Page 6: Historical Events In October - 17

1957  On this day in history 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  Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse on this day in history.   

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

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

1961  On this day in history 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  On October - 17 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow   

1962  On this day in history yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship   

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

1963  On this day in history jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97   

1964  On this day in history yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra   

1965  "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" opens in NYC for 280 perfs on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1967  The Broadway play "Hair" is first performed on this day in history.   

1967  "Hair" premieres on Broadway on this day in history.   

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

1969  On October - 17 soyuz 7 returns to Earth   

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

1973  5 month oil embargo by Arab states against US & Netherlands begins on this day in history.   

1973  Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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

1975  Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1977  Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament on this day in history.   

1977  West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of the 4 hijackers on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77   

1979  On October - 17 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  Mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.   

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

1979  On this day in history d Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8   

1980  Mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupts for the third time in 24 hours on this day in history.   

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1253  On this day in history birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  On this day in history birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

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

1582  On October - 17 birth of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)   

1623  On October - 17 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 this day in history birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on October - 17.   

0532  On this day in history boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies   

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

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on this day in history.   

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

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on this day in history.   

1616  On October - 17 death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

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 October - 17.