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17 Jun 1397
Union of Kalmar established between Denmark Sweden and Norway
17 Jun 1497
Battle of Deptford Bridge - forces under King Henry VII soundly defeat Cornish rebels led by Michael An Gof
17 Jun 1535
English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights
17 Jun 1565
Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru
17 Jun 1580
Battle at Hardenberg Spanish troops beat rebels
17 Jun 1583
Brabant Duke of Parma beats French mercenaries
17 Jun 1609
Netherlands England and France sign 12 year Covenant
17 Jun 1631
Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I then spends more than 20 years building her tomb the Taj Mahal
17 Jun 1665
Battle of Viciosa (Monte Claros) English & Portuguese army beat Spain
17 Jun 1700
Massachusetts orders priest to leave the colony
17 Jun 1745
American colonials capture Louisburg Cape Breton Island from French
17 Jun 1773
Ccuta Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cullar
17 Jun 1775
Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breeds Hill)
17 Jun 1855
Heavy FrenchBritish bombing of Sebastopol Crimea 2000 killed
17 Jun 1856
Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia
17 Jun 1861
Battle of Boonville MI-Brigadier General Lyon defeats Confederate forces
17 Jun 1863
Battle of Aldie Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia
17 Jun 1789
French Revolution During the meeting of the Estates-General the Third Estate proclaims itself the National Assembly
17 Jun 1815
Stephen Decatur conquers Algerian frigate Mashouda
17 Jun 1839
King of Hawaii Kamehameha III issues Edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is later established
17 Jun 1850
Paddle-wheeler G P Griffith burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die)
17 Jun 1863
Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta
17 Jun 1863
Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer)
17 Jun 1864
-18] Confederate troops pull back out Solveslost Mt Georgia
17 Jun 1864
640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished
17 Jun 1864
Skirmish at Mud CreekNoyess (Nose) Creek Georgia
17 Jun 1876
1st to hit 2 HRs & score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall As)
17 Jun 1876
Battle of RosebudBattle Where Girl Saved Her Brother
17 Jun 1877
Indian Wars Battle of White Bird Canyon - the Nez Perce defeat the US Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory
17 Jun 1880
John Ward Providence pitches perfect game vs Buffalo
17 Jun 1885
Statue of Liberty arrives in NYC aboard French ship Isere
17 Jun 1894
1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out in Rutland Vermont
17 Jun 1895
US Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan
17 Jun 1897
William Frank Powell NJ educator named minister to Haiti
17 Jun 1898
The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established
17 Jun 1901
US Open Mens Golf Myopia Hunt GC Willie Anderson of Scotland wins first of his 4 Open titles by 1 stroke in an 18-hole playoff with Alex Smith
17 Jun 1901
The College Board introduces its first standardized test the forerunner to the SAT
17 Jun 1902
US Congress pass the New Lands Reclamation Act which establishes a fund from sale of public lands to build irrigation dams for arid Western lands
17 Jun 1911
25th U.S. Womens National Championship Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman beats Florence Sutton (8-10 6-1 9-7)
17 Jun 1916
1st national congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java
17 Jun 1916
US troops under General Pershing march into Mexico
17 Jun 1919
Barney Google cartoon strip by Billy De Beck premieres
17 Jun 1927
US Open Mens Golf Oakmont CC American-based Scotsman Tommy Armour defeats Harry Cooper by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win the first of his 3 major titles
17 Jun 1930
Chuck Klein sets Phillies hitting streak at 26 straight games
17 Jun 1932
Oil tanker Cymbeline explodes in Montreal Canada
17 Jun 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
17 Jun 1933
Kansas City Massacre 1 FBI agent 4 cops & 1 gangster killed by mob
17 Jun 1939
Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann a convicted murderer is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre
17 Jun 1939
44th Womens French Championships Simonne Mathieu beats Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (6-3 8-6)
17 Jun 1940
France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II
17 Jun 1940
World War II sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire France
17 Jun 1943
Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs
17 Jun 1944
-19] French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba
17 Jun 1944
Resistance fighter and poet Col Blake arrives in London
17 Jun 1946
SW Bell inaugurates mobile telephone commercial service St Louis
17 Jun 1947
1st round-the-world civil air service leaves NYC
17 Jun 1947
