Historical Events In October - 17

1957  On October - 17 john HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70   

1958  C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies on October - 17.   

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  "Tenderloin" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 216 performances on this day in history.   

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  On October - 17 yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship   

1963  "Jennie" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 82 performances on October - 17.   

1963  On October - 17 jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97   

1964  Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra on October - 17.   

1965  On this day in history "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" opens in NYC for 280 perfs   

1965  On October - 17 barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies   

1966  On this day in history soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91   

1967  On October - 17 pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km   

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

1967  "Hair" premieres on Broadway on October - 17.   

1967  Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history soyuz 7 returns to Earth   

1969  NY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY on October - 17.   

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  René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1975  Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90 on October - 17.   

1977  Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament on October - 17.   

1977  On this day in history west German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of the 4 hijackers   

1977  Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1979  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 on this day in history.   

1979  D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1 20 06.8 on this day in history.   

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

1979  On October - 17 john Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81   

1979  On this day in history 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 October - 17 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 October - 17.   

1582  On October - 17 birth of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)   

1623  On October - 17 birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)   

1626  On this day in history birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  On October - 17 birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on October - 17.   

0532  On October - 17 boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies   

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

1312  On October - 17 jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies   

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on October - 17.   

1616  On October - 17 death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)