Page 6: Historical Events In October - 17

1957  John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70 on October - 17.   

1958  On this day in history c L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies   

1959  Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse on October - 17.   

1959  "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 perfs on this day in history.   

1960  On October - 17 "Tenderloin" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 216 performances   

1961  On October - 17 nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m   

1961  On this day in history nY Museum of Modern Art hung Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down, It wasn't corrected until December 3rd   

1961  22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow on this day in history.   

1962  Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship on this day in history.   

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

1963  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97 on October - 17.   

1964  On October - 17 yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra   

1965  On October - 17 "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" opens in NYC for 280 perfs   

1965  Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies on this day in history.   

1966  Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91 on October - 17.   

1967  On this day in history pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km   

1967  On October - 17 the Broadway play "Hair" is first performed   

1967  On October - 17 "Hair" premieres on Broadway   

1967  On October - 17 henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61   

1969  On October - 17 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 October - 17.   

1974  On October - 17 rené A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57   

1975  On October - 17 vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90   

1977  On October - 17 canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament   

1977  On October - 17 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 October - 17.   

1979  On this day in history 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.   

1979  On October - 17 d Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1 20 06.8   

1979  On October - 17 mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize   

1979  John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81 on October - 17.   

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

1980  On October - 17 mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupts for the third time in 24 hours   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on this day in history.   

1563  On October - 17 birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  On this day in history birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  On this day in history birth of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)   

1623  On this day in history 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  On October - 17 birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on October - 17.   

1174  On October - 17 death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

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

1552  On October - 17 andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

1586  On this day in history philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32   

1616  Death of John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) on October - 17.   

1638  On October - 17 death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on this day in history.