Page 6: Historical Events In October - 17
Saturday, 29 March 2025
1957 On October - 17 john HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70
1958 On this day in history c L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies
1959 Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse on this day in history.
1959 On this day in history "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 perfs
1960 "Tenderloin" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 216 performances on October - 17.
1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m on October - 17.
1961 NY Museum of Modern Art hung Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down, It wasn't corrected until December 3rd on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow
1962 Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship on October - 17.
1963 "Jennie" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 82 performances on October - 17.
1963 On October - 17 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 this day in history barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies
1966 On this day in history soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91
1967 Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km on this day in history.
1967 The Broadway play "Hair" is first performed on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history "Hair" premieres on Broadway
1967 On October - 17 henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61
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 this day in history.
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 Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77 on October - 17.
1979 On October - 17 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.
1979 D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1 20 06.8 on October - 17.
1979 Mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October - 17.
1979 On October - 17 john Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81
1979 D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8 on this day in history.
1980 Mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupts for the third time in 24 hours on this day in history.
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