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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