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What happend on 17. June in History
In our data base we found 306 events happened on 17. June:
• 900: Fulk the Venerable, French Archbishop of Rheims [category: Deaths]
• 1025: Bolesław I Chrobry (b. 967) [category: Deaths]
• 1091: Dirk V, Count of Holland (b. 1052) [category: Deaths]
• 1239: Edward I of England (d. 1307) [category: Births]
• 1268: Lord Borchard de Herle, English diplomat (d. 1305) [category: Births]
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• 1462: Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia. [category: Events]
• 1463: Infanta Catherine of Portugal (b. 1436) [category: Deaths]
• 1497: Battle of Deptford Bridge – forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof. [category: Events]
• 1565: Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536) [category: Deaths]
• 1565: Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru. [category: Events]
• 1579: Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England. [category: Events]
• 1596: The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen. [category: Events]
• 1603: Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663) [category: Births]
• 1631: Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. [category: Events]
• 1658: Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese diplomat and statesman (d. 1736) [category: Births]
• 1673: French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course. [category: Events]
• 1682: Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718) [category: Births]
• 1691: Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765) [category: Births]
• 1693: Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775) [category: Births]
• 1694: Philip Howard, English cardinal (b. 1629) [category: Deaths]
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• 1696: John III Sobieski of Poland (b. 1629) [category: Deaths]
• 1704: John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780) [category: Births]
• 1714: Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (d. 1762) [category: Births]
• 1714: César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (d. 1784) [category: Births]
• 1718: George Howard, English field marshal (d. 1796) [category: Births]
• 1719: Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (b. 1672) [category: Deaths]
• 1734: Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Duke of Villars (b. 1653) [category: Deaths]
• 1740: Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1687) [category: Deaths]
• 1742: William Hooper, American lawyer and politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1762: Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b. 1674) [category: Deaths]
• 1771: Daskalogiannis, Cretan rebel [category: Deaths]
• 1773: Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar. [category: Events]
• 1775: John Pitcairn, English military officer (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill. [category: Events]
• 1789: In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly. [category: Events]
• 1797: Mohammad Khan Qajar of Persia (b. 1742) [category: Deaths]
• 1808: Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (d. 1845) [category: Births]
• 1810: Ferdinand Freiligrath, German writer (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1811: Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic independence fighter (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1813: Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (b. 1726) [category: Deaths]
• 1818: Charles Gounod, French composer (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1818: Sophie of Württemberg (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1821: Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentine military leader (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1832: William Crookes, English physicist and chemist (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1839: Arthur Tooth, English clergyman (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1839: Lord William Bentinck, English soldier and statesman (b. 1774) [category: Deaths]
• 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 are established as a result. [category: Events]
• 1858: Ebenezer Sumner Draper, American politician, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1858: Rani Lakshmibai Indian queen (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1861: Omar Bundy, American general (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1861: Pete Browning, American baseball player (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1861: Battle of Vienna, Virginia in the American Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1863: Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1863: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1867: Flora Finch, English-American actress (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1867: Henry Lawson, Australian poet (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1867: John Robert Gregg, American educator, publisher, and humanitarian, invented the Gregg shorthand (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1871: James Weldon Johnson, American author, politician, diplomat,journalist, and activist (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1876: William Carr, American rower (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1876: American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud – 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. [category: Events]
• 1877: American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon – the Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory. [category: Events]
• 1880: Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1881: Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1882: Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1882: Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1885: The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. [category: Events]
• 1888: Heinz Guderian, German general (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1898: Carl Hermann, German physicist (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1898: Harry Patch, English super-centenarian (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1898: M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1898: Edward Burne-Jones, English artist (b. 1833) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established. [category: Events]
• 1900: Martin Bormann, German Nazi official (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1900: Boxer Rebellion: Allied Western and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China. [category: Events]
• 1901: The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT. [category: Events]
• 1902: Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1902: Sammy Fain, American composer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1903: Ruth Graves Wakefield, American cook and businesswoman, invented the Chocolate chip cookie (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1904: Ralph Bellamy, American actor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1904: Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, Russian politician (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Charles Eames, American designer and architect (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1907: Maurice Cloche, French director and screenwriter (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1909: Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1909: Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1910: George Hees, Canadian politician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1910: Red Foley, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1910: Aurel Vlaicu pilots a A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight. [category: Events]
