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  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 July - 17.   

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 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  On this day in history rAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde   

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

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

1945  On July - 17 potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting   

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

1946  On this day in history mikhailovich resistance leader, executed by Tito regime   

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

1947  On July - 17 raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34   

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  On July - 17 israeli army captures Nazareth   

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

1951  On July - 17 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 this day in history.   

1954  On July - 17 construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County   

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 this day in history.   

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

1955  On July - 17 disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA   

1955  Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County on July - 17.   

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

1958  On July - 17 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  Billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

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

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

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 this day in history 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  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  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on July - 17.   

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 July - 17.