Historical Events In October - 17

1957  On October - 17 john HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70   

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

1959  On October - 17 queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse   

1959  "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 perfs on October - 17.   

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

1961  On this day in history nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m   

1961  On October - 17 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  "Jennie" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 82 performances on this day in history.   

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

1964  On this day in history 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 October - 17.   

1966  Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1967  Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km on October - 17.   

1967  The Broadway play "Hair" is first performed on October - 17.   

1967  "Hair" premieres on Broadway on October - 17.   

1967  Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1969  Soyuz 7 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1969  On October - 17 nY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY   

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  René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57 on October - 17.   

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

1977  Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament on October - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1979  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 on this day in history.   

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

1979  On this day in history 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 October - 17.   

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  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on this day in history.   

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on this day in history.   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on October - 17.   

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on October - 17.   

1688  On this day in history birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  On October - 17 birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen   

0532  On October - 17 boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies   

1174  On this day in history death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  On this day in history jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies   

1552  On this day in history andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

1586  On October - 17 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  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on October - 17.   

1660  On this day in history death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)