Pan Am Airways chartered as 1st worldwide passenger airline
17 Jun 1948
Joe Cronin pinch hit HRs in both ends of a doubleheader
17 Jun 1950
Egypt Lebanon Saudi Arabia & Syria sign security pact
17 Jun 1951
Flahooley closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances
17 Jun 1957
Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)
17 Jun 1958
Radio Moscow reports execution of Hungarian ex-premier Imre Nagy
17 Jun 1958
The Wooden Roller Coaster at Playland which is in the Pacific National Exhibition Vancouver Canada opened and is still open to this day
17 Jun 1961
Billy Barnes People closes at Royale Theater NYC after 8 performances
17 Jun 1961
US Open Mens Golf Oakland Hills CC Gene Littler wins his sole major title 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Bob Goalby and Doug Sanders
17 Jun 1962
FIFA World Cup Final Estadio Nacional Santiago Chile Brazil go 1-down early but recover to beat Czechoslovakia 3-1
17 Jun 1962
Lou Brock is 2nd to HR into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers
17 Jun 1963
British House of Commons debates Profumo-Christine Keeler affair
17 Jun 1963
Supreme Court rules against Bible readingprayer in public schools
17 Jun 1965
11.08 (28.14 cm) of rainfall Holly Colorado (state 24-hour record)
17 Jun 1965
Kinks arrive in NYC beginning their 1st US tour
17 Jun 1967
Somebody To Love by Jefferson Airplane peaks at 5
17 Jun 1967
China becomes worlds 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power
17 Jun 1967
Longest doubleheader 915 (Tigers & Athletics)
17 Jun 1968
KQEC TV channel 32 in San Francisco California (PBS) begins broadcasting
17 Jun 1969
Oh Calcutta opens in NYC (almost entirely in the nude)
17 Jun 1971
Carole Kings album Tapestry goes to No. 1 on US album charts and stays there for 15 weeks
17 Jun 1972
Long Haired Lover From Liverpool by Little Jimmy Osmond peaks at 38
17 Jun 1972
Five men arrested after trying to bug Democratic National Committee office in Watergate Complex Washington
17 Jun 1972
9 firefighters are killed in the Hotel Vendome fire in Boston
17 Jun 1973
Canadian Open Golf (La Canadienne) Montreal Municipal GC Jocelyne Bourassa of Canada wins inaugural event in a playoff with Sandra Haynie & Judy Rankin
17 Jun 1973
US Open Mens Golf Oakmont CC Johnny Miller fires a record final round 63 (-8) to win his first major championship 1 stroke ahead of runner-up John Schlee
17 Jun 1974
The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombs the Houses of Parliament in London injuring 11 people and causing extensive damage
17 Jun 1975
Voters in Northern Mariana Islands approve commonwealth status with US
17 Jun 1976
ABA (Nets Pacers Nuggets & Spurs) merges into NBA
17 Jun 1978
Cheeseburger In Paradise by Jimmy Buffett peaks at 32
17 Jun 1978
Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs
17 Jun 1978
The Provisional Irish Republican Army kill an RUC officer and kidnap another near Crossmaglen County Armagh
17 Jun 1979
Sarava closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 140 performances
17 Jun 1979
US Open Mens Golf Inverness Club Hale Irwin wins his second Open title 2 strokes ahead of former champions Jerry Pate and Gary Player
17 Jun 1981
Battle between Muslims & Christians in Cairo 14 killed
17 Jun 1982
President Galtieri resigns after leading Argentina to defeat in the Falkland Islands
17 Jun 1985
18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched
17 Jun 1986
US Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns and Antonin Scalia nominated as his replacement
17 Jun 1987
With the death of the last individual the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct
17 Jun 1988
Women sentenced to 90 years in 1st product tampering murder case
17 Jun 1989
US beats Guatemala 2-1 in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
17 Jun 1990
Some Americans Abroad closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 62 performances
17 Jun 1990
Zoyas Apartment closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 45 performances
17 Jun 1990
US Open Mens Golf Medinah CC Hale Irwin wins his 3rd Open title defeats Mike Donald at the 91st hole the first in sudden-death after tying the 18-hole Monday playoff
17 Jun 1991
US Open Golf Hazeline National GC Payne Stewart wins a Monday playoff with 1987 champion Scott Simpson
17 Jun 1991
Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78
17 Jun 1991
South Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws
17 Jun 1992
Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker and WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day
17 Jun 1992
Slaughtering by Inkhata-followers at Boipatong South Africa kills 42
17 Jun 1993
Indians Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit
17 Jun 1995
Whos Tommy closes at St James Theater NYC after 899 performances
17 Jun 1996
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse NY on WAQX 95.7 FM
17 Jun 1996
