Page 6: Historical Events In July - 17

1939  On July - 17 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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 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 July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1948  Israeli army captures Nazareth on July - 17.   

1950  On July - 17 indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka   

1951  On July - 17 king Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I   

1952  On this day in history shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier   

1953  On July - 17 bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65   

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  Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

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

1955  Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County on this day in history.   

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

1958  King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation on this day in history.   

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  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 July - 17 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  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on July - 17.   

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

0924  On July - 17 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 this day in history.   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.   

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

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)