On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on June 17:
1239 Edward I king of England (1272-1307)
1703 John Wesley cofounded Methodist movement/author
1742 William Hooper signed Decl of Ind
1811 Jon Sigurdsson Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends
1817 Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1818 Charles Gounod Paris, France, opera composer (Faust)
1832 Sir William Crookes chemist/physicist; discovered thallium
1867 John Robert Gregg Ireland, inventor (shorthand)
1870 George Cormack created "Wheaties" cereal
1871 James Weldon Johnson lawyer, 1st black admitted to Florida Bar
1882 Igor Stravinsky Oranienbaum, Russia, composer (The Rite of Spring)
1904 Ralph Bellamy Chicago, actor (Air Mail, Dive Bomber, Trading Places)
1910 Red Foley Blue Lick Ky, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
1914 John Hersey author (Hiroshima, A Bell for Adano)
1915 Stringbean [David Akeman], Ky, banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw)
1917 Dean Martin, Steubenville Ohio, singer/actor (with Jerry Lewis)
1919 Kingman Brewster college president (Yale)
1920 Fran‡ois Jacob France, biologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1965)
1923 Elroy (Crazylegs) Hirsch AAFC, NFL halfback, end (LA Rams)
1928 James Brown godfather of soul (I Feeeel Good))
1929 Tigran Petrosyan USSR, world chess champion (1963-69)
1940 Bobby Bell NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1943 - Newt[on] L Gingrich, (Rep-R-G, 1979- /Speaker of House 1995-97)
1945 Eddy Merckx Belguim, cyclist (5 time winner of Tour de France)
1946 Barry Manilow NYC, singer(?) (Mandy)
1948 Phylicia Allen Ayers Rashad Houston Tx, actress (Cosby)
1951 Joe Piscopo Passaic NJ, comedian(?) (SNL, Miller Lite commercials)
1965 Kami Cotler Long Beach Calif, actress (Elizabeth-The Waltons)
1980 Venus Williams, Lynwood Calif, tennis star
Deaths which occurred on June 17:
0656 Osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered
0676 Adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies
0855 Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies
1501 Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies
1672 Orazio Benevoli, Italian composer, dies at 67
1797 Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated and killed
1815 Hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle
1862 Charles J Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49
1863 Isham W Garrott, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1885 Gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies
1939 Eugene Weldman last guillotined in France
1961 Jeff Chandler actor, dies at 40
1974 Pamela Britton actress (Blondie, My Favorite Martian), dies at 50
1979 Lou Frizzel actor (Dusty Rhoades-Bonanza), dies at 58
1984 Swale Kentucky Derby winner, collapses & dies
1986 Kate Smith singer (God Bless America), dies in Raleigh NC at 78
1987 Dick Howser NY Yankee & KC Royal mgr, dies at 51 of brain cancer
1989 David S Griggs astronaut, dies in crash of WW II vintage plane
1989 John Matusek Oakland Raider/actor, dies at 38 of a heart attack
1992 Dewey Balfa, bayou fiddler, dies at 65
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1966 ADAMS OLEY N. GREEN CITY MO.
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1966 COBBS RALPH B. EAST ST LOUIS IL.
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1966 COLLETTE CURTIS D. WINDSOR CT.
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1966 CAIRNS ROBERT A. HIGHLAND CA.
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1966 DEMPSEY JACK I. HELENA MT.
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1966 FRENG STANLEY J. MISSON HILL SD.
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1966 GALANTI PAUL E. LODI NJ.
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1966 GRAVITTE CONNIE M. CA-VEL NC.
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1966 HESS GENE K. TOWNSEND DE.
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1966 ROMIG EDWARD L. HAVERTOWN PA.
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1966 SAVOY M.J. UNIVERSITY CITY MO.
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1966 SIEGWARTH DONALD E. NEWARK NJ.
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1966 WASHBURN LARRY E. SAN ANTONIO TX.
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1969 SPARKS DONALD L. CARROLL IA.
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1970 COCHRANE DEVERTON C. BROOKLINE MA.
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1970 LAKER CARL J. CLEARWATER FL.
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POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.
On this day...
653 St Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
676 Deusdedit III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1291 Akko reconquered after 200 years by French crusaders, and destroyed
1397 Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden & Norway
1535 English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights
1579 Anti-English uprising in Ireland
1579 Sir Francis Drake lands on the coast of Calif
1700 Mass. orders priests to leave the colony
1745 American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French
1775 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill)
1789 3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly
1815 Stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda
1837 Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent
1856 Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia
1861 Battle of Boonville, MI-Brig General Lyon defeats Confederate forces
1863 Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back the Union in Virginia
1863 Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer)
1864 General John B Hood replaces General Johnston
1880 John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo
1882 Tornado kills 130 in Iowa
1885 Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere'
1894 1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont
1897 William Frank Powell, NJ educator, named minister to Haiti
1909 A Kopff discovers asteroid #682 Hagar
1919 "Barney Google" cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premiers
1928 Amelia Earhart leaves Nfld to become 1st woman to fly the Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz)
1930 Chuck Klein sets Phillies hitting streak at 26 straight games
1937 Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in NY
1940 France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II
1942 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast)
1944 Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland
1945 Day of Unity in West Germany (National Day)
1946 SW Bell innaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St Louis
1947 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves NYC
1948 Joe Cronin pinch hit HRs in both ends of a doubleheader
1950 Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria sign security pact
1950 1st kidney transplant (Chicago)
1953 Riots in East Germany for reunification
1953 Sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for the next day their 14th anniversary
1954 CIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles and United Fruit Co)
1954 Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1954 Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends
1957 Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)
1958 Radio Moscow reports execution of Hungarian ex-premier Imre Nagy
1960 Ted Williams hit his 500th home run
1963 Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools
1965 28.14 cm (11.08") of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record)
1965 1st bombing by B-52 (50 km north of Saigon)
1966 Peter Green joins John Mayall's Bluebreakers
1967 China becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power
1969 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens in NYC (almost entirely in the nude)
1970 Edwin Land patents Polaroid camera
1971 C U Cesco discovers asteroid #2399 Terradas
1972 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate
1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroids #2997 & #3083
1975 Voters in Northern Mariana Is approve commonwealth status with US
1978 Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs
1980 C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2586 Matson
1982 Pres Reagan 1st UN Gen Assembly address ("evil empire" speech)
1982 President Galtieri resigns after leading Argentina to defeat
1986 Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated
1988 Microsoft releases MS DOS 4.0
1988 Women sentenced to 90 years in 1st product tampering murder case
1991 Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78
1991 South Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws
1999 The Republican-controlled House narrowly voted to loosen restrictions on sales at gun shows, marking a victory for the NRA(and the American people).
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Germany : Day of German Unity/Rememberance Day (1953)- Date changed 1990 to Oct 3rd
Iceland : Republic Day (1944)
Japan : Lily Festival
Mass : Bunker Hill Day (1775)
Paraguay : Chaco Peace Day (1935) (Sunday)
US : Father's Day (Sunday)
US : Flag Week (Day 5)
International Violin Day
National Rose Month
Religious Observances
Ang : St Alban's Day [0622]
Feast of St. Botolph.
Feast of St. Avitus, priest and confessor.
Religious History
1703 Birth of John Wesley, English founder of Methodism. The systematic disciplines of the 'Holy Club,' which John and his brother Charles founded, elicited the nickname 'Methodies' from their critics.
1822 In New York City, the first elders of the newly founded African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church were ordained.
1846 Iowa College was chartered in Davenport under the joint sponsorship of the Congregational and Presbyterian churches. The school changed location in 1859 and was later renamed Grinnell College.
1859 Birth of J. Wilbur Chapman, Presbyterian pastor and evangelist who authored a number of hymns, including 'One Day When Heaven Was Filled with His Praises.'
1963 English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave it with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.'
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Thought for the day :
"Equality of the sexes leaves women standing on buses."
Things To Do If You Ever Became An Evil Overlord...
DO NOT include a self-destruct mechanism unless absolutely necessary. If it is necessary, it will not be a large red button labeled "Danger: Do Not Push". The big red button marked "Do Not Push" will instead trigger a spray of bullets on anyone stupid enough to disregard it. Similarly, the ON/OFF switch will not clearly be labeled as such.
The World's Shortest Books...
The Amish Phone Book
Dumb Laws...
Fort Madison Iowa:
The fire department is required to practice fire fighting for fifteen minutes before attending a fire.
Top 10 signs your family is stressed...
The cat is on Valium.