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Irish Constitution which removes the prohibition on divorce is signed into law following a vote the previous year
17 Jun 1997
NHL announces it will add Nashville in 1998 Atlanta in 1999 & Minneapolis-St Paul & Columbus Ohio in 2000
17 Jun 2007
US Open Mens Golf Oakmont GC ngel Cabrera wins his first major title 1 stroke ahead of Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods first Open won by an Argentine or a South American
17 Jun 2008
First day of legal same-sex marriage in California
17 Jun 2008
62nd NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 2
17 Jun 2010
64th NBA Championship Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics 4 games to 3
17 Jun 2012
Frances Socialist Party wins a majority in the legislative election
17 Jun 2012
Greek voters return to the polls after the failed May 6 election
17 Jun 2012
US Open Mens Golf Olympic Club SF American Webb Simpson wins his first major title 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson
17 Jun 2015
9 people are shot and killed inside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston South Carolina by a 21 year old gunman
17 Jun 2017
Forest fires in Pedrgo Grande Portugal begin kill 62 people more than 1600 firefighters fight 156 fires
17 Jun 2017
Collision at sea between U.S.S. Fitzgerald and ACX Crystal a Philippine cargo ship kills 7 US sailors in Japanese waters
17 Jun 2018
US Open Mens Golf Shinnecock Hills GC Brooks Koepka wins by 1 stroke from Tommy Fleetwood for first back-to-back Open titles since 1988-89 (Curtis Strange)
17 Jun 2018
The Incredibles 2 sets a box office record for an animated release earning 180 million its opening weekend
17 Jun 2018
Historic deal signed between Greece and Macedonia to end dispute over Macedonias name - changing to North Macedonia
17 Jun 2018
24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race Ex-F1 world champion Fernando Alonso teams with Kazuki Nakajima & Sbastien Buemi to win for Toyota Gazoo Racing
17 Jun 2018
World electric speed record broken by Jaguar Vector V20E in battery-powered boat at 88.61 mph (142.60 kph) Coniston Water English Lake District
17 Jun 1864
Confederate General John B Hood replaces General Johnston as head of the Army of Tennessee
17 Jun 1880
Providence Grays MLB pitcher John M. Ward throws a perfect game beating the Buffalo Bisons 5-0 second perfect game in National League in 6 days next one takes 84 years
17 Jun 1906
International Lawn Tennis Challenge Wimbledon Laurence Doherty & Reginald Doherty beat Raymond Little & Holcombe Ward3-611-9 9-76-1 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0)
17 Jun 1911
US National Championship Womens Tennis Philadelphia CC Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman beats Florence Sutton 8-10 6-1 9-7 for her third straight US singles title
17 Jun 1932
Bonus Army around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the US Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits
17 Jun 1944
Iceland dissolves its union with Denmark and declares itself a Republic
17 Jun 1995
WLAF World Bowl 3 Olympic Stadium Amsterdam Frankfurt Galaxy beats Amsterdam Admirals 26-22
17 Jun 2018
24 Hours of Le Mans Former F1 world champion Fernando Alonso teams with Kazuki Nakajima and Sbastien Buemi to win for Toyota Gazoo Racing
17 Jun 2019
Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi dies after collapsing during a court appearance in Cairo
17 Jun 2019
Mayor of Phoenix Arizona Kate Gallego apologies for local police threatening to shoot African American family after their four-year shoplifted a doll
17 Jun 1961
Billy Barnes musical revue Billy Barnes People starting Ken Berry Dave Ketchum and Jo Anne Worley closes at Royale Theater NYC after 7 performances
17 Jun 1962
Chicago Cub Lou Brock is 2nd to HR into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers
17 Jun 1965
British rock band The Kinks arrive in NYC beginning their 1st US tour
17 Jun 1967
China becomes worlds 4th thermonuclear power by exploding a hydrogen bomb
17 Jun 1971
Carole Kings album Tapestry goes to 1 on US album charts and stays there for 15 weeks
17 Jun 2008
NBA Finals Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers 131-92 in Game 6 for first title since 1986 and 17th overall MVP Paul Pierce
17 Jun 2020
Former police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta charged with his murder and aggravated assault
17 Jun 2020
First major breakthrough in treating COVID-19 using steroid dexamethasone announced by Oxford University
17 Jun 2020
Actor Danny Masterson charged with raping three women
17 Jun 1769
Design of Madonnina statue chosen symbol of the city of Milan that stands atop spire of the Cathedral designed by sculptor Giuseppe Perego [1]
17 Jun 1922
First flight across the South Atlantic Ocean arrives in Rio de Janeiro Brazil piloted by Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral. First use of the sextant in air navigation.
