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June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (169th in Leap Year s), with 197 days remaining.
Events
- 1462 - Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II in the Night Attack , and the latter is forced to retreat from Wallachia .
- 1497 - Battle Of Deptford Bridge - Forces under King Henry VII soundly defeat troops led by Michael An Gof .
- 1565 - Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru .
- 1579 - Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls '' Nova Albion '' (modern California ) for England .
- 1631 - Mumtaz Mahal died during Childbirth . Her husband, Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan I , then spent more than 20 years to build her Tomb , the Taj Mahal .
- - The battle actually takes place on Breed's hill by mistake. British forces take Breed's Hill outside of Boston with heavy casualties.
- 1789 - In France , the Third Estate declares itself as a national assembly.
- 1839 - In the Kingdom Of Hawaii , Kamehameha III issues the Edict Of Toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands . The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Peace is later established as a result.
- 1863 - Battle Of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War
- - 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory .
- 1885 - The Statue Of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor .
- 1898 - The US Navy Hospital Corps is established.
- 1930 - U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff into law.
- 1930 - veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
- , four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash were gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
- 1939 - Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann , a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre.
- begins - Allied troops start to evacuate France , following Germany 's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
- 1940 - by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire , France .
- 1940 - The three Baltic State s of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union .
- 1944 - Iceland becomes independent from Denmark and forms a republic.
- 1948 - A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Air Lines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania , killing all 43 people on board.
- , the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a Rebellion .
- 1960 - Ted Williams becomes the fourth member of the 500 Home Run Club with a Home Run at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio .
- 1961 - The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded with the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress.
- 1963 - The United States Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 in '' Abington School District V. Schempp '' against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in Public School s.
- 1971 - Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement , setting out a plan where the U.S. would return control of Okinawa .
- operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee , in an attempt by some members of the Republican Party to illegally Wiretap the opposition.
- 1982 - The body of "God's Banker", Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London .
- 1987 - With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
- n Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act , which had required all racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
- 1992 - A 'Joint Understanding' agreement on Arms Reduction is signed by U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Russia n President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II ).
- 1994 - Following a televised highway chase and a failed attempt at Suicide , O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson , and her friend Ronald Goldman .
Births
- 1239 - King Edward I Of England (d. 1307 )
- 1603 - Joseph Of Cupertino , Italian saint (d. 1663 )
- 1682 - King Charles XII Of Sweden (d. 1718 )
- 1691 - Giovanni Paolo Pannini , Italian painter and architect (d. 1765 )
- 1693 - Johann Georg Walch , German theologian (d. 1775 )
- 1703 - John Wesley , English founder of Methodism (d. 1791 )
- 1704 - John Kay , English inventor (d. 1780 )
- 1714 - Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten , German philosopher (d. 1762 )
- 1714 - César-François Cassini De Thury , French astronomer (d. 1784 )
- 1718 - George Howard , British field marshal (d. 1796 )
- 1808 - Henrik Wergeland , Norwegian author (d. 1845 )
- 1810 - Ferdinand Freiligrath , German writer (d. 1876 )
- 1811 - Jón Sigurðsson , Icelandic independence fighter (d. 1879 )
- 1818 - Charles Gounod , French composer (d. 1893 )
- 1832 - Sir William Crookes , English physicist and chemist (d. 1919 )
- 1839 - Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC , Anglican Clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist activities (d. 1931 )
