Page 7: Historical Events In July - 17

1959  Tibet abolishes serfdom on this day in history.   

1959  On July - 17 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis   

1959  On July - 17 billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44   

1961  On this day in history john Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show   

1961  Ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74   

1962  On July - 17 robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft)   

1962  Senate rejects medicare for the aged on this day in history.   

1964  Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) on this day in history.   

1965  On July - 17 luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57   

1966  On this day in history jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)   

1966  On this day in history pioneer 7 launched   

1966  On July - 17 august Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71   

1967  On this day in history monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act   

1967  On July - 17 race riots in Cairo Illinois   

1967  On this day in history cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74   

1968  On July - 17 beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premiers in London   

1968  Revolt in Iraq on July - 17.   

1970  On this day in history 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC   

1970  On July - 17 juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74   

1971  On this day in history cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76   

1972  On July - 17 the first 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico   

1974  On July - 17 john Lennon is ordered to leave the US in 60 days   

1974  On July - 17 the first quadrophinic studio in UK is open by the Moody Blues   

1974  On July - 17 jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63   

1975  Apollo 18 & Soyuz 19 make first US/USSR linkup in space on July - 17.   

1975  Ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce on July - 17.   

1975  On July - 17 the US and USSR link up in space, with the Apollo Soyuz mission   

1975  Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal) on July - 17.   

1976  On July - 17 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montréal   

1978  Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51 on July - 17.   

1979  Sebastian Coe runs world record 3 49 mile in Oslo on July - 17.   

1979  Doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies on this day in history.   

1979  Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo on this day in history.   

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

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.   

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  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on July - 17.   

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  On this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

1453  On this day in history 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.