Top Historical Events That Happened on October 17

1959  Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse   

1959  "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 perfs.   

1960  "Tenderloin" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 216 performances.   

1961  NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33100 m.   

1961  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.   

1962  Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship   

1963  "Jennie" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 82 performances   

1963  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97.   

1964  Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra   

1965  "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   

1966  Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91   

1967  Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km   

1967  The Broadway play "Hair" is inaugural performed.   

1967  "Hair" premieres on Broadway   

1967  Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61.   

1969  Soyuz 7 returns to Earth.   

1969  NY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY.   

1973  5 month oil embargo by Arab states against US and Netherlands begins.   

1973  Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47.   

1974  René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57   

1975  Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90   

1977  Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament.   

1977  West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages and killing 3 of the 4 hijackers.   

1977  Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77   

1979  1800 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  D Bautista of Mexico completes 20000 m walk in record 1 20 06.8.   

1979  Mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.   

1979  John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81.   

1980  Mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupts for the third time in 24 hours   

1981  David Guion, composer, dies at 88   

1982  The outlawing of the 'Solidarity' labour movement leads to widespread strikes and demonstrations in Poland   

1982  Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47.   

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1253  Ivo of kermartin: ]])   

1563  Jodocus hondius: Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  Cristofano allori: Italian painter (judith)   

1582  Johann gerhard: German lutheran leader   

1623  Francis turretin: Swiss theologian   

1626  Simon van leeuwen: Lawyer/historian (roman-holland regt)   

1688  Domenico zipoli: Composer   

1696  August iii: King of poland/monarch frederik august ii of saksen   

0532  Death of Boniface ii: 1st "german" pope,   

1174  Queen petronila of aragon: Queen petronila of aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  Death of Jan ii: Duke of brabant/limburg (charter of kortenberg),   

1552  Death of Andreas osiander: Protestant reformation theologist,   

1586  Philip sidney: English poet/diplomat,   

1616  Death of John pitts: Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  Gilles claesz de hondecoeter: Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  Death of Adrian scrope: English regicide (b. 1601)