Historical Events In June - 17

1950  On this day in history syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies   

1951  On June - 17 "Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances   

1951  Carl Vogler, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1952  On June - 17 2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium   

1952  Alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89 on June - 17.   

1953  East Berlin workers rise up to protest low wages and bad conditions. Soviet tanks mow down the strikers with machine gun fire, ending illusions that communism is a workers' paradise on June - 17.   

1953  On June - 17 soviet tanks deployed against rioting East Germans   

1953  On this day in history sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for the next day their 14th anniversary   

1953  Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox) on this day in history.   

1953  Walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1954  Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends on June - 17.   

1954  On June - 17 cIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles & United Fruit Co)   

1956  Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister on June - 17.   

1957  On this day in history tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)   

1957  "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2 on this day in history.   

1957  On June - 17 d Richardson, writer, dies at 84   

1959  Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70   

1961  On June - 17 jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40   

1962  On June - 17 brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago   

1963  On June - 17 supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools   

1963  Alain F B Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79 on June - 17.   

1965  28.14 cm (11.08") of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record) on June - 17.   

1965  On this day in history arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies   

1967  Barbra Striesand A Happening in Central Park performed on June - 17.   

1967  On this day in history china becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power   

1967  China explodes its first H-bomb on this day in history.   

1967  Barbra Striesand: A Happening in Central Park performed on June - 17.   

1970  On June - 17 polaroid camera patented   

1970  On this day in history matthew Henderson, cricketer (one Test for NZ 1930), dies   

1971  C U Cesco discovers asteroid #2399 Terradas on this day in history.   

1971  On June - 17 c Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Phila), dies   

1972  On June - 17 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave   

1972  On June - 17 looking Glass releases "Brandy"   

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1239  On this day in history birth of edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England   

1603  On this day in history birth of joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)   

1604  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House) was born on this day in history.   

1682  On June - 17 birth of charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)   

1691  Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

1693  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)   

1703  John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists) was born on June - 17.   

1704  On June - 17 birth of john Kay, English inventor (d. 1780)   

0656  Death of Osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered on June - 17.   

0676  On June - 17 adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies   

0855  Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies on this day in history.   

1091  On June - 17 dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies   

1119  On this day in history boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies   

1463  On June - 17 death of princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436)   

1501  Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1565  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536) on June - 17.