Page 6: Historical Events In October - 17

1957  On October - 17 john HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70   

1958  C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies on October - 17.   

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

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  On this day in history 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow   

1962  Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship on October - 17.   

1963  On October - 17 "Jennie" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 82 performances   

1963  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97 on this day in history.   

1964  Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra on October - 17.   

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

1965  On this day in history barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies   

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

1967  On this day in history pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km   

1967  On October - 17 the Broadway play "Hair" is first performed   

1967  On October - 17 "Hair" premieres on Broadway   

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 October - 17.   

1973  5 month oil embargo by Arab states against US & Netherlands begins on October - 17.   

1973  On this day in history ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47   

1974  René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57 on October - 17.   

1975  Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1977  On October - 17 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 this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77   

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 this day in history.   

1979  On October - 17 mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize   

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  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 October - 17.   

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

1577  On this day in history birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on October - 17.   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on October - 17.   

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on October - 17.   

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

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on this day in history.   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on October - 17.   

1174  On October - 17 death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on October - 17.   

1552  On October - 17 andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

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

1616  On this day in history death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on October - 17.   

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