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 this day in history.   

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

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

1960  "Tenderloin" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 216 performances on this day in history.   

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 October - 17 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow   

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

1964  On October - 17 yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra   

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

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  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  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  On this day in history vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90   

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 this day in history.   

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 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 October - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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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  On October - 17 birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on October - 17.   

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 October - 17.   

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

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  On October - 17 jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies   

1552  On October - 17 andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

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

1616  On this day in history 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  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on this day in history.