Page 7: Historical Events In July - 17

1959  On July - 17 tibet abolishes serfdom   

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  On this day in history john Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show   

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  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  On this day in history jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)   

1966  Pioneer 7 launched on July - 17.   

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  On July - 17 cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74   

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

1968  Revolt in Iraq on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1975  On July - 17 apollo 18 & Soyuz 19 make first US/USSR linkup in space   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  On July - 17 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  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.   

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

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

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  On July - 17 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  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

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

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

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

1345  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.