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  Phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$) on this day in history.   

1941  On July - 17 nY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland   

1941  On this day in history bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)   

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

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 July - 17 rAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde   

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

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

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

1945  On this day in history potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting   

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 this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro   

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

1948  Israeli army captures Nazareth on July - 17.   

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 July - 17.   

1953  On July - 17 bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65   

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

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

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

1955  On this day in history arco, Idaho becomes first US city lit by nuclear power   

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

1955  On this day in history disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County   

1955  Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73 on July - 17.   

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

1959  On July - 17 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  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

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

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

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  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 July - 17.   

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

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.