Historical Events In October - 17

1957  John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70 on October - 17.   

1958  On October - 17 c L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies   

1959  On October - 17 queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse   

1959  "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 perfs on October - 17.   

1960  On October - 17 "Tenderloin" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 216 performances   

1961  On October - 17 nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m   

1961  NY Museum of Modern Art hung Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down, It wasn't corrected until December 3rd on October - 17.   

1961  22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow on this day in history.   

1962  Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history "Jennie" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 82 performances   

1963  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97 on October - 17.   

1964  Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1967  Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km on October - 17.   

1967  On this day in history the Broadway play "Hair" is first performed   

1967  "Hair" premieres on Broadway on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61   

1969  Soyuz 7 returns to Earth on October - 17.   

1969  On this day in history nY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY   

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

1973  Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1974  On October - 17 rené A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57   

1975  On October - 17 vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90   

1977  On this day in history 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 October - 17.   

1979  On this day in history mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize   

1979  On this day in history john Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81   

1979  On October - 17 d Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8   

1980  Mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupts for the third time in 24 hours on this day in history.   

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1253  On this day in history birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on this day in history.   

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  On this day in history birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  On October - 17 birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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)