Page 7: Historical Events In July - 17

1959  On this day in history tibet abolishes serfdom   

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 July - 17.   

1961  On July - 17 ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75   

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

1962  Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft) on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history senate rejects medicare for the aged   

1964  Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) on July - 17.   

1965  Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1966  On July - 17 jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)   

1966  On July - 17 pioneer 7 launched   

1966  August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71 on July - 17.   

1967  On July - 17 monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act   

1967  On this day in history race riots in Cairo Illinois   

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

1968  Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premiers in London on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1974  On this day in history the first quadrophinic studio in UK is open by the Moody Blues   

1974  Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1975  On this day in history ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce   

1975  On this day in history 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  21st modern Olympic games opens in Montréal on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1979  On July - 17 doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies   

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

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1487  On July - 17 birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On July - 17 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  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

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  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  On this day in history 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  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.