Page 6: Historical Events In July - 17

1939  22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY on this day in history.   

1939  Spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin) on July - 17.   

1940  Phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$) on July - 17.   

1941  NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland on July - 17.   

1941  On this day in history bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)   

1942  3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history estimated 87.5 cm (34.5") of rainfall, Smethport, Pa. (state record)   

1942  Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968) on this day in history.   

1943  RAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322   

1944  On July - 17 hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies   

1945  On July - 17 potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting   

1945  Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting on July - 17.   

1946  Mikhailovich resistance leader, executed by Tito regime on this day in history.   

1946  On July - 17 dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53   

1947  Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1948  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro on this day in history.   

1948  Proclamation of the constitution of the Republic of (South) Korea on July - 17.   

1948  On July - 17 israeli army captures Nazareth   

1950  On this day in history indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka   

1951  King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I on July - 17.   

1952  On July - 17 shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier   

1953  Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County   

1954  1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) on this day in history.   

1954  Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history arco, Idaho becomes first US city lit by nuclear power   

1955  On July - 17 disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA   

1955  On July - 17 disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County   

1955  On July - 17 bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73   

1958  On July - 17 king Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation   

1959  2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana) on July - 17.   

1959  Billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC on this day in history.   

1959  On July - 17 dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old)   

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1487  On July - 17 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  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

1745  On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  On July - 17 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 this day in history.   

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.   

0924  On this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on July - 17.   

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

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.