Page 6: Historical Events In June - 17

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

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

1951  Carl Vogler, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1952  On June - 17 alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89   

1953  On this day in history 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.   

1953  Soviet tanks deployed against rioting East Germans on June - 17.   

1953  On June - 17 sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for the next day their 14th anniversary   

1953  Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox) on June - 17.   

1953  On this day in history walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76   

1954  Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends on June - 17.   

1954  CIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles & United Fruit Co) on this day in history.   

1956  Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister on this day in history.   

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

1957  "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2 on this day in history.   

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

1959  On this day in history abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68   

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

1961  On this day in history jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40   

1962  Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago on June - 17.   

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

1963  Alain F B Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79 on June - 17.   

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

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  China explodes its first H-bomb on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history barbra Striesand: A Happening in Central Park performed   

1970  Polaroid camera patented on June - 17.   

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

1971  C U Cesco discovers asteroid #2399 Terradas on June - 17.   

1971  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)   

1604  On this day in history birth of johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House)   

1682  Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718) was born on June - 17.   

1691  On June - 17 birth of giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)   

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 this day in history adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies   

0855  Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies on this day in history.   

1091  On this day in history dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies   

1119  Boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies on June - 17.   

1463  On this day in history death of princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436)   

1501  Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

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