July 17 is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 167 days remain until the end of the year. 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. More @Wikipedia
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