Historical Events In October - 17

1957  On this day in history john HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70   

1958  C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies on this day in history.   

1959  Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse on October - 17.   

1959  "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 perfs on this day in history.   

1960  On October - 17 "Tenderloin" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 216 performances   

1961  On this day in history nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m   

1961  On this day in history nY Museum of Modern Art hung Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down, It wasn't corrected until December 3rd   

1961  22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow on this day in history.   

1962  Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship on October - 17.   

1963  On this day in history "Jennie" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 82 performances   

1963  On October - 17 jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97   

1964  On October - 17 yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra   

1965  "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" opens in NYC for 280 perfs on this day in history.   

1965  Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies on October - 17.   

1966  On this day in history soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91   

1967  On this day in history pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km   

1967  On this day in history the Broadway play "Hair" is first performed   

1967  "Hair" premieres on Broadway on October - 17.   

1967  Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61 on October - 17.   

1969  On this day in history soyuz 7 returns to Earth   

1969  On October - 17 nY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY   

1973  5 month oil embargo by Arab states against US & Netherlands begins on October - 17.   

1973  Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history rené A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57   

1975  Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90 on October - 17.   

1977  Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament on this day in history.   

1977  West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of the 4 hijackers on October - 17.   

1977  On October - 17 robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77   

1979  1,800 Marines landed in Guantanamo Bay as a demonstration of naval power in the wake of the Soviet refusal to withdraw the Russian combat brigade in Cuba on October - 17.   

1979  On October - 17 d Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1 20 06.8   

1979  Mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history john Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81   

1979  D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8 on October - 17.   

1980  On this day in history mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupts for the third time in 24 hours   

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1253  On this day in history birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on October - 17.   

1577  On October - 17 birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  On this day in history birth of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on October - 17.   

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  On October - 17 birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on October - 17.   

1174  On this day in history death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  On this day in history jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies   

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1586  On October - 17 philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32   

1616  Death of John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) on October - 17.   

1638  On October - 17 death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on this day in history.