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  On this day in history queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse   

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

1961  NY Museum of Modern Art hung Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down, It wasn't corrected until December 3rd on October - 17.   

1961  22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow on October - 17.   

1962  Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship on this day in history.   

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

1963  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies   

1966  Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91 on October - 17.   

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

1967  The Broadway play "Hair" is first performed on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history nY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY   

1973  On October - 17 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  Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament on October - 17.   

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

1977  Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77 on October - 17.   

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

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

1979  On October - 17 john Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81   

1979  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1626  On October - 17 birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

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

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

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

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on this day in history.   

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on October - 17.   

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

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