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 this day in history.  

1940  On this day in history phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$)  

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 July - 17.  

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  On July - 17 connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968)  

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

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

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  On July - 17 potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting  

1946  On July - 17 mikhailovich resistance leader, executed by Tito regime  

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

1947  On July - 17 raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34  

1948  On this day in history c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro  

1948  On this day in history proclamation of the constitution of the Republic of (South) Korea  

1948  Israeli army captures Nazareth on July - 17.  

1950  Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka on July - 17.  

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

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  Construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County on this day in history.  

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  Disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA on July - 17.  

1955  On this day in history disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County  

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 July - 17.  

1959  Billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC on July - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer  

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering  

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)  

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

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

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.  

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 July - 17.  

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.  

1345  On July - 17 death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched  

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

1510  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies  

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