Historical Events In July - 17

1939  On this day in history 22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY   

1939  On this day in history spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin)   

1940  On this day in history phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$)   

1941  On July - 17 nY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland   

1941  On July - 17 bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)   

1942  On this day in history 3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15   

1942  On this day in history estimated 87.5 cm (34.5") of rainfall, Smethport, Pa. (state record)   

1942  Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968) on July - 17.   

1943  On this day in history rAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde   

1944  2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322 on July - 17.   

1944  Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies on July - 17.   

1945  Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting on this day in history.   

1945  On July - 17 potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting   

1946  Mikhailovich resistance leader, executed by Tito regime on this day in history.   

1946  Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53 on July - 17.   

1947  On July - 17 raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34   

1948  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro on July - 17.   

1948  Proclamation of the constitution of the Republic of (South) Korea on this day in history.   

1948  Israeli army captures Nazareth on this day in history.   

1950  Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka on this day in history.   

1951  King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I on July - 17.   

1952  Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier on this day in history.   

1953  Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65 on July - 17.   

1954  On July - 17 construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County   

1954  1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85   

1955  On July - 17 arco, Idaho becomes first US city lit by nuclear power   

1955  On July - 17 disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA   

1955  On this day in history disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County   

1955  On this day in history bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73   

1958  On July - 17 king Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation   

1959  On this day in history 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana)   

1959  Billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old)   

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1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on July - 17.   

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.   

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.   

1453  On this day in history death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  On this day in history death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)