1762: Catherine the Great becomes Tsar of Russia when Peter III is murdered.

 1899: Hollywood legend Jimmy Cagney is born.

1918: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his entire family are executed in Yeketerinburg.

1945: Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet at Potsdam to discuss the future of Germany after the defeat of the Nazis in World War II.

1952: The Hoff: David Hasselhoff is born.

1955: Disneyland opens in California.

2014: Air Malaysia flight 17 is shot down over Eastern Ukraine killing all 298 people on board.

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