Page 6: 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 this day in history.   

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 July - 17.   

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

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

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

1942  On this day in history connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968)   

1943  On July - 17 rAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde   

1944  On this day in history 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322   

1944  Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting   

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 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 this day in history.   

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 July - 17.   

1948  On July - 17 israeli army captures Nazareth   

1950  Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1954  On July - 17 dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85   

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  On July - 17 bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73   

1958  King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation on July - 17.   

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

1763  On this day in history 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  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on this day in history.   

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

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.