Historical Events In October - 17

1957  John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history c L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies   

1959  On October - 17 queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse   

1959  "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 perfs on October - 17.   

1960  On October - 17 "Tenderloin" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 216 performances   

1961  NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m on this day in history.   

1961  On October - 17 nY Museum of Modern Art hung Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down, It wasn't corrected until December 3rd   

1961  22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow on October - 17.   

1962  On October - 17 yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship   

1963  "Jennie" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 82 performances on October - 17.   

1963  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97 on October - 17.   

1964  Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra on this day in history.   

1965  "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" opens in NYC for 280 perfs on October - 17.   

1965  Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies on October - 17.   

1966  Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1967  On October - 17 pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km   

1967  The Broadway play "Hair" is first performed on October - 17.   

1967  "Hair" premieres on Broadway on October - 17.   

1967  Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61 on October - 17.   

1969  Soyuz 7 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1969  NY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY on October - 17.   

1973  5 month oil embargo by Arab states against US & Netherlands begins on this day in history.   

1973  Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47 on October - 17.   

1974  On October - 17 rené A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57   

1975  On October - 17 vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90   

1977  On this day in history canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament   

1977  On this day in history west German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of the 4 hijackers   

1977  Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77 on October - 17.   

1979  On this day in history 1,800 Marines landed in Guantanamo Bay as a demonstration of naval power in the wake of the Soviet refusal to withdraw the Russian combat brigade in Cuba.   

1979  On this day in history d Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1 20 06.8   

1979  On October - 17 mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize   

1979  John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81 on October - 17.   

1979  D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8 on October - 17.   

1980  On this day in history mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupts for the third time in 24 hours   

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1253  On this day in history birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  On October - 17 birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  On October - 17 birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on October - 17.   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on October - 17.   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on October - 17.   

0532  On this day in history boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies   

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on October - 17.   

1312  On this day in history jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies   

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on October - 17.   

1616  Death of John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) on this day in history.   

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on October - 17.   

1660  On October - 17 death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)