Historical Events In July - 17

1939  On this day in history 22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY   

1939  On July - 17 spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin)   

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  On July - 17 bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)   

1942  On this day in history 3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15   

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 July - 17.   

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

1945  On this day in history 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  Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53 on July - 17.   

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

1948  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro on July - 17.   

1948  On July - 17 proclamation of the constitution of the Republic of (South) Korea   

1948  On this day in history israeli army captures Nazareth   

1950  On July - 17 indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka   

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

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

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

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

1955  Arco, Idaho becomes first US city lit by nuclear power on July - 17.   

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  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  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  On July - 17 billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC   

1959  On this day in history 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  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.   

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

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.   

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 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 July - 17.   

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on this day in history.