Page 7: Historical Events In August - 17

1970  On August - 17 venera 7 launched by USSR for soft landing on Venus   

1971  On this day in history horace McMahon, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64   

1972  On this day in history in New Britain a 7.1 earthquake caused a two-foot tsunami at Pomino on southeast New Britain   

1972  Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game on August - 17.   

1972  Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1973  On August - 17 lee Trevino's 1st hole-in-one   

1973  US archaeologists in Greece uncover evidence that people went to sea as early as 7500 BC on August - 17.   

1973  On August - 17 conrad Aiken, US poet (Pulitzer), dies at 74   

1974  On August - 17 aldo Palazzeschi, [Giurlani], Italian writer, dies at 89   

1975  Sig Arno, Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1976  Murvyn Vye, actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63 on August - 17.   

1978  On this day in history the first manned balloon crossing of Atlantic Ocean (Eagle II)   

1979  On August - 17 vivian Vance actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 72   

1979  On August - 17 vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies of cancer at 67   

1980  On August - 17 midway relieved Constellation to begin another Indian Ocean deployment and complement Eisenhower task group still on contingency duty in the Arabian Sea   

1981  On this day in history robert Russell Bennett, US composer/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 87   

1982  Barney Phillips actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1982  South Bend, Ind jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin on August - 17.   

1982  On August - 17 barney Phillips, actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies at 68   

1983  In Luzon, Philippine Islands a 6.5 quake killed 16 and 47 injured and extensive damage in the Pasuquin-Laoag-Batac and Serrat areas on this day in history.   

1983  On August - 17 ira Gershwin lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills, Cal, at 86   

1983  Ira Gershwin, lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills at 86 on August - 17.   

1984  On August - 17 holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks   

1985  On this day in history dave Kingman hits his 400th HR   

1985  Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India on this day in history.   

1986  On August - 17 bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market   

1987  Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57) on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history rudolph Hess Nazi, dies at 93, after 46 years in Spandau Prison   

1987  Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet, dies at 84 on August - 17.   

1988  On August - 17 franklin D Roosevelt Jr (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday   

1988  On August - 17 lIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991   

1988  On this day in history mohammad Zia Ul-Haq pres of Pakistan (1978-88), dies at 63 in plane crash   

1988  NYC 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy) on August - 17.   

1988  On August - 17 franklin D Roosevelt Jr, (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday   

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1473  On August - 17 birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

1578  On August - 17 birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)   

1586  On August - 17 birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1601  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on this day in history.   

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on August - 17.   

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on August - 17.   

1720  On this day in history birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)   

1753  On August - 17 birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)   

0754  On this day in history karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39   

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on August - 17.   

1304  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)   

1464  On August - 17 nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on this day in history.   

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on August - 17.   

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on August - 17.   

1635  On August - 17 francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48