Page 6: Historical Events In June - 17

1950  Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies   

1951  "Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances   

1951  Carl Vogler, composer, dies at 77   

1952  2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium.   

1952  Alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89.   

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.   

1953  Soviet tanks deployed against rioting East Germans   

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

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

1953  Walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76   

1954  Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends.   

1954  CIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles and United Fruit Co)   

1956  In this year, Golda Meir starts her term as Israel's foreign minister   

1957  Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores).   

1957  "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2.   

1957  D Richardson, writer, dies at 84   

1959  Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68.   

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

1961  Jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40   

1962  Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago.   

1963  Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools.   

1963  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)   

1965  Arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies.   

1967  Barbra Striesand A Happening in Central Park performed.   

1967  China is recorded as becoming world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power.   

1967  China explodes its inaugural H-bomb.   

1967  Barbra Striesand: A Happening in Central Park performed   

1970  Polaroid camera patented   

1970  Matthew Henderson, cricketer (one Test for NZ 1930), dies.   

1971  C U Cesco discovers asteroid #2399 Terradas.   

1971  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.   

1972  In this year, Looking Glass releases "Brandy".   

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1239  Edward i: King of england (1272-1307)/chased jews out of england   

1603  Joseph of cupertino: Italian saint   

1604  Johan maurits: Count of nassau-siegen (maurits house)   

1682  Charles xii: King of sweden (1697-1718)   

1691  Giovanni paolo pannini: Italian painter and architect   

1693  Johann georg walch: German theologian   

1703  John b wesley: England, religion co-founder (methodists)   

1704  John kay: English inventor   

0656  Osman ibn affan: 3rd kalief of islam (644-56) murdered   

0676  Death of Adeodatus ii: Italian pope (672-76),   

0855  Leo iv: Italian pope (847-55),   

1091  Dirk v: Count of holland (1061-91),   

1119  Death of Boudouin vii with the axe: Earl of flanders (1111-19),   

1463  Princess catherine of portugal: Writer (b. 1436)   

1501  Jan i olbracht: King of poland,   

1565  Ashikaga yoshiteru: Japanese shogun (b. 1536)