Page 6: Historical Events In July - 17

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

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

1940  On this day in history 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  On this day in history bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)   

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

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

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  On July - 17 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322   

1944  Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies on July - 17.   

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

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

1946  Mikhailovich resistance leader, executed by Tito regime on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53   

1947  Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34 on July - 17.   

1948  On July - 17 c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro   

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  On July - 17 indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka   

1951  On this day in history king Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I   

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

1953  Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65 on July - 17.   

1954  Construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County on July - 17.   

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

1954  Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1955  Arco, Idaho becomes first US city lit by nuclear power on this day in history.   

1955  Disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA on this day in history.   

1955  On July - 17 disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County   

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  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) on this day in history.   

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

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

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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  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

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

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.   

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  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1345  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  On this day in history death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

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

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