Page 6: Historical Events In June - 17

1950  On June - 17 syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies   

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

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

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

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  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  On June - 17 walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76   

1954  On June - 17 televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends   

1954  On this day in history cIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles & United Fruit Co)   

1956  On June - 17 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 this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history d Richardson, writer, dies at 84   

1959  Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1960  On June - 17 pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70   

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

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

1963  On June - 17 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  Arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies on June - 17.   

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  On June - 17 china explodes its first H-bomb   

1967  Barbra Striesand: A Happening in Central Park performed on this day in history.   

1970  Polaroid camera patented on this day in history.   

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

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

1972  On this day in history looking Glass releases "Brandy"   

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

1604  On June - 17 birth of johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House)   

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

1691  Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

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

1703  On June - 17 birth of john B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists)   

1704  On June - 17 birth of john Kay, English inventor (d. 1780)   

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

0676  On this day in history adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies   

0855  On this day in history leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies   

1091  Dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies on this day in history.   

1119  On this day in history boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies   

1463  Death of Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436) on June - 17.   

1501  Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies on June - 17.   

1565  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536)