Page 6: Historical Events In June - 17

1950  Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies on this day in history.   

1951  On June - 17 "Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances   

1951  On this day in history carl Vogler, composer, dies at 77   

1952  On June - 17 2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium   

1952  Alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1953  East Berlin workers rise up to protest low wages and bad conditions. Soviet tanks mow down the strikers with machine gun fire, ending illusions that communism is a workers' paradise on this day in history.   

1953  On June - 17 soviet tanks deployed against rioting East Germans   

1953  On this day in history sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for the next day their 14th anniversary   

1953  On this day in history most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)   

1953  Walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76 on June - 17.   

1954  On June - 17 televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends   

1954  On June - 17 cIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles & United Fruit Co)   

1956  On this day in history golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister   

1957  On this day in history tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)   

1957  On June - 17 "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2   

1957  On June - 17 d Richardson, writer, dies at 84   

1959  Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68 on June - 17.   

1960  Pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70 on June - 17.   

1961  Jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40 on June - 17.   

1962  On this day in history brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago   

1963  On this day in history supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools   

1963  On June - 17 alain F B Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79   

1965  28.14 cm (11.08") of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record) on June - 17.   

1965  On June - 17 arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies   

1967  Barbra Striesand A Happening in Central Park performed on this day in history.   

1967  China becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power on June - 17.   

1967  On this day in history china explodes its first H-bomb   

1967  On June - 17 barbra Striesand: A Happening in Central Park performed   

1970  Polaroid camera patented on this day in history.   

1970  On June - 17 matthew Henderson, cricketer (one Test for NZ 1930), dies   

1971  On this day in history c U Cesco discovers asteroid #2399 Terradas   

1971  On June - 17 c Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Phila), dies   

1972  5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave on June - 17.   

1972  Looking Glass releases "Brandy" on June - 17.   

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1239  Edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England was born on this day in history.   

1603  Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663) was born on June - 17.   

1604  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House) was born on June - 17.   

1682  Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718) was born on this day in history.   

1691  Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765) was born on June - 17.   

1693  On June - 17 birth of johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)   

1703  On this day in history birth of john B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists)   

1704  John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.   

0656  On this day in history death of osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered   

0676  On June - 17 adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies   

0855  On this day in history leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies   

1091  Dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies on June - 17.   

1119  On June - 17 boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies   

1463  Death of Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436) on June - 17.   

1501  Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies on June - 17.   

1565  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536)