What Happened on July 17?
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On July 17, 1930, construction began on the Empire State Building. It was the world's first skyscraper of 100+ stories, on 5th Avenue in New York City.
On July 17, 1930, construction began on the Empire State Building. It was the world’s first skyscraper of 100+ stories. It was built on 5th Avenue in New York City. — July 17, 1938: The Italian Air Force, in support of Francisco Franco, bombed Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War. — Today’s feature article is a guest piece that was written by Mrs. Alaska. Because it will eventually be re-posted in her blog, it is not part of the writing conte…
On July 17, 1918, the Russian imperial family was shot by the Bolsheviks and in 1936 the coup d'état against the Republic in Spain began in Melilla.
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