Historical Events In July - 17

1959  Tibet abolishes serfdom on July - 17.  

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

1959  Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44 on this day in history.  

1961  On July - 17 john Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show  

1961  Ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75 on July - 17.  

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  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.  

Advertisements

1966  Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3) on July - 17.  

1966  Pioneer 7 launched on July - 17.  

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

1967  On July - 17 monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act  

1967  Race riots in Cairo Illinois on July - 17.  

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  Revolt in Iraq on July - 17.  

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

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

1971  On July - 17 cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76  

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 July - 17.  

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

1974  On July - 17 jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1979  Doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies on July - 17.  

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.  

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  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer  

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 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 July - 17.  

0924  On this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies  

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.  

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies  

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 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)