Page 6: Historical Events In July - 17

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

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

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

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

1942  On July - 17 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  On this day in history rAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde   

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

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 this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history 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  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro on July - 17.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1952  Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier on July - 17.   

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

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

1955  On July - 17 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  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) on July - 17.   

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

1959  On July - 17 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 July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.   

1745  On July - 17 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  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  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 July - 17.   

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)