- 1881 - Tommy Burns , Canadian boxer (d. 1955 )
- 1882 - Igor Stravinsky , Russian composer (d. 1971 )
- 1888 - Heinz Guderian , German General (d. 1954 )
- 1898 - M.C. Escher , Dutch artist (d. 1972 )
- 1898 - Carl Hermann , German physicist (d. 1961 )
- 1900 - Martin Bormann , Nazi official (d. 1945 )
- 1904 - Ralph Bellamy , American actor (d. 1991 )
- 1907 - Charles Eames , American designer and architect (d. 1978 )
- 1909 - Elmer Lee Andersen , Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004 )
- 1910 - Red Foley , American musician (d. 1968 )
- 1914 - John Hersey , American author (d. 1993 )
- 1915 - Karl Targownik , Hungarian psychiatrist (d. 1996 )
- 1915 - David "Stringbean" Akeman , American banjo player and actor (d. 1973 )
- 1917 - Atle Selberg , Norwegian mathematician
- 1920 - François Jacob , French biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- 1923 - Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch , American football player (d. 2004 )
- 1927 - Martin Böttcher , German conductor
- 1929 - Tigran Petrosian , Georgian chess player (d. 1984 )
- 1930 - Brian Statham , English cricketer (d. 2000 )
- 1933 - Christian Ferras , French violinist (d. 1982 )
- 1933 - Harry Browne , American free-market libertarian writer, politician, and investment analyst (d. 2006 )
- 1940 - George Akerlof , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 - Mohamed ElBaradei , Egyptian International Atomic Energy Agency director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1943 - Newt Gingrich , American politician
- 1943 - Barry Manilow , American musician
- 1945 - Tommy Franks , American General
- 1945 - Ken Livingstone , Mayor of London
- 1945 - Eddy Merckx , Belgian cyclist
- 1945 - Anupam Kher , Indian actor
- 1945 - Frank Ashmore , American actor
- 1946 - Peter Rosei , Austrian writer
- 1957 - Jon Gries , American actor
- 1958 - Jello Biafra , American musician and activist
- 1960 - Michael Monroe , Finnish singer ( Hanoi Rocks )
- 1963 - Greg Kinnear , American actor
- 1964 - Michael Gross , German swimmer
- 1965 - Dermontti Dawson , American football, center
- 1966 - Jason Patric , American actor
- 1969 - Paul Tergat , Kenyan athlete
- 1970 - Jason Hanson , American football player
- 1970 - Sasha Sokol , Mexican singer and actress
- 1971 - Bif Naked , Canadian punk rock musician
- 1971 - Paulina Rubio , Mexican singer
- 1975 - Chloe Jones , American actor (d. 2005 )
- 1977 - Branko Tomovic , Serbian actor
- 1978 - Kumiko Aso , Japanese actress
- 1979 - Nick Rimando , American soccer player
- 1980 - Kimeru , Japanese singer
- 1980 - Venus Williams , American tennis player
- 1983 - Lee Ryan , singer - formally of British boyband Blue
- 1985 - Marcos Baghdatis , Cypriot professional tennis player.
- 1987 - Nozomi Tsuji , Japanese singer ( W (Double You) , Morning Musume , and MiniMoni )
Deaths
- 1025 - Bolesław I The Brave , first king of Poland
- 1091 - Dirk V , Count Of Holland (b. 1052 )
- 1463 - Princess Catherine Of Portugal , writer (b. 1436 )
- 1565 - Ashikaga Yoshiteru , Japanese shogun (b. 1536 )
- 1694 - Philip Cardinal Howard , English Catholic Cardinal (b. 1629 )
- 1696 - John III Sobieski , King of Poland (b. 1629 )
- 1719 - Joseph Addison , English politician and writer (b. 1672 )
- 1734 - Claude-Louis-Hector De Villars , Marshal of France (b. 1653 )
- 1740 - William Wyndham , English politician (b. 1687 )
- 1762 - Prosper Jolyot De Crébillon , French writer (b. 1674 )
- 1775 - Major John Pitcairn , British marine (killed in battle) (b. 1722 )
- 1797 - Agha Muhammad Khan , Shah of Persia (b. 1742 )
- 1813 - Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham , English sailor and politician (b. 1726 )
- 1898 - Edward Burne-Jones , English artist (b. 1833 )
- 1904 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov , Russian politician, Governor-General of Finland (assassinated) (b. 1839 )
- 1940 - Arthur Harden , English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865 )
- 1952 - Jack Parsons , American rocket-fuel pioneer and renegade occultist (b. 1914 )
- 1956 - Paul Rostock , German doctor (b. 1892 )
- 1957 - Dorothy Richardson , English writer (b. 1873 )
- 1961 - Jeff Chandler , American actor (b. 1918 )
- 1979 - Duffy Lewis , baseball player (b. 1888 )
- 1981 - Richard O'Connor , British general (b. 1889 )
- 1982 - Roberto Calvi , Italian banker (b. 1920 )
- 1987 - Dick Howser , baseball player and manager (b. 1936 )
- 1996 - Thomas Kuhn , American philosopher of science (b. 1922 )
- 2001 - Donald J. Cram , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919 )
- 2002 - Willie Davenport , American athlete (b. 1943 )
- 2002 - Fritz Walter , German footballer (b. 1920 )
- 2004 - Gerry McNeil , Canadian hockey player (b. 1926 )
- 2005 - Karl Mueller , American bassist ( Soul Asylum ) (b. 1962 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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