Page 6: Historical Events In June - 17

1950  Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies on June - 17.   

1951  On this day in history "Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances   

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

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

1952  On this day in history alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89   

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

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

1954  Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history 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 June - 17 tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)   

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

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 June - 17.   

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1970  On June - 17 polaroid camera patented   

1970  Matthew Henderson, cricketer (one Test for NZ 1930), dies on June - 17.   

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

1971  C Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Phila), dies on June - 17.   

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 June - 17.   

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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  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 this day in history 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  On June - 17 death of osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered   

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

0855  Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies on June - 17.   

1091  On June - 17 dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies   

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 June - 17.   

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

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