Page 6: Historical Events In July - 17

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

1939  On this day in history spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin)   

1940  On July - 17 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 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 July - 17.   

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 July - 17.   

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

1944  Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies on July - 17.   

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

1945  Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history israeli army captures Nazareth   

1950  On July - 17 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 this day in history shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier   

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

1954  On July - 17 construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County   

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  Arco, Idaho becomes first US city lit by nuclear power on this day in history.   

1955  Disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA on this day in history.   

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

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  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  On July - 17 billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC   

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 this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

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