Historical Events In July - 17

1959  Tibet abolishes serfdom on this day in history.   

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

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

1961  John Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show on this day in history.   

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

1961  Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74 on July - 17.   

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  On this day in history don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph)   

1965  On this day in history luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57   

1966  Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3) on July - 17.   

1966  Pioneer 7 launched on this day in history.   

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

1967  Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act on this day in history.   

1967  Race riots in Cairo Illinois on July - 17.   

1967  Cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74 on July - 17.   

1968  On this day in history beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premiers in London   

1968  On July - 17 revolt in Iraq   

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

1970  Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74 on July - 17.   

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

1972  On this day in history the first 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico   

1974  John Lennon is ordered to leave the US in 60 days on July - 17.   

1974  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1975  On July - 17 ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce   

1975  The US and USSR link up in space, with the Apollo Soyuz mission on this day in history.   

1975  On July - 17 modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)   

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

1978  On July - 17 thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51   

1979  On this day in history sebastian Coe runs world record 3 49 mile in Oslo   

1979  Doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies on July - 17.   

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

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1487  On this day in history 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  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.   

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 July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.   

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

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

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

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.