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 this day in history.   

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

1941  On July - 17 nY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland   

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 July - 17.   

1942  On this day in history connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968)   

1943  On July - 17 rAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde   

1944  2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322 on July - 17.   

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

1948  On July - 17 c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro   

1948  Proclamation of the constitution of the Republic of (South) Korea on this day in history.   

1948  Israeli army captures Nazareth on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County on July - 17.   

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

1954  On July - 17 dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85   

1955  On July - 17 arco, Idaho becomes first US city lit by nuclear power   

1955  On this day in history disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA   

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

1955  Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73 on July - 17.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1959  Dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) on this day in history.   

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1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

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

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.   

1025  On this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

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

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