July 17 in history: • 1771 – Dene men who were acting as guides to Samuel Hearne on his exploration of the Coppermine River in present-day Nunavut, Canada, massacred a group of about twenty Copper Inuit. → go there • 1863 – The New Zealand Wars resumed as British forces led by General Duncan Cameron began the invasion of the Waikato. → go there • 1968 – Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (pictured), the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in a bloodless coup. → go there • 1994 – Brazil won the FIFA World Cup final against Italy 3–2 on penalties, following a 0–0 draw after extra time. → go there • 2007 – TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people. → go there Born 1819: Eunice Newton Foote Wiki link Born 1958: Wong Kar-wai Wiki link Died 2015: Jules Bianchi Wiki link Died 2025: Felix Baumgartner Wiki link Pictured: Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr.