Page 7: Historical Events In July - 17

1959  On July - 17 tibet abolishes serfdom   

1959  On this day in history 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis   

1959  On this day in history 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  On July - 17 ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74   

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

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

1966  Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3) on this day in history.   

1966  Pioneer 7 launched on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1968  On this day in history revolt in Iraq   

1970  On July - 17 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  Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76 on July - 17.   

1972  The first 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico on July - 17.   

1974  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On July - 17 ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce   

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

1975  On this day in history modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)   

1976  On this day in history 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montréal   

1978  Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.   

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

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

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

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

1745  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history 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  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.   

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  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.