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..."Music, in the best sense, does not require novelty; no, the older it is, and the more we are accustomed to it, the greater its effect." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Click here for more from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Related posts: 4 July 1569 Categories: History Tags: 17 July, 1996