Page 6: Historical Events In October - 17
Friday, 25 April 2025
1957 On this day in history john HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70
1958 On October - 17 c L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies
1959 On October - 17 queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse
1959 On this day in history "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 perfs
1960 On October - 17 "Tenderloin" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 216 performances
1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history nY Museum of Modern Art hung Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down, It wasn't corrected until December 3rd
1961 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow on this day in history.
1962 On October - 17 yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship
1963 "Jennie" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 82 performances on October - 17.
1963 On this day in history jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97
1964 Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra on this day in history.
1965 On October - 17 "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" opens in NYC for 280 perfs
1965 On October - 17 barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies
1966 Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91 on this day in history.
1967 On October - 17 pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km
1967 On this day in history the Broadway play "Hair" is first performed
1967 "Hair" premieres on Broadway on October - 17.
1967 Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1969 Soyuz 7 returns to Earth on October - 17.
1969 NY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY on this day in history.
1973 On October - 17 5 month oil embargo by Arab states against US & Netherlands begins
1973 On this day in history ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47
1974 On this day in history rené A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57
1975 Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90 on October - 17.
1977 Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament on October - 17.
1977 West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of the 4 hijackers on this day in history.
1977 On October - 17 robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77
1979 1,800 Marines landed in Guantanamo Bay as a demonstration of naval power in the wake of the Soviet refusal to withdraw the Russian combat brigade in Cuba on October - 17.
1979 On October - 17 d Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1 20 06.8
1979 Mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October - 17.
1979 John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81 on October - 17.
1979 On October - 17 d Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8
1980 Mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupts for the third time in 24 hours on October - 17.
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