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Historical Events on July 17 (Part 2)

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  • 2019 Streaming service Netflix reaches 150 million subscribers worldwide, but with slower growth than forecast
  • 2019 World Health Organization declares the DR Congo Ebola outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern"
  • 2020 India becomes the third country to record 1 million cases of COVID-19, 56% concentrated in Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu
  • 2021 73rd Cannes Film Festival: Titane wins Palme d'Or, its director Frenchwoman Julie Ducournau only 2nd woman to win
  • 2023 Russia pulls out of a deal allowing the export of Ukrainian grain past their naval blockade, threatening to push world food prices higher [1]
  • 2023 Typhoon Talim, makes landfall on China's Guandong coast with winds of nearly 140km/h (87mph), forcing the evacuation of nearly 230,000 people [1]