Page 6: Historical Events In July - 17

1939  22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY on July - 17.   

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  Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow) on this day in history.   

1942  3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15 on July - 17.   

1942  On July - 17 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  Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting   

1946  On this day in history mikhailovich resistance leader, executed by Tito regime   

1946  Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53 on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34   

1948  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro on July - 17.   

1948  On July - 17 proclamation of the constitution of the Republic of (South) Korea   

1948  On this day in history israeli army captures Nazareth   

1950  On July - 17 indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka   

1951  On this day in history king Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I   

1952  Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier on July - 17.   

1953  On this day in history bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65   

1954  On July - 17 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 this day in history disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA   

1955  Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County on July - 17.   

1955  On this day in history bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73   

1958  King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC   

1959  Dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) on July - 17.   

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.   

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

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

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

0656  On July - 17 death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.   

1070  On this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

1531  On this day in history death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)