July 17th, 1944
World War II: Napalm incendiary bombs were dropped for the first time by American P-38 pilots on a fuel depot at Coutances, near St. Lo, France event on July 17, 1944. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around July 17, 1944
| July 18th, 1944 | Death | Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet, author and artist (born in 1870) |
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