Page 6: Historical Events In July - 17

1939  On this day in history 22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY   

1939  Spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin) on July - 17.   

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

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

1942  On this day in history 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 July - 17.   

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

1944  Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies on this day in history.   

1945  Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting on July - 17.   

1945  Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting on July - 17.   

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

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  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro on this day in history.   

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

1948  Israeli army captures Nazareth on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier   

1953  Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65 on July - 17.   

1954  Construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County on July - 17.   

1954  1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) on July - 17.   

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

1955  Arco, Idaho becomes first US city lit by nuclear power on this day in history.   

1955  Disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA on July - 17.   

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

1955  Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1958  On July - 17 king Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation   

1959  On July - 17 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 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  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  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

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

1763  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On this day in history 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  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

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 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)