• 1914: John Hersey, American journalist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1915: David "Stringbean" Akeman, American actor and banjo player (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1915: Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1916: Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer (The Easy Riders) (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1918: Ajahn Chah, Thai Buddhist meditation master (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1919: Beryl Reid, English actress (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1919: John Moffat, English pilot [category: Births]
• 1920: François Jacob, French biologist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1920: Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1920: Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1923: Elroy Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1927: Martin Böttcher, German conductor [category: Births]
• 1929: Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1930: Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1930: U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law. [category: Events]
• 1931: John Baldessari, American painter [category: Births]
• 1932: John Murtha, American politician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1932: Peter Lupus, American actor [category: Births]
• 1932: 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. [category: Events]
• 1933: Christian Ferras, French violinist (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1933: Harry Browne, American politician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1933: Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1933: Union Station Massacre: in Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash. [category: Events]
• 1936: Ken Loach, English director [category: Births]
• 1936: Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist [category: Births]
• 1937: Ted Nelson, American sociologist and philosopher [category: Births]
• 1939: Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison [category: Events]
• 1940: George Akerlof, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1940: Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1940: World War II: sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. [category: Events]
• 1940: World War II: the British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces. [category: Events]
• 1941: Nicholas C. Handy, English chemist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1941: Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer and organist (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian IAEA director, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1942: Roger Steffens, American actor, author, photographer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1942: Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Barry Manilow, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1943: Burt Rutan, American engineer [category: Births]
• 1943: Newt Gingrich, American politician and author [category: Births]
• 1944: Bill Rafferty, American comedian and game show host [category: Births]
• 1944: Chris Spedding, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nucleus) [category: Births]
• 1944: Randy Johnson, American football player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1944: Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic. [category: Events]
• 1945: Art Bell, American broadcaster and author [category: Births]
• 1945: Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1945: Frank Ashmore, American actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Ken Livingstone, English politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Tommy Franks, American general [category: Births]
• 1946: Peter Rosei, Austrian writer [category: Births]
• 1947: Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1947: George S. Clinton, American composer, songwriter, and musician [category: Births]
• 1947: Linda Chavez, American author [category: Births]
• 1947: Paul Young, English singer and musician (Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics) (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1948: Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1948: Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1948: A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board. [category: Events]
• 1949: Snakefinger, English singer-songwriter and musician (The Residents and Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers) (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1950: Lee Tamahori, New Zealand director [category: Births]
• 1951: Joe Piscopo, American actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Starhawk, American author and activist [category: Births]
• 1952: Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach, and executive [category: Births]
• 1952: John Whiteside Parsons, American scientist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: East Germany Workers Uprising: in East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion. [category: Events]
• 1954: Len Davies, English wrestling promoter, founded Real Quality Wrestling [category: Births]
• 1955: Gail Jones, Australian author [category: Births]
• 1956: Chi-chi Nwanoku, English double bass player [category: Births]
• 1956: Iain Milne, Scottish rugby player [category: Births]
• 1956: Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Paul Rostock, German doctor (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Jon Gries, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1957: Phil Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer (The Pogues and The Radiators From Space) [category: Births]
• 1957: Dorothy Richardson, English writer (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Bobby Farrelly, American director [category: Births]
• 1958: Daniel McVicar, American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Derek Lee Ragin, American tenor [category: Births]
• 1958: Jello Biafra, American singer, musician, and activist (Dead Kennedys, The No WTO Combo, and Lard) [category: Births]
• 1958: Jon Leibowitz, American politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Sam Hamad, Syrian-Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1958: The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing many of the ironworkers and injuring others. [category: Events]
• 1958: The wooden roller coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada opens. It is still open today. [category: Events]
• 1959: Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Adrián Campos, Spanish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1960: Thomas Haden Church, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at 4 cents/acre in the 1863 treaty. [category: Events]
• 1961: Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded by the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and the Canadian Labour Congress. [category: Events]
• 1962: Michael Monroe, Finnish singer-songwriter and musician (Hanoi Rocks and Demolition 23) [category: Births]
• 1963: Greg Kinnear, American actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: A day after South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem announced the Joint Communique to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed. [category: Events]
• 1963: The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools. [category: Events]
• 1964: Erin Murphy, American actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Michael Groß, German swimmer [category: Births]
