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June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years ), with 197 days remaining.
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1 PooP 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances
5 External links 6 References
PooP 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler 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 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 .
1773 - Cúcuta , Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar
1775 - American Revolutionary War : Battle of Bunker Hill - 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 the 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 .
1876 - Indian Wars : Battle of the Rosebud - 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory .
1877 - Indian Wars : Battle of White Bird Canyon - The Nez Perce defeat the US Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory .
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor .
1898 - The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
1930 - U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff into law.
1930 - Bonus Army : Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
1933 - Union Station Massacre : In Kansas City, Missouri , 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 .
1940 - World War II : Operation Ariel begins - Allied troops start to evacuate France , following Germany 's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
1940 - World War II : Sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire , France .
1940 - The three Baltic states 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 Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania , killing all 43 people on board.
1953 - Workers Uprising : In East Germany , 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 Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools .
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 .
1972 - Watergate scandal : Five White House 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.
1991 - Apartheid : The South African 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 Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II ).
1994 - Following a televised low-speed 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 .
1994 - The FIFA World Cup begins in the USA .
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 )
1742 - William Hooper , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1790 )
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 )
1861 - Pete Browning , American baseball player (d. 1905 )
1867 - John Robert Gregg , inventor of shorthand system (d. 1948 )
1867 - Henry Lawson , Australian poet (d. 1922 )
1880 - Carl Van Vechten , American writer and photographer (d. 1964 )
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 )
1902 - Sammy Fain , American popular music composer (d. 1989 )
1902 - Alec Hurwood , Australian cricketer (d. 1982 )
1903 - Ruth Wakefield , inventor of the Toll House Cookie, the first chocolate chip cookie (d. 1977 )
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 )
1909 - Ralph E. Winters , Canadian film editor (d. 2004 )
1910 - Red Foley , American musician (d. 1968 )
1910 - George Hees , Canadian politician (d. 1996 )
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
1918 - Ajahn Chah , Buddhist meditation master
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 )
1936 - Ken Loach , British director
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 - Frank Ashmore , American actor
1946 - Peter Rosei , Austrian writer
1948 - Aurelio López , baseball player (d. 1992 )
1951 - Joe Piscopo , American actor
1952 - Mike Milbury , American ice hockey player, coach and executive
1957 - Jon Gries , American actor
1957 - Martin Dillon , American opera singer (d. 2005 )
1957 - Jack Wouterse , Dutch actor
1958 - Jello Biafra , American musician and activist
1958 - Bobby Farrelly , American film director
1960 - Thomas Haden Church , American actor
1962 - Michael Monroe , Finnish singer (Hanoi Rocks )
1963 - Greg Kinnear , American actor
1964 - Michael Groß , German swimmer
1964 - Rinaldo Capello , Italian racing driver
1964 - Erin Murphy , American actress
1965 - Dermontti Dawson , American football, center
1966 - Jason Patric , American actor
1967 - Eric Stefani , American musician
1968 - Minoru Suzuki , Japanese professional wrestler
1969 - Paul Tergat , Kenyan athlete
1970 - Jason Hanson , American football player
1970 - Sasha Sokol , Mexican singer and actress
1970 - Will Forte , American writer, actor and comedian
1971 - Paulina Rubio , Mexican singer
1973 - Krayzie Bone , American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony )
1973 - Leander Paes , Indian tennis player
1974 - Evangelia Psarra , Greek archer
1975 - Joshua Leonard , American actor
1975 - Chloe Jones , American actor (d. 2005 )
1977 - Mark Tauscher , American football player
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
1981 - Amrita Rao , Indian model and actress
1981 - Kyle Boller , American football quarterback
1982 - Will Allen , American football player
1983 - Lee Ryan , British singer, formerly of Blue
1983 - Kazunari Ninomiya , Japanese singer and actor
1985 - Marcos Baghdatis , Cypriot professional tennis player
1985 - Rafael Sóbis , Brazilian footballer
1987 - Nozomi Tsuji , Japanese singer (W (Double You) , Morning Musume , and MiniMoni )
1987 - Anžej Dežan , Slovenian singer
Deaths 1025 - Bolesław I the Brave , first king of Poland
1091 - Dirk V , Count of Holland (b. 1052 )
1285 - Yekuno Amlak , Emperor of Ethiopia and restorer of the Solomonic dynasty [1]
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 )
1821 - Martín Miguel de Güemes Argentine military leader (b. 1785 )
1898 - Edward Burne-Jones , English artist (b. 1833 )
1904 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov , Russian politician, Governor-General of Finland (assassinated) (b. 1839 )
1939 - Allen Sothoron , American baseball player (b. 1893 )
1940 - Arthur Harden , English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865 )
1942 - Charles Fitzpatrick , Canadian politician (b. 1853 )
1952 - Jack Parsons , American rocket-fuel pioneer and renegade occultist (b. 1914 )
1956 - Paul Rostock , German doctor (b. 1892 )
1956 - Bob Sweikert , American racing driver (b. 1926 )
1957 - Dorothy Richardson , English writer (b. 1873 )
1961 - Jeff Chandler , American actor (b. 1918 )
1974 - Pamela Britton , American actress (b. 1923 )
1979 - Duffy Lewis , baseball player (b. 1888 )
1981 - Richard O'Connor , British general (b. 1889 )
1981 - Zerna Sharp , American writer and educator (Dick and Jane ) (b. 1889 )
1982 - Roberto Calvi , Italian banker (b. 1920 )
1986 - Kate Smith , American singer (God Bless America ) (b. 1907 )
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 )
2005 - Sam Loeb , comic book writer (b. 1988 )
2006 - Cláudio Besserman Vianna, aka "Bussunda" , Brazilian comedian (b. 1962 )
Holidays and observances Liturgical feasts 17th of June marks the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in 1992, based on a recommendation of the Rio Earth Summit.
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