Page 6: Historical Events In June - 17

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

1951  On June - 17 "Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances   

1951  Carl Vogler, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1952  Alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89 on June - 17.   

1953  On this day in history 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  On this day in history soviet tanks deployed against rioting East Germans   

1953  On June - 17 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 June - 17 televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends   

1954  On this day in history cIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles & United Fruit Co)   

1956  On this day in history golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister   

1957  On this day in history tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)   

1957  On June - 17 "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2   

1957  D Richardson, writer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1959  Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68 on June - 17.   

1960  On this day in history pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70   

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 this day in history alain F B Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79   

1965  28.14 cm (11.08") of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record) on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history 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 June - 17.   

1967  On this day in history china explodes its first H-bomb   

1967  On June - 17 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  On June - 17 c U Cesco discovers asteroid #2399 Terradas   

1971  On June - 17 c Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Phila), dies   

1972  5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave on June - 17.   

1972  Looking Glass releases "Brandy" on June - 17.   

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1239  Edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England was born on this day in history.   

1603  On this day in history birth of joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)   

1604  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House) was born on June - 17.   

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  On June - 17 birth of john B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists)   

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

0656  Death of Osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered on this day in history.   

0676  On this day in history adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies   

0855  Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies on June - 17.   

1091  Dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies on this day in history.   

1119  Boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies on June - 17.   

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

1501  On this day in history jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies   

1565  On June - 17 death of ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536)