Today in History for 17th June 2017:
Historical Events
1953 – Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)
1953 – US Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary
1967 – China becomes world’s 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power
1973 – 1st du Maurier Golf Classic (La Canadienne): Jocelyne Bourassa
1975 – Voters in Northern Mariana Islands approve commonwealth status with US
1990 – “Zoya’s Apartment” closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 45 performances
Famous Birthdays
1909 – Elmer Lee Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004)
1930 – James Gathers, Sumter SC, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952)
1931 – John Baldessari, American artist
1943 – Newt Gingrich, American politician (Rep-R-GA, 1979-99) and Speaker of the House (1995-97), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1947 – Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008)
1950 – Cathy Sherk, LPGA golfer
Famous Deaths
1734 – Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France (b. 1653)
1858 – Rani Lakshmibai, queen of Jhansi in North India, one of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857 (b. 1828)
1952 – Alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89
1987 – Dick Howser, mgr (NY Yankees and KC Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51
2007 – Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (b. 1933)
2010 – K. S. Rajah, Singaporean jurist (b. 1930)