Historical Events In October - 17

1957  John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70 on October - 17.   

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

1959  On October - 17 queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse   

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

1960  On this day in history "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 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 A Clear Day You Can See Forever" opens in NYC for 280 perfs on October - 17.   

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  Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km on this day in history.   

1967  The Broadway play "Hair" is first performed on October - 17.   

1967  On October - 17 "Hair" premieres on Broadway   

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

1969  Soyuz 7 returns to Earth on October - 17.   

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

1973  On this day in history 5 month oil embargo by Arab states against US & Netherlands begins   

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

1974  On October - 17 rené A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57   

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

1977  On this day in history canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament   

1977  On October - 17 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 October - 17.   

1979  D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1 20 06.8 on this day in history.   

1979  On October - 17 mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize   

1979  John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1979  D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8 on this day in history.   

1980  Mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupts for the third time in 24 hours on this day in history.   

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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  On this day in history birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

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

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

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on October - 17.   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on this day in history.   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1174  On October - 17 death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on this day in history.   

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

1586  On this day in history philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32   

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

1638  On this day in history death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  On October - 17 death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)