Page 7: Historical Events In July - 17

1959  Tibet abolishes serfdom on this day in history.   

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  Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1962  On July - 17 senate rejects medicare for the aged   

1964  On this day in history 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  Pioneer 7 launched on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74 on July - 17.   

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  On this day in history john Lennon is ordered to leave the US in 60 days   

1974  On this day in history 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  On this day in history apollo 18 & Soyuz 19 make first US/USSR linkup in space   

1975  On this day in history ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce   

1975  On July - 17 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  On this day in history thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51   

1979  Sebastian Coe runs world record 3 49 mile in Oslo on this day in history.   

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  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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.   

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