Page 6: Historical Events In June - 17

1950  Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies on June - 17.   

1951  "Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances on June - 17.   

1951  On June - 17 carl Vogler, composer, dies at 77   

1952  2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium on June - 17.   

1952  On this day in history alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89   

1953  On this day in history east Berlin workers rise up to protest low wages and bad conditions. Soviet tanks mow down the strikers with machine gun fire, ending illusions that communism is a workers' paradise.   

1953  On this day in history soviet tanks deployed against rioting East Germans   

1953  On this day in history sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for the next day their 14th anniversary   

1953  On this day in history most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)   

1953  Walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1954  On June - 17 televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends   

1954  CIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles & United Fruit Co) on June - 17.   

1956  On this day in history golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister   

1957  Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores) on this day in history.   

1957  "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2 on June - 17.   

1957  D Richardson, writer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1959  On June - 17 abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68   

1960  On June - 17 pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70   

1961  On this day in history jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40   

1962  On June - 17 brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago   

1963  On June - 17 supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools   

1963  On June - 17 alain F B Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79   

1965  28.14 cm (11.08") of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record) on this day in history.   

1965  On June - 17 arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies   

1967  Barbra Striesand A Happening in Central Park performed on June - 17.   

1967  On June - 17 china becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power   

1967  On this day in history china explodes its first H-bomb   

1967  Barbra Striesand: A Happening in Central Park performed on this day in history.   

1970  Polaroid camera patented on June - 17.   

1970  Matthew Henderson, cricketer (one Test for NZ 1930), dies on June - 17.   

1971  C U Cesco discovers asteroid #2399 Terradas on June - 17.   

1971  On this day in history c Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Phila), dies   

1972  On June - 17 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave   

1972  Looking Glass releases "Brandy" on June - 17.   

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1239  On June - 17 birth of edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England   

1603  Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663) was born on this day in history.   

1604  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House) was born on this day in history.   

1682  On June - 17 birth of charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)   

1691  Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

1693  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)   

1703  John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists) was born on this day in history.   

1704  John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780) was born on June - 17.   

0656  On June - 17 death of osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered   

0676  On June - 17 adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies   

0855  Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies on June - 17.   

1091  On June - 17 dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies   

1119  Boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies on this day in history.   

1463  Death of Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436) on this day in history.   

1501  On June - 17 jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies   

1565  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536) on this day in history.