Page 6: Historical Events In July - 17

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

1939  On July - 17 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  NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland on July - 17.   

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  Estimated 87.5 cm (34.5") of rainfall, Smethport, Pa. (state record) on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies   

1945  Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting on this day in history.   

1945  Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting on this day in history.   

1946  On July - 17 mikhailovich resistance leader, executed by Tito regime   

1946  On July - 17 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 this day in history c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro   

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

1948  On this day in history israeli army captures Nazareth   

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

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

1952  On this day in history shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier   

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

1954  On this day in history construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County   

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

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

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

1955  On July - 17 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 July - 17.   

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

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.   

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

1745  On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 July - 17.   

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