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 this day in history.   

1940  Phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$) on this day in history.   

1941  NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland on this day in history.   

1941  On July - 17 bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)   

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

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

1942  Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968) on July - 17.   

1943  On July - 17 rAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde   

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  Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting on July - 17.   

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

1946  Mikhailovich resistance leader, executed by Tito regime on July - 17.   

1946  On this day in history dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53   

1947  Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34 on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1952  Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier on this day in history.   

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  On July - 17 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers)   

1954  Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 on July - 17.   

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

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

1958  On this day in history king Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation   

1959  On this day in history 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)   

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

1959  On this day in history dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old)   

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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 July - 17 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.   

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

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 July - 17.   

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

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.   

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