Page 6: Historical Events In July - 17

1939  On this day in history 22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY   

1939  Spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin) on July - 17.   

1940  Phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$) on July - 17.   

1941  NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland on this day in history.   

1941  On July - 17 bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)   

1942  3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15 on July - 17.   

1942  On this day in history estimated 87.5 cm (34.5") of rainfall, Smethport, Pa. (state record)   

1942  On July - 17 connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968)   

1943  RAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde on this day in history.   

1944  2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322 on this day in history.   

1944  On July - 17 hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies   

1945  On July - 17 potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting   

1945  On this day in history potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting   

1946  On this day in history mikhailovich resistance leader, executed by Tito regime   

1946  Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53 on July - 17.   

1947  Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1948  On July - 17 c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro   

1948  Proclamation of the constitution of the Republic of (South) Korea on this day in history.   

1948  Israeli army captures Nazareth on July - 17.   

1950  Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka on this day in history.   

1951  King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I on this day in history.   

1952  Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier on July - 17.   

1953  On July - 17 bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65   

1954  On July - 17 construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County   

1954  1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) on this day in history.   

1954  Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1955  Arco, Idaho becomes first US city lit by nuclear power on this day in history.   

1955  On July - 17 disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA   

1955  On this day in history disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County   

1955  On July - 17 bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73   

1958  On this day in history king Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation   

1959  2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana) on this day in history.   

1959  Billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC on July - 17.   

1959  Dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) on July - 17.   

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on this day in history.   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.   

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on July - 17.   

0656  On July - 17 death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.   

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

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)