Event:
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 is hit by a missile while flying over eastern Ukraine, the location of heavy fighting by pro-Russian separatists; the origin of the missile is not yet known; all 298 people aboard the plane were killed in the attack
More Notable Events on July 17:
1989 1st Test flight of U.S. stealth-bomber
1955 Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County
1955 Arco, Idaho becomes 1st U.S. city lit by nuclear power
1897 1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon
1821 Spain cedes Florida to U.S.
