Page 6: Historical Events In October - 17

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

1958  C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies on October - 17.   

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  NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m on October - 17.   

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

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

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

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

1963  On this day in history jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97   

1964  Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra on October - 17.   

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

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

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

1969  On October - 17 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 this day in history.   

1975  On October - 17 vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90   

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

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 this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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  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 October - 17.   

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 October - 17.   

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

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

1696  On this day in history birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen   

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

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 October - 17.   

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