Historical Events In July - 17

1959  Tibet abolishes serfdom on this day in history.   

1959  On July - 17 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  On July - 17 ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75   

1961  On this day in history ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74   

1962  Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft) on July - 17.   

1962  On this day in history senate rejects medicare for the aged   

1964  On July - 17 don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph)   

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

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

1966  On this day in history pioneer 7 launched   

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

1968  Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premiers in London on July - 17.   

1968  On July - 17 revolt in Iraq   

1970  On July - 17 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 July - 17.   

1972  The first 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico on July - 17.   

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

1974  On July - 17 the first quadrophinic studio in UK is open by the Moody Blues   

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

1975  Apollo 18 & Soyuz 19 make first US/USSR linkup in space on July - 17.   

1975  On July - 17 ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce   

1975  On this day in history the US and USSR link up in space, with the Apollo Soyuz mission   

1975  On this day in history modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)   

1976  On this day in history 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montréal   

1978  Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51 on July - 17.   

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

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1487  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

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

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  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  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  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

1531  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)