On this day: Jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday died in 1959

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on July 17: 1903 – The American-born artist James Whistler, best known for the portrait of his mother, died. 1945 – The post-World War Two Potsdam Conference began, bringing together British Prime Minister Winston…

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