Thursday, 17th July 2025 in Amsterdam
Welcome to your daily snapshot of Amsterdam! It's World Emoji Day and International Justice Day. Explore 45 historical events, birthdays, deaths, and milestones that shaped this day in Amsterdam. From remarkable moments in local and world history to the people who left their mark — find out what makes today special. Today's weather in Amsterdam brings cloudy with temperatures between 13°C and 21°C. Tonight's moon is in its waxing crescent phase, and the zodiac sign of the day is Cancer. If you're curious about the history of a day — this page brings together everything worth knowing about this Thursday, 17th July in Amsterdam, NL.
On 17 July 2025, Amsterdam experiences cloudy weather as the day unfolds under a waxing crescent moon. The city, capital of the Netherlands, sits in the province of North Holland and serves as a major international hub for finance, art and tourism. Those born today fall under the Cancer zodiac sign.
This date carries significant historical weight across multiple centuries. In 1968, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr led the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in a bloodless coup that overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif, an event that would reshape Middle Eastern politics for decades. More recently, on 17 July 1992, the Manchester Metrolink opened as the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom, marking a turning point in British public transport infrastructure.
The calendar records numerous aviation disasters on this date, from the 1996 explosion of TWA Flight 800 near New York to the 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine. These tragedies contrast sharply with positive historical moments, such as the 1948 Summer Olympics torch relay that began in Olympia, Greece, symbolising peace during a period of international reconstruction.
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What the Weather Had in Store for Amsterdam on 17th July 2025
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Fortune of the Day
17th July in the Stars – Star Sign Cancer
Personality Profile
Personality People born on 17th July possess remarkable emotional depth combined with transformative power. The Moon grants them strong intuitive abilities, while Pluto adds a fascination with hidden truths. These individuals are intense, perceptive, and emotionally wise beyond their years.
Strengths & Weaknesses Their greatest strengths include emotional intelligence, unwavering loyalty, and genuine understanding of others. They risk becoming emotionally overwhelmed or dwelling in sadness. Their transformative nature requires conscious direction and healthy outlets.
Love In relationships, they are devoted, nurturing, and deeply emotionally present. They seek meaningful, soulful connections rather than superficial intimacy. Their need for emotional security demands partners who honor vulnerability.
Caree & Finance They thrive in professions requiring intuition and human understanding—psychology, healing arts, creative fields. Their work should allow emotional expression and depth. Financial security provides them with psychological comfort and stability.
Health These natives benefit greatly from emotional expression through therapy or journaling. Water-based activities and time at home nourish their well-being. Learning to process emotions healthily rather than internalizing them is essential.
That night, the moon was in its waxing crescent phase.
Chinese year of the Snake (Wood).
Fun Facts About 17th July
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Someone born on this day would be just 281 days old today — roughly 6,746 hours, 404,798 minutes, or 24,287,936 seconds spent on Earth so far.
It's the 198. day of the year.
There are 167 days still to come.
We’re currently in Week 29 — the year marches on.
Famous Birthdays on 17th July
- Connor Bedard, Canadian ice hockey player (2005)
- Jordan Lawlar, American baseball player (2002)
- Rosana Serrano, Cuban rower (1998)
- OG Anunoby, British basketball player (1997)
- Wonwoo, South Korean rapper and singer (1996)
- Kali Uchis, American singer-songwriter (1994)
- Billie Lourd, American actress (1992)
- Tatu Sinisalo, Finnish actor (1992)
- Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player (1991)
- Darius Boyd, Australian rugby league player (1987)
Lives Remembered on 17th July
- Felix Baumgartner, Austrian daredevil (born 1969) (2025)
- Alan Bergman, American songwriter (born 1925) (2025)
- Joanna Kołaczkowska, Polish cabaret performer (born 1966) (2025)
- Cheng Pei-pei, Chinese actress (born 1946) (2024)
- Mary Gibby, British botanist and professor (born 1949) (2024)
- Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer, songwriter and scholar (born 1942) (2024)
- Pat Williams, American basketball player (born 1940) (2024)
Celebrations & Special Days Worldwide on 17th July
- Christian feast day: Alexius of Rome (Western Church)
- Christian feast day: Andrew Zorard
- Christian feast day: Cynehelm
- Christian feast day: Cynllo
- Christian feast day: Inácio de Azevedo
- Christian feast day: Jadwiga of Poland
- Christian feast day: Magnus Felix Ennodius
- Christian feast day: Marcellina
- Christian feast day: Martyrs of Compiègne
- Christian feast day: Blessed Pavel Peter Gojdič (Greek Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Pope Leo IV
- Christian feast day: Romanov sainthood (Russian Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Speratus and companions
- Christian feast day: William White (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: July 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (South Korea)
- Gion Matsuri (Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto)
- Independence Day (Slovakia)
- International Firgun Day (International)
- King's Birthday (Lesotho)
- U Tirot Sing Day (Meghalaya, India)
- World Day for International Justice (International)
- World Emoji Day (International)
What Happened on 17th July?
- At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. (2015)
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed. (2014)
- A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries. (2014)
- Eric Garner is killed by police officer Daniel Pantaleo in New York City, after the latter put him in a prohibited chokehold while arresting him. (2014)
- TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the São Paulo–Congonhas Airport runway, killing 199 people. (2007)
- The 7.7 Mw Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured. (2006)
- During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna, India, killing 60 people. (2000)
- The 7.0 Mw Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured. (1998)
- A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing the permanent international court in The Hague, to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. (1998)
- After takeoff from Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Sempati Air Flight 304 crashes into a residential neighborhood in Bandung, killing 28 people. (1997)