Page 7: Historical Events In July - 17

1959  On July - 17 tibet abolishes serfdom   

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

1959  Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44 on July - 17.   

1961  John Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show on this day in history.   

1961  On July - 17 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 July - 17.   

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

1965  On July - 17 luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57   

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

1966  On this day in history pioneer 7 launched   

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

1967  On this day in history monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act   

1967  Race riots in Cairo Illinois on July - 17.   

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

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

1968  Revolt in Iraq on this day in history.   

1970  30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC on July - 17.   

1970  On July - 17 juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74   

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

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

1974  John Lennon is ordered to leave the US in 60 days on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1975  Ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on this day in history.   

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  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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)