Page 6: Historical Events In October - 17

1957  John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 October - 17.   

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  On this day in history nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m   

1961  On October - 17 nY Museum of Modern Art hung Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down, It wasn't corrected until December 3rd   

1961  On October - 17 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow   

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  On this day in history yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra   

1965  "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" opens in NYC for 280 perfs on October - 17.   

1965  Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies on October - 17.   

1966  Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91 on October - 17.   

1967  On October - 17 pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km   

1967  The Broadway play "Hair" is first performed on this day in history.   

1967  "Hair" premieres on Broadway on this day in history.   

1967  On October - 17 henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61   

1969  On October - 17 soyuz 7 returns to Earth   

1969  NY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history 5 month oil embargo by Arab states against US & Netherlands begins   

1973  Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47 on October - 17.   

1974  On this day in history rené A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57   

1975  On October - 17 vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90   

1977  On this day in history canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament   

1977  West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of the 4 hijackers on October - 17.   

1977  Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1979  D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1 20 06.8 on October - 17.   

1979  On this day in history mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize   

1979  John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81 on October - 17.   

1979  D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8 on this day in history.   

1980  On October - 17 mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupts for the third time in 24 hours   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on this day in history.   

1563  On October - 17 birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on October - 17.   

1582  On October - 17 birth of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)   

1623  On this day in history birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)   

1626  On this day in history birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on this day in history.   

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on October - 17.   

1616  Death of John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) on this day in history.   

1638  On October - 17 death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  On this day in history death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)