Historical Events In July - 17

1939  On this day in history 22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY   

1939  Spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin) on July - 17.   

1940  Phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$) on July - 17.   

1941  On this day in history nY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland   

1941  Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow) on July - 17.   

1942  3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15 on July - 17.   

1942  Estimated 87.5 cm (34.5") of rainfall, Smethport, Pa. (state record) on July - 17.   

1942  On July - 17 connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968)   

1943  On this day in history rAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde   

1944  2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322 on July - 17.   

1944  On July - 17 hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies   

1945  Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting on July - 17.   

1945  On July - 17 potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting   

1946  Mikhailovich resistance leader, executed by Tito regime on July - 17.   

1946  On July - 17 dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53   

1947  On July - 17 raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34   

1948  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro on this day in history.   

1948  Proclamation of the constitution of the Republic of (South) Korea on this day in history.   

1948  Israeli army captures Nazareth on July - 17.   

1950  Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka on this day in history.   

1951  On July - 17 king Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I   

1952  Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier on July - 17.   

1953  On this day in history bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65   

1954  On July - 17 construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County   

1954  1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) on this day in history.   

1954  Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 on July - 17.   

1955  On July - 17 arco, Idaho becomes first US city lit by nuclear power   

1955  Disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA on July - 17.   

1955  Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73   

1958  On this day in history king Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation   

1959  On this day in history 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana)   

1959  Billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC on this day in history.   

1959  Dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) on July - 17.   

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1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.   

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

1763  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.   

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  On this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  On July - 17 death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.   

1531  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)