Historical Events In June - 17

1950  On this day in history syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies   

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

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 June - 17.   

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  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 June - 17 most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)   

1953  Walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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  Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister on June - 17.   

1957  Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores) on this day in history.   

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

1957  D Richardson, writer, dies at 84 on June - 17.   

1959  On this day in history 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 this day in history jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40   

1962  On June - 17 brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago   

1963  Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools on June - 17.   

1963  On this day in history 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 this day in history arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies   

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

1967  On June - 17 china becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power   

1967  China explodes its first H-bomb on June - 17.   

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

1970  Polaroid camera patented on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave   

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

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

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 June - 17 birth of john B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists)   

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

0656  Death of Osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered on June - 17.   

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

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

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

1119  Boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies on this day in history.   

1463  Death of Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436) on this day in history.   

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

1565  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536) on this day in history.