On this day in history, Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak came to an end. His 56 game streak remains a record.
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Today in World War II History—July 17, 1941
The British carried out the "Twin Pimples" raid on the Italian lines near Tobruk. The raid was a success but had no impact on the siege.
On this day Alfred Rosenberg, an Estonian born Baltic German, was appointed Reichminister of the newly conquered eastern territories where he was to oversee the implementation of the Lebensraum concept. He had been present at a conference the prior day where the topic had been discussed.
He was well familiar with it, being a very early proponent of it and an early influence on the Nazi world view. He was educated in Imperial Russia and came of age in that country but did not serve in its armed forces during World War One. He came to Germany in the early 1920s and quickly became a Nazi. He ran the Nazi Party during Hitler's imprisonment. A virulent proponent of Nazi ideology, he was an opponent of Christianity as well as Judaism.
Heydrich also acted in accordance with these goals on this day by reemphasizing the extermination orders issued to German troops in the east.
The Germans encircled Uman and took 300,000 Soviet prisoners of war.
Franco gave a highly bellicose public speech accusing the Allies of planning the war badly and having lost it, and criticizing the United States for supporting the Allies. The speech was generally baffling as it was obviously pro Axis but also gave no indication that Spain itself intended to join in the war.
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation banning trade with Latin American firms that supplied materials to Nazi Germany.
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