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 June - 17 carl Vogler, composer, dies at 77   

1952  2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium on this day in history.   

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 June - 17.   

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

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

1953  Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox) on this day in history.   

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

1954  On this day in history televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends   

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 June - 17.   

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  D Richardson, writer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1959  On June - 17 abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68   

1960  On this day in history pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70   

1961  On June - 17 jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40   

1962  Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago on this day in history.   

1963  Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools on this day in history.   

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

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

1965  Arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies on June - 17.   

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

1967  China becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power on this day in history.   

1967  China explodes its first H-bomb on this day in history.   

1967  Barbra Striesand: A Happening in Central Park performed on June - 17.   

1970  Polaroid camera patented on this day in history.   

1970  Matthew Henderson, cricketer (one Test for NZ 1930), dies on this day in history.   

1971  C U Cesco discovers asteroid #2399 Terradas on this day in history.   

1971  C Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Phila), dies on this day in history.   

1972  5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave on this day in history.   

1972  Looking Glass releases "Brandy" on this day in history.   

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1239  On June - 17 birth of edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England   

1603  Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663) was born on this day in history.   

1604  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House) was born on this day in history.   

1682  On June - 17 birth of charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)   

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

1693  Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

1703  John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists) was born on June - 17.   

1704  John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780) was born on June - 17.   

0656  On June - 17 death of osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered   

0676  Adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies on June - 17.   

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 this day in history boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies   

1463  On June - 17 death of princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436)   

1501  On this day in history jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies   

1565  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536) on June - 17.