Historical Events In June - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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