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 July - 17.  

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

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

1961  On July - 17 ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74  

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.  

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

1967  On July - 17 race riots in Cairo Illinois  

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 this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history the first quadrophinic studio in UK is open by the Moody Blues  

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  On this day in history ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce  

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

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

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

1978  Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.  

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.  

1744  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education  

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader  

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

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.  

1025  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies  

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

1345  On this day in history 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)