Historical Events In June - 17

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

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  Alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89 on this day in history.  

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 June - 17 soviet tanks deployed against rioting East Germans  

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  On this day in history most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)  

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

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

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  Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68 on June - 17.  

1960  Pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

1962  On this day in history brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago  

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 this day in history.  

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

1965  On June - 17 arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies  

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

1967  China becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power on June - 17.  

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

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

1970  On this day in history polaroid camera patented  

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

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

1971  On June - 17 c Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Phila), dies  

1972  On June - 17 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave  

1972  Looking Glass releases "Brandy" on June - 17.  

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1239  On this day in history birth of edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England  

1603  On this day in history birth of joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)  

1604  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House) was born on June - 17.  

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

1691  On this day in history birth of giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)  

1693  Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775) was born on June - 17.  

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  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 June - 17.  

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

1501  On June - 17 jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies  

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