Page 6: Historical Events In July - 17

1939  22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY on July - 17.   

1939  On this day in history spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin)   

1940  On July - 17 phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$)   

1941  NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland on this day in history.   

1941  Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow) on this day in history.   

1942  3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15 on this day in history.   

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

1942  Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968) on this day in history.   

1943  RAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde on July - 17.   

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  On this day in history potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting   

1945  Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting on July - 17.   

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

1946  Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53 on July - 17.   

1947  Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1948  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro on July - 17.   

1948  Proclamation of the constitution of the Republic of (South) Korea on July - 17.   

1948  On July - 17 israeli army captures Nazareth   

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

1951  King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I on this day in history.   

1952  On July - 17 shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier   

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

1954  Construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County on this day in history.   

1954  1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) on July - 17.   

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

1955  Arco, Idaho becomes first US city lit by nuclear power on July - 17.   

1955  On this day in history disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA   

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

1955  Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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  On July - 17 billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC   

1959  On July - 17 dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old)   

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1487  On July - 17 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 July - 17.   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.   

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

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

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.   

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

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on this day in history.