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  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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history "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  Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91 on October - 17.   

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 October - 17.   

1967  On this day in history henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61   

1969  On October - 17 soyuz 7 returns to Earth   

1969  On this day in history 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  René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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  West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of the 4 hijackers on October - 17.   

1977  On October - 17 robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77   

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

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

1980  On this day in history mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupts for the third time in 24 hours   

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

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on October - 17.   

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

1626  On October - 17 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  On October - 17 boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies   

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

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

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  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)