Page 6: Historical Events In June - 17

1950  Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history "Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances   

1951  Carl Vogler, composer, dies at 77 on June - 17.   

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

1952  Alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89 on June - 17.   

1953  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 on June - 17.   

1953  Soviet tanks deployed against rioting East Germans on June - 17.   

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  Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox) on June - 17.   

1953  On June - 17 walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76   

1954  Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends on June - 17.   

1954  On this day in history cIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles & United Fruit Co)   

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  On this day in history d Richardson, writer, dies at 84   

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

1960  On this day in history pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70   

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

1962  Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago on June - 17.   

1963  On this day in history supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools   

1963  Alain F B Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1965  On June - 17 28.14 cm (11.08") of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record)   

1965  Arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1967  China explodes its first H-bomb on this day in history.   

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

1970  On June - 17 polaroid camera patented   

1970  On June - 17 matthew Henderson, cricketer (one Test for NZ 1930), dies   

1971  On this day in history c U Cesco discovers asteroid #2399 Terradas   

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

1972  5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave on this day in history.   

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

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1239  On this day in history 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 June - 17.   

1604  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House) was born on June - 17.   

1682  Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718) was born on this day in history.   

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

1693  Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

1703  John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists) was born on June - 17.   

1704  On June - 17 birth of john Kay, English inventor (d. 1780)   

0656  On this day in history death of osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered   

0676  Adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies on this day in history.   

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

1091  On this day in history dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies   

1119  On June - 17 boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies   

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 June - 17.