Page 6: Historical Events In October - 17

1957  On October - 17 john HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70   

1958  On October - 17 c L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies   

1959  Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse on this day in history.   

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

1960  "Tenderloin" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 216 performances on this day in history.   

1961  On October - 17 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  On this day in history yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship   

1963  "Jennie" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 82 performances on October - 17.   

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

1964  On this day in history yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra   

1965  On October - 17 "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" opens in NYC for 280 perfs   

1965  Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies on this day in history.   

1966  On October - 17 soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91   

1967  On October - 17 pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km   

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

1967  On October - 17 "Hair" premieres on Broadway   

1967  Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history soyuz 7 returns to Earth   

1969  NY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY on October - 17.   

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

1973  On this day in history ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47   

1974  René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57 on October - 17.   

1975  Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1977  On October - 17 canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament   

1977  On this day in history west German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of the 4 hijackers   

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 this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history d Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1 20 06.8   

1979  On this day in history mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize   

1979  John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81 on October - 17.   

1979  On this day in history d Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8   

1980  On October - 17 mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupts for the third time in 24 hours   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on October - 17.   

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on this day in history.   

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on this day in history.   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on October - 17.   

1623  On October - 17 birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)   

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

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on October - 17.   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on October - 17.   

0532  On October - 17 boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies   

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on October - 17.   

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

1552  On October - 17 andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on October - 17.   

1616  On October - 17 death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)