Articles by May, 2020

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 17 July.

1. Spain ceded Florida to US
2. British humor magazine `Punch' 1st published.
3. Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega)
4. 1st railroad opens in Hawaii
5. Spanish American War-Spaniards surrender to US at Santiago Cuba.
6. British royal family adopts the name `Windsor.'
7. Yanks 21 hits Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17 on squeeze play
8. Carl Mays gave up 13 runs & 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians
9. Variety's famous headline `Sticks Nix Hick Pix.'
10. Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves NY for Los Angeles.
11. Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak ends
12. Potsdam Conference (FDR Stalin Churchill) holds 1st meeting.
13. Rep of Korea founded.
14. construction begins on Disneyland....
15. Disneyland opens its doors in Anaheim Cal
16. Tibet abolishes serfdom
17. Roger Maris loses a HR due to a rain-out in the 5th
18. Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354 300 ft).
19. Apollo/Soyuz the 1st US/USSR linkup in space
20. Apollo-Soyus; 1st US/USSR linkup in space
21. Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend him
22. Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president
23. Lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse kill 114 injure 200
24. Humbar Estuary Bridge UK world's longest span (1.4 km) is opened.
25. Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7.

These famous people were born on 17 July.

1. 1674 - Isaac Watts, in England, writer & preacher
2. 1744 - Elbridge Gerry, (DR), 5th VP, gov. of Mass., invented gerrymandering.
3. 1763 - John Jacob Astor, merchant
4. 1859 - Mu¤oz Rivera, Puerto Rican patriot, journalist.
5. 1888 - Shmuel Agnon, Israeli novelist (Day Before Yesterday) (Nobel 1966).
6. 1889 - Erle Stanley Gardner, created Perry Mason.
7. 1900 - James Cagney, hold that grapefruit.
8. 1912 - Art Linkletter, TV host.
9. 1917 - Phyllis Diller, comedien
10. 1934 - Pat McCormick, Comedy writer
11. 1934 - Donald Sutherland, (M*A*S*H)
12. 1935 - Diahann Carroll, Bronx NY
13. 1935 - P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele), composer.
14. 1941 - Daryle Lamonica, Oakland Raiders quarterback.
15. 1951 - Lucie Arnaz, in California
16. 1952 - Phoebe Snow, Singer
17. 1952 - David Hasselhoff