• 1964: Rinaldo Capello, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1965: Dan Jansen, American speed skater [category: Births]
• 1965: Dara O'Kearney, Irish runner and poker player [category: Births]
• 1965: Dermontti Dawson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1966: Christy Canyon, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Jason Patric, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras, Iraqi writer and journalist [category: Births]
• 1967: Dorothea Röschmann, German soprano [category: Births]
• 1967: Eric Stefani, American keyboardist, songwriter, and animator (No Doubt) [category: Births]
• 1968: Minoru Suzuki, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1968: José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Paul Tergat, Kenyan runner [category: Births]
• 1969: Rita Abatzi, Greek singer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Jason Hanson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1970: Michael Showalter, American actor, writer, and director [category: Births]
• 1970: Popeye Jones, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Sasha Sokol, Mexican singer, composer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1970: Will Forte, American actor and writer [category: Births]
• 1971: Mildred Fox, Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1971: Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1971: President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs. [category: Events]
• 1972: Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition. [category: Events]
• 1973: Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican businessman and author [category: Births]
• 1973: Krayzie Bone, American rapper and producer (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) [category: Births]
• 1973: Leander Paes, Indian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1973: Louis Leterrier, French director [category: Births]
• 1974: Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer [category: Births]
• 1974: Pamela Britton, American actress (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Chloe Jones, American porn actress (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1975: Jennifer Irwin, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Joshua Leonard, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Scott Adkins, English actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Sven Nys, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1977: Branko Tomovic, Serbian actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Mark Tauscher, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer [category: Births]
• 1978: James Corden, English actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1978: Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Nick Rimando, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1979: Young Maylay, American rapper, voice actor, and producer [category: Births]
• 1979: Duffy Lewis, American baseball player (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Jeph Jacques, American illustrator and writer [category: Births]
• 1980: Kimeru, Japanese singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Venus Williams, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Kyle Boller, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Shane Watson, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1981: Richard O'Connor, English general (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Arthur Darvill, English actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Stanislava Hrozenská, Slovak tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Connie Fisher, English actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (Arashi) [category: Births]
• 1983: Lee Ryan, English singer-songwriter and actor (Blue) [category: Births]
• 1983: Vlasis Kazakis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Peter Mennin, American composer and teacher (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: John Gallagher, Jr., American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: John Murray, American playwright (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Milbourne Christopher, American illusionist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player [category: Births]
• 1985: Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: John Boulting, English director, writer, and producer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Apoula Edel, Armenian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Kate Smith, American singer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Kendrick Lamar, American rapper and songwriter (Black Hippy) [category: Births]
• 1987: Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) [category: Births]
• 1987: Dick Howser, American baseball player and manager (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct. [category: Events]
• 1988: Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Drew Ryan Scott, American singer-songwriter and producer (Varsity Fanclub) [category: Births]
• 1988: Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1989: Giorgos Tofas, Cypriot footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Jordan Henderson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Laura Wright, English singer (All Angels) [category: Births]
• 1991: Jang Min Chul, South Korean gamer [category: Births]
• 1991: Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth. [category: Events]
• 1992: A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II). [category: Events]
• 1993: Anna Rüh, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1994: Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. [category: Events]
• 1996: Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Basil Hume, English cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Ismail Mahomed, South African jurist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Willie Davenport, American athlete (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Sam Loeb, American writer and illustrator (b. 1988) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Arthur Franz, American actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Bussunda, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Gianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Darrell Powers, American army officer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Chen Din Hwa, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Fauzia Wahab, Pakistani politician (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nathan Divinsky, Canadian mathematician and chess player (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: R. C. Owens, American football player (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Raivo Järvi, Estonian artist and politician (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Stéphane Brosse, French ski mountaineer (b. 1971)) [category: Deaths]
• _: Albert Chmielowski [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Botolph (England) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bunker Hill Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gondulphus of Berry [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hervé [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day, celebrates the independence of Iceland from Kingdom of Denmark in 1944. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rainerius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Soviet Occupation Day (Latvia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: West Germany, from 1954 to 1990, the Day of German Unity [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) [category: Holidays and observances]