July 17, 2026

Name days: Charlotte, Caroline, Marcelline

Astrological sign: Cancer (June 22 - July 22)

Every year on July 17:

• World Day for International Justice

See also: July 16 - July 18 - All days of 2026

June 11 to July 19: FIFA World Cup, USA, Canada and Mexico

June 24 to July 21: Summer sales in France

July 3-18: Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland)

July 4-25: Avignon Festival

July 4-26: Tour de France cycling race

July 9-19: Jazz à Juan, Juan-les-Pins

July 15-18: Colours of Ostrava Festival (Czech Republic)

July 15-19: International Folklore Festival Zagreb (Croatia)

July 16-19: The Open Championship, Royal Birkdale (England)

July 17-19: Belgian Grand Prix (Formula 1), Spa-Francorchamps

July 17-19 and July 24-26: Tomorrowland, Boom (Belgium)

July 17, 1918: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family are assassinated by decision of the "Ural executive committee." The Tsar, his wife, their four daughters and their son, along with four of their servants, are shot to death.

July 17, 1936: In Spain, a military coup attempts to overthrow the government of the Second Spanish Republic. Ending in failure on July 18, the Spanish Civil War will break out, until the republic's defeat on April 1, 1939, leading to dictatorship.

July 17, 1945: Stalin, Churchill and Truman meet at the Potsdam Conference.

July 17, 2014: In Ukraine, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, is shot down in the Donetsk region, likely by a surface-to-air missile. All 283 passengers and 15 crew members lose their lives in the attack.