June, 17th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Friday 17, 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.

Wednesday 17, 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).

Monday 17, 1991:
Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act, which had required all racial classification of all South Africans at birth.

Thursday 17, 1982:
The body of "God's Banker", Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London.

Saturday 17, 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.

Thursday 17, 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.

Monday 17, 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 schools.

Saturday 17, 1961:
The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded with the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress.

Friday 17, 1960:
Ted Williams becomes the fourth member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.

Wednesday 17, 1953:
Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.

Thursday 17, 1948:
A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Air Lines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.

Saturday 17, 1944:
Iceland becomes independent from Denmark and forms a republic.

Monday 17, 1940:
The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.

Saturday 17, 1939:
Last public execution in France. Eugene Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre.

Saturday 17, 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.

Tuesday 17, 1930:
Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans mass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.

Sunday 17, 1928:
Aviator Amelia Earhart starts her attempt to become the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean She was a passenger; Wilmer Stutz was pilot and Lou Gordon, mechanic.

Friday 17, 1898:
The US Navy Hospital Corps is established.

Wednesday 17, 1885:
The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.

Saturday 17, 1876:
1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. http://ne.essortment.com/battlerosebud_rfks.htm

Wednesday 17, 1863:
Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War

Monday 17, 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.

Wednesday 17, 1789:
In France, the Third Estate declares itself as a national assembly.

Saturday 17, 1775:
The British forces take Bunker Hill outside of Boston.

Tuesday 17, 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.

Sunday 17, 1579:
Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.

Thursday 17, 1565:
Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

Thursday 17, 1497:
Forces under King Henry VII soundly defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/17-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 17

1980:
Venus Williams, American tennis player (b: June 17, 1980) (Biography of Venus Williams)

1979:
Nick Rimando, American soccer player (b: June 17, 1979) (Biography of Nick Rimando)

1975:
Chloe Jones, American actor (b: June 17, 1975) (Biography of Chloe Jones)

1966:
Jason Patric, American actor (b: June 17, 1966) (Biography of Jason Patric)

1965:
Dermontti Dawson, American NFL, center (b: June 17, 1965) (Biography of Dermontti Dawson)

1964:
Michale Gross, German swimmer (b: June 17, 1964) (Biography of Michael Gross (swimmer))

1963:
Greg Kinnear, American actor (b: June 17, 1963) (Biography of Greg Kinnear)

1960:
Michael Monroe, Finnish singer (Hanoi Rocks) (b: June 17, 1960) (Biography of Michael Monroe)

1958:
Jello Biafra, American musician and activist (b: June 17, 1958) (Biography of Jello Biafra)

1957:
Jon Gries, American actor (b: June 17, 1957) (Biography of Jon Gries)

1946:
Peter Rosei, Austrian writer (b: June 17, 1946) (Biography of Peter Rosei)

1945:
Tommy Franks, American General (b: June 17, 1945) (Biography of Tommy Franks)
Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London (b: June 17, 1945) (Biography of Ken Livingstone)
Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist (b: June 17, 1945) (Biography of Eddy Merckx)
Anupam Kher, Indian actor (b: June 17, 1945) (Biography of Anupam Kher)
Frank Ashmore, American actor (b: June 17, 1945) (Biography of Frank Ashmore)

1943:
Newt Gingrich, American politician (b: June 17, 1943) (Biography of Newt Gingrich)
Barry Manilow, American musician (b: June 17, 1943) (Biography of Barry Manilow)

1942:
Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian International Atomic Energy Agency director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: June 17, 1942) (Biography of Mohamed ElBaradei)

1940:
George Akerlof, American economist (b: June 17, 1940) (Biography of George Akerlof)

1930:
Brian Statham, English cricketer (b: June 17, 1930 ; d: June 10, 2000) (Biography of Brian Statham)

1929:
Tigran Petrosian, Georgian chess player (b: June 17, 1929 ; d: August 13, 1984) (Biography of Tigran Petrosian)

1923:
Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch, American football player (b: June 17, 1923 ; d: January 28, 2004) (Biography of Elroy Hirsch)

1917:
Dean Martin, American singer (b: June 17, 1917 ; d: December 25, 1995) (Biography of Dean Martin)
Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (b: June 17, 1917) (Biography of Atle Selberg)

1915:
Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (b: June 17, 1915 ; d: January 2, 1996) (Biography of Karl Targownik)
David "Stringbean" Akeman, American banjo player and actor (b: June 17, 1915 ; d: November 11, 1973) (Biography of David "Stringbean" Akeman)

1914:
John Hersey, American author (b: June 17, 1914 ; d: March 24, 1993) (Biography of John Hersey)

1910:
Red Foley, American musician (b: June 17, 1910 ; d: September 19, 1968) (Biography of Red Foley)

1909:
Elmer Lee Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (b: June 17, 1909) (Biography of Elmer Lee Andersen)

1907:
Charles Eames, American designer and architect (b: June 17, 1907 ; d: August 21, 1978) (Biography of Charles Eames)

1904:
Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b: June 17, 1904) (Biography of Ralph Bellamy)

1900:
Martin Bormann, Nazi official (b: June 17, 1900) (Biography of Martin Bormann)

1898:
M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (b: June 17, 1898 ; d: March 27, 1972) (Biography of M. C. Escher)
Carl Hermann, German physicist (b: June 17, 1898 ; d: September 12, 1961) (Biography of Carl Hermann)

1882:
Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b: June 17, 1882 ; d: April 6, 1971) (Biography of Igor Stravinsky)

1881:
Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (b: June 17, 1881) (Biography of Tommy Burns (boxer))

1832:
Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist (b: June 17, 1832 ; d: April 4, 1919) (Biography of William Crookes)

1818:
Charles Gounod, French composer (b: June 17, 1818 ; d: October 18, 1893) (Biography of Charles Gounod)

1811:
Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic independence fighter (b: June 17, 1811) (Biography of Jón Sigurðsson)

1810:
Ferdinand Freiligrath, German writer (b: June 17, 1810) (Biography of Ferdinand Freiligrath)

1808:
Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (b: June 17, 1808 ; d: July 12, 1845) (Biography of Henrik Wergeland)

1704:
John Kay, English inventor (b: June 17, 1704) (Biography of John Kay (flying shuttle))

1693:
Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (b: June 17, 1693 ; d: January 13, 1775) (Biography of Johann Georg Walch)

1691:
Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (b: June 17, 1691 ; d: October 21, 1765) (Biography of Giovanni Paolo Pannini)

1682:
King Charles XII of Sweden (b: June 17, 1682 ; d: November 30, 1718) (Biography of Charles XII of Sweden)

1603:
Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (b: June 17, 1603) (Biography of Joseph of Cupertino)

1239:
King Edward I of England (b: June 17, 1239 ; d: July 7, 1307) (Biography of Edward I of England)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/17-june/births.html