Page 6: Historical Events In October - 17

1957  John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1959  "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 perfs on October - 17.   

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

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 October - 17 yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship   

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

1963  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97 on October - 17.   

1964  On October - 17 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 October - 17.   

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

1967  Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km on October - 17.   

1967  On October - 17 the Broadway play "Hair" is first performed   

1967  "Hair" premieres on Broadway on this day in history.   

1967  On October - 17 henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61   

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 this day in history.   

1973  On October - 17 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  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  Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1979  On October - 17 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.   

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

1979  Mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October - 17.   

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

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

1980  Mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupts for the third time in 24 hours on October - 17.   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on this day in history.   

1563  On October - 17 birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

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

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  On October - 17 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  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  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on October - 17.   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on this day in history.   

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

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 October - 17.