JULY 17
1918:Russian Czar Nicholas II, his family and several members of their household are shot to death by Bolsheviks in the basement of a house in Ekaterinberg, marking the end of the centuries-old Romanov dynasty.
1955: Walt Disney’s imaginative vision comes to life when Disneyland opens in Anaheim, Calif. The amusement park spans more than 160 acres of former orange groves and costs $17 million.
1975: In a moment of international cooperation symbolizing a period of détente in the Cold War, an American Apollo spacecraft docks with the Soviet Soyuz 19 for 44 hours while in orbit around the Earth.
1955: Walt Disney’s imaginative vision comes to life when Disneyland opens in Anaheim, Calif. The amusement park spans more than 160 acres of former orange groves and costs $17 million.
1975: In a moment of international cooperation symbolizing a period of détente in the Cold War, an American Apollo spacecraft docks with the Soviet Soyuz 19 for 44 hours while in orbit around the Earth.
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