| General Information for July 17th 2018 |
| There are 5 public holidays today. |
| Day 198 of 2018 |
| 167 days left in 2018 |
| Week 29 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1975 - Apollo and Soyuz dock together. |
| 1945 - The Potsdam Conference began with world leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill planning for the future peace at the end of the Second World War. |
| 1941 - Joe DiMaggio's winning streak runs out, another Great Moment in Baseball. |
| 1203 - The Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus flees into exile. |