Historical Events In July - 17

1959  On this day in history tibet abolishes serfdom   

1959  2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44   

1961  On July - 17 john Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show   

1961  Ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74   

1962  On July - 17 robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft)   

1962  Senate rejects medicare for the aged on this day in history.   

1964  Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) on this day in history.   

1965  Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1966  Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3) on July - 17.   

1966  Pioneer 7 launched on July - 17.   

1966  On July - 17 august Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71   

1967  Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act on this day in history.   

1967  Race riots in Cairo Illinois on this day in history.   

1967  Cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1968  Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premiers in London on this day in history.   

1968  Revolt in Iraq on July - 17.   

1970  On this day in history 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC   

1970  Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74 on July - 17.   

1971  On July - 17 cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76   

1972  The first 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico on July - 17.   

1974  On this day in history john Lennon is ordered to leave the US in 60 days   

1974  On July - 17 the first quadrophinic studio in UK is open by the Moody Blues   

1974  On July - 17 jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63   

1975  On July - 17 apollo 18 & Soyuz 19 make first US/USSR linkup in space   

1975  On July - 17 ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce   

1975  On July - 17 the US and USSR link up in space, with the Apollo Soyuz mission   

1975  On this day in history modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)   

1976  21st modern Olympic games opens in Montréal on July - 17.   

1978  Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1979  Sebastian Coe runs world record 3 49 mile in Oslo on July - 17.   

1979  Doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies on this day in history.   

1979  On July - 17 sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo   

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.   

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1763  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

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 this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on this day in history.