Page 6: Historical Events In June - 17

1950  Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies on June - 17.   

1951  On this day in history "Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances   

1951  Carl Vogler, composer, dies at 77 on June - 17.   

1952  2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium on this day in history.   

1952  On June - 17 alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89   

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 this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history 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  On this day in history most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)   

1953  On June - 17 walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76   

1954  On this day in history televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends   

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  Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores) on June - 17.   

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  Pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70 on June - 17.   

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

1962  Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago on June - 17.   

1963  Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools on this day in history.   

1963  On June - 17 alain F B Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79   

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

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  China becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power on June - 17.   

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

1967  On this day in history barbra Striesand: A Happening in Central Park performed   

1970  Polaroid camera patented on this day in history.   

1970  Matthew Henderson, cricketer (one Test for NZ 1930), dies on June - 17.   

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

1971  C Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Phila), dies on June - 17.   

1972  5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history looking Glass releases "Brandy"   

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1239  On June - 17 birth of edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England   

1603  On June - 17 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  On June - 17 birth of giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)   

1693  Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775) was born on June - 17.   

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

1704  John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780) was born on June - 17.   

0656  On this day in history death of osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered   

0676  Adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies on this day in history.   

0855  On June - 17 leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies   

1091  On this day in history dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies   

1119  On June - 17 boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies   

1463  Death of Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436) on this day in history.   

1501  On June - 17 jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies   

1565  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536)