On this day: July 17

POSTED: 1:56 PM Jul 16 2012 UPDATED: 1:00 AM Jul 17 2012

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Air conditioning is born, the "happiest place on Earth" opens up and the Beatles get animated, all on this day.

OTD July 17 - Casey Anthony — 1 / 30

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2011: Casey Anthony is released from jail in Orange County, Fla., 17 days after being cleared of murdering her daughter Caylee.

OTD July 17 - Casey Anthony

OTD July 17 - Napoleon

OTD July 17 - train wreck

OTD July 17 - Harvard School of Dental Medicine

OTD July 17 - James Cagney

OTD July 17 - Willis Carrier

OTD July 17 - Pyllis Diller

OTD July 17 - Windsor family

OTD July 17 - Carpathia

OTD July 17 - Donald Sutherland

OTD July 17 - Port Chicago

OTD July 17 - David Hasselhoff

OTD July 17 - Disneyland

OTD July 17 - Billie Holiday

OTD July 17 - Ty Cobb

OTD July 17 - John Coltrane

OTD July 17 - Yellow Submarine

OTD July 17 - Apollo Soyuez

OTD July 17 - 1976 Olympics

OTD July 17 - Hyatt Kansas City collapse

OTD July 17 - Humber Bridge

OTD July 17 - Iran-Contra

OTD July 17 - Dow Jones

OTD July 17 - B-2 Spirit stealth bomber

OTD July 17 - Nasdaq

OTD July 17 - TWA Flight 800

OTD July 17 - Woolworth's

OTD July 17 - earthquake

OTD July 17 - Walter Cronkite

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