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Birthday June 17, 1239 Edward I, king of England (1272-1307) |
Birthday June 17, 1703 John Wesley, cofounder of Methodist movement |
Birthday June 17, 1742 William Hooper, signed Decl of Ind |
Birthday June 17, 1818 Charles Gounod, in France composer |
Birthday June 17, 1837 Union Colonel Strong Vincent is born |
Birthday June 17, 1870 George Cormack, invented "Wheaties" cereal |
Birthday June 17, 1882 Igor Stravinsky, invented Rite of Spring |
Birthday June 17, 1904 Ralph Bellamy, Actor |
Birthday June 17, 1914 John Hersey, author (Hiroshima, A Bell for Adano) |
Birthday June 17, 1917 Dean Martin, singer, Actor |
Birthday June 17, 1919 Kingman Brewster, Yale pres |
Birthday June 17, 1920 Beryl Reid |
Birthday June 17, 1920 Fran‡ois Jacob, French biologist, bacteriologist (Nobel 1965) |
Birthday June 17, 1923 Elroy (Crazylegs) Hirsch, AAFC, NFL halfback, end (L.A. Rams) |
Birthday June 17, 1929 Tigran Petrosyan, of USSR, world chess champion (1963-69) |
Birthday June 17, 1940 Bobby Bell, NFL linebacker (Kansas City) |
Birthday June 17, 1946 Barry Manilow, singer |
Birthday June 17, 1948 Phylicia Allen Ayers Rashad, in Houston Tx (Cosby) |
Birthday June 17, 1951 Joe Piscopo, comedian (SNL) |
History June 17, 1579 Drake claims California for England |
History June 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill) |
History June 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill begins |
History June 17, 1775 The Battle of Bunker Hill |
History June 17, 1789 3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly |
History June 17, 1856 Republican Party opened its 1st convention in Phila |
History June 17, 1876 Indians hammer U.S. soldiers at the Battle of the Rosebud |
History June 17, 1880 John Ward - Providence - pitches perfect game vs Buffalo |
History June 17, 1885 Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere' |
History June 17, 1917 Portuguese army sees first action in Flanders |
History June 17, 1937 Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in NY |
History June 17, 1940 British and Allied troops continue the evacuation of France, as Churchill reassures his countrymen |
History June 17, 1940 France to surrender |
History June 17, 1940 France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II |
History June 17, 1942 1st American expeditionary force to land in Africa (WW2) |
History June 17, 1943 FDR's secretary of war stifles Truman's inquiry into suspicious defense plant |
History June 17, 1944 Rep of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir |
History June 17, 1945 German Fed Rep National Day |
History June 17, 1947 1st round-the-world civil air service left NYC |
History June 17, 1953 Sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for the next day their 14th anniversary |
History June 17, 1953 Soviets crush antigovernment riots in East Berlin |
History June 17, 1954 Marciano beats Charles |
History June 17, 1954 Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ended |
History June 17, 1958 Bridge collapses, killing workers |
History June 17, 1963 Supreme Court strikes down Lord's Prayer recitation |
History June 17, 1969 North Vietnamese reoccupy Ap Bia Mountain |
History June 17, 1971 US returns control of Okinawa to Japanese |
History June 17, 1972 Watergate burglars arrested |
History June 17, 1972 Watergate break-ins set the stage for All the President's Men |
History June 17, 1972 Watergate burglars arrested |
History June 17, 1972 Democratic HQs at Watergate burglarized - wire-tapped |
History June 17, 1972 Nixon's re-election employees are arrested for burglary |
History June 17, 1978 Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike outs |
History June 17, 1982 President Galtieri resigns in Argentina. Also Ronald Reagan's "evil empire" speech |
History June 17, 1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 5 is launched |
History June 17, 1986 Singer Kate Smith dies in Raleigh NC at 79 |
History June 17, 1986 Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated |
History June 17, 1987 NY Yankee & KC Royal Mgr Dick Howser dies at 51 of brain cancer |
History June 17, 1989 New Kids on the Block land at the top of the pops |
History June 17, 1994 O.J. Simpson leads L.A. police on a high-speed chase |
History June 17, 1994 O.J. Simpson arrested after flight from justice |
History June 17, 2008 Cyd Charisse dies |