Page 6: Historical Events In June - 17
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
1950 On this day in history syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies
1951 On this day in history "Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances
1951 On June - 17 carl Vogler, composer, dies at 77
1952 On this day in history 2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium
1952 On June - 17 alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89
1953 On June - 17 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.
1953 Soviet tanks deployed against rioting East Germans on June - 17.
1953 Sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for the next day their 14th anniversary on June - 17.
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 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 June - 17 tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)
1957 "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2 on this day in history.
1957 D Richardson, writer, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1959 On June - 17 abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68
1960 Pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40
1962 Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1965 On June - 17 arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies
1967 On this day in history barbra Striesand A Happening in Central Park performed
1967 China becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power on this day in history.
1967 China explodes its first H-bomb on June - 17.
1967 Barbra Striesand: A Happening in Central Park performed on June - 17.
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 June - 17.
1971 On this day in history c Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Phila), dies
1972 On this day in history 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave
1972 Looking Glass releases "Brandy" on June - 17.
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