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JULY 17, 1918
On This Day in 1918 the Romanov Family Was Killed
On July 17, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II, his family, and those who accompanied him in imprisonment were executed by Bolshevik agents with gunshots and bayonets at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/07/17/otd-july-17-romanov-murder-a66433
JULY 17, 1996
TWA Flight 800 Explodes
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2021/07/remains-of-twa-flight-800-will-be-scrapped-after-25-years-in-storage
12:16 AM EDT
Eric Holder, "Our Unfinished March". Obama Administration Attorney General Eric Holder spoke about the history of voting and offered his thoughts on how to combat voter suppression. Theodore's Books and Long Island University in New York City hosted this event.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?528781-1/our-unfinished-march
1:04 AM EDT
After Words: Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
Professor Elizabeth Currid-Halkett argues that rural & urban America have more in common than what Americans have been led to believe.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?528065-1/after-words-elizabeth-currid-halkett
2:01 AM EDT
Book Party for Dana Rubin. Book TV attended a party for the release of Dana Rubin's "Speaking While Female ," which highlights 75 historic speeches by American women.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?528586-1/speaking-female
2:52 AM EDT
Dana Rubin, "Speaking While Female". Speechwriter Dana Rubin chronicled the story of America through the often unknown and unacknowledged speeches delivered by women since our country's earliest days. She was in conversation with former Clinton White House speechwriter Lissa Muscatine, co-owner of Washington, D.C.'s, Politics and Prose bookstore where this event was held.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?528559-1/speaking-female
3:30 AM EDT
[17th Meeting] UNCITRAL 56th Commission Session
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k18pswv07c
3:30 AM EDT
India Launch of Oil 2023
The International Energy Agency (IEA) in collaboration with Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) and FIPI under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG)
https://www.iea.org/events/india-launch-of-oil-2023
3:52 AM EDT
Taylor Kiland & Judy Gray, "Unwavering". Co-authors Taylor Kiland and Judy Gray talked about the military wives who led the effort to bring back American POW/MIAs during the Vietnam War. This event was hosted by the Coronado Historical Association in Coronado, California.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?528059-1/unwavering
4:00 AM EDT
1st Meeting, 16th Session Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP)
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1v/k1v3u4i5zt
4:48 AM EDT
Warren Hern, "Homo Ecophagus - A Deep Diagnosis to Save the Earth". Dr. Warren Hern argued that humanity presents a threat to the ecosystem and that, without action, this will lead to the death of humans and most species. This event was hosted at the St. Julien Hotel in Boulder, Colorado.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525541-1/homo-ecophagus-deep-diagnosis-save-earth
5:55 AM EDT
Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud, "Pegasus - How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy. Journalists Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud recount their reporting on the Pegasus cyber-surveillance system which can be used to infect phones without detection, spy on the owners, and steal their data. This event was hosted by Literati Bookstore.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?529116-1/pegasus
6:56 AM EDT
Ben Jealous, "Never Forget Our People Were Always Free". Former NAACP president Ben Jealous spoke about healing America using parables and through conversations he had with notable Americans. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this event.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525968-1/never-forget-people-free
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