17 July 1996 July 17, 2011 Author: Staff Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Flight 800 explodes, killing all on board. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Love is the self-delusion we manufacture to justify the trouble we take to have sex." Daniel S. Greenberg — Click here for more from Daniel S. Greenberg Related posts: 4 July 1569 Categories: History Tags: 17 July, 1996