Historical Events In July - 17

1959  Tibet abolishes serfdom on July - 17.  

1959  On July - 17 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis  

1959  On July - 17 billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44  

1961  John Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show on July - 17.  

1961  Ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1961  Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74 on July - 17.  

1962  On July - 17 robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft)  

1962  On July - 17 senate rejects medicare for the aged  

1964  On this day in history don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph)  

1965  Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57 on July - 17.  

1966  On this day in history jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)  

1966  On July - 17 pioneer 7 launched  

1966  August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1967  On July - 17 monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act  

1967  Race riots in Cairo Illinois on July - 17.  

1967  Cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1968  Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premiers in London on this day in history.  

1968  Revolt in Iraq on this day in history.  

1970  30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC on July - 17.  

1970  Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74 on July - 17.  

1971  Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76 on July - 17.  

1972  The first 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico on this day in history.  

1974  On this day in history john Lennon is ordered to leave the US in 60 days  

1974  On this day in history the first quadrophinic studio in UK is open by the Moody Blues  

1974  Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63 on July - 17.  

1975  Apollo 18 & Soyuz 19 make first US/USSR linkup in space on July - 17.  

1975  On this day in history ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce  

1975  The US and USSR link up in space, with the Apollo Soyuz mission on this day in history.  

1975  Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal) on July - 17.  

1976  21st modern Olympic games opens in Montréal on this day in history.  

1978  On July - 17 thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51  

1979  On July - 17 sebastian Coe runs world record 3 49 mile in Oslo  

1979  Doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies on this day in history.  

1979  Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo on July - 17.  

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1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah  

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)  

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.  

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.  

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.  

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.  

1763  On this day in history birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education  

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on July - 17.  

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.  

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.  

1025  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies  

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on this day in history.  

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.  

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.  

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies  

1531  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)