Page 7: Historical Events In July - 17

1959  On this day in history tibet abolishes serfdom   

1959  2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis on July - 17.   

1959  On this day in history billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44   

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

1961  On this day in history ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75   

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

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

1962  Senate rejects medicare for the aged on this day in history.   

1964  Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) on July - 17.   

1965  Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1966  On July - 17 jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)   

1966  On July - 17 pioneer 7 launched   

1966  August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71 on July - 17.   

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

1967  On this day in history race riots in Cairo Illinois   

1967  Cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1968  On July - 17 beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premiers in London   

1968  On this day in history revolt in Iraq   

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

1970  Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74 on July - 17.   

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

1972  The first 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico on this day in history.   

1974  John Lennon is ordered to leave the US in 60 days on this day in history.   

1974  The first quadrophinic studio in UK is open by the Moody Blues on July - 17.   

1974  On this day in history jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63   

1975  Apollo 18 & Soyuz 19 make first US/USSR linkup in space on this day in history.   

1975  On July - 17 ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce   

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

1975  Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal) on July - 17.   

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

1978  On July - 17 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 this day in history doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies   

1979  On this day in history sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo   

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1487  On July - 17 birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

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

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0656  On July - 17 death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.   

1025  On this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  On this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

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  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)