Page 7: Historical Events In July - 17

1959  On July - 17 tibet abolishes serfdom   

1959  On this day in history 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis   

1959  On July - 17 billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44   

1961  John Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show on July - 17.   

1961  Ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1961  Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74 on July - 17.   

1962  Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft) on this day in history.   

1962  Senate rejects medicare for the aged on July - 17.   

1964  Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57   

1966  Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3) on this day in history.   

1966  Pioneer 7 launched on July - 17.   

1966  On July - 17 august Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71   

1967  Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act on July - 17.   

1967  Race riots in Cairo Illinois on this day in history.   

1967  On July - 17 cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74   

1968  On this day in history beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premiers in London   

1968  On July - 17 revolt in Iraq   

1970  On this day in history 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC   

1970  On this day in history juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74   

1971  Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1972  On July - 17 the first 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico   

1974  On July - 17 john Lennon is ordered to leave the US in 60 days   

1974  The first quadrophinic studio in UK is open by the Moody Blues on this day in history.   

1974  Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63 on July - 17.   

1975  On this day in history apollo 18 & Soyuz 19 make first US/USSR linkup in space   

1975  Ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce on July - 17.   

1975  The US and USSR link up in space, with the Apollo Soyuz mission on July - 17.   

1975  On July - 17 modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)   

1976  On July - 17 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montréal   

1978  On this day in history thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51   

1979  On July - 17 sebastian Coe runs world record 3 49 mile in Oslo   

1979  On July - 17 doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies   

1979  Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo on July - 17.   

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1487  On July - 17 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  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.   

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

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

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.   

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 July - 17.   

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on this day in history.