17 Jun 1947
Pan Am Airways 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves NYC
17 Jun 1970
British rock band Led Zeppelin begin their last European tour
17 Jun 1972
Long Haired Lover From Liverpool single by Little Jimmy Osmond peaks at 38
17 Jun 1976
Soweto Uprising Government deploys armed military to quell student protests hundreds of civilians and children killed
17 Jun 1983
Glastonbury Festival in Pilton England opens UB40 Melanie and Curtis Mayfield headline other performers include The Beat Marillion King Sunny Ad The Chieftains Dr. John Tom Paxton Dennis Brown The Enid Incantation and Aswad
17 Jun 1985
18th NASA Space Shuttle Mission (51-G) Discovery 5 launches
17 Jun 1527
Pnfilo de Narvez departs Spain to explore Florida with 5 ships and 600 men by 1536 only 4 are still alive
17 Jun 1535
Trial of English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer for treason (declaring King Henry VIII not the Supreme Head of the Church in England) at Westminster Hall - found guilty and later hanged
17 Jun 1755
Future explorer James Cook joins the Royal Navy as an able-bodied seaman at Wapping East London [1]
17 Jun 1815
American frigate USS Guerriere captained by Stephen Decatur captures Algerian frigate Mashouda killing its famous captain corsair Ras Hamidou during US-Algerian War
17 Jun 1850
Paddle-wheeler G P Griffith burns off Mentor Ohio 206 die
17 Jun 1855
Heavy French and British bombing of Sebastopol Crimea 2000 killed
17 Jun 1863
Battle at Middleburg Virginia - 1st Rhode Island Cavalry routed trying to take the town
17 Jun 1864
Confederate General John Bell Hood replaces General Johnston as head of the Army of Tennessee
17 Jun 1897
US State Department appoints New Jersey educator William Frank Powell as Envoy to Haiti and Charg dAffaires for Dominican Republic
17 Jun 1957
So Rare by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra peaks at 2
17 Jun 1997
Wynton Marsalis releases his Blood on the Fields album (first jazz work to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music - ) [1]
17 Jun 2018
Play Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury premieres off-Broadway at the Soho Repertory Theatre (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2019)
17 Jun 1812
Cannon duel fought between the British fort of Rusteburg and the kraton (palace) of Yogyakarta on the island of Java [1]
17 Jun 1856
Republican Party opens its first national convention party members meet in Philadelphia
17 Jun 2015
9 people are shot and killed inside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston South Carolina by a 21-year-old gunman
17 Jun 2018
Play Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury premieres off-Broadway at the Soho Repertory Theatre (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2019)
17 Jun 2019
Michael R. Jacksons musical Strange Loop opens off-Broadway in New York (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2020) [1]
17 Jun 2020
American actor Danny Masterson charged with raping three women. after a 3-year investigation
17 Jun 2021
China launches its Shenzhou-12 spacecraft with three astronauts arriving at its new space station Tiangong six and a half hours later
17 Jun 2022
Running Up That Hill single by Kate Bush goes to 1 on the UK chart originally released in 1985 the song was featured in sci-fi television show Stranger Things its record 44 year climb to the top also makes Bush (63) the oldest female artist to score a No.1
17 Jun 2023
MLB Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits 150th career home run in a10-9 loss to Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City Missouri
17 Jun 1527
Pnfilo de Narvez departs Spain to explore Florida with five ships and 600 men by 1536 only four men are still alive
17 Jun 1665
Battle of Montes Claros English and Portuguese armies decisively defeat Spain securing Portugals independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War
17 Jun 1812
A 1471 printed copy of Boccaccios Decameron sells in England for 2260 - then the highest price for a book during the infamous sale of the library of the Duke of Roxburghe
17 Jun 1850
Paddle-wheeler G P Griffith burns off Mentor Ohio killing 206 people
17 Jun 1895
US Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx is completed cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan
17 Jun 1915
MLB Chicago Cubs George Zip Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn Dodgers at home in longest relief job ever
17 Jun 1940
France asks Germany for terms of surrender in World War II
17 Jun 1947
Pan Am Airways first round-the-world civil air service departs from New York City
17 Jun 1958
The Wooden Roller Coaster opens at Playland in the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver Canada and remains open to this day
17 Jun 1965
First bombing run by a B-52 occurs 50 km north of Saigon
17 Jun 1966
Peter Green British blues-rock guitartist joins John Mayalls Bluebreakers
17 Jun 1967
China becomes the worlds fourth thermonuclear power by detonating a hydrogen bomb
17 Jun 1988
Stella Nickell is sentenced to 90 years in prison in the first product tampering murder case after she poisoned Excedrin capsules with cyanide to kill her husband Bruce Nickell and a stranger Sue Snow
17 Jun 1996
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse New York on WAQX 95.7 FM
17 Jun 2024
Philippines accuses Chinese coastguard of a brazen act of aggression after a confrontation in the contested Spratly Islands escalating the tension in the area [1]
17 Jun 1565
Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shgun Ashikaga Yoshiteru
17 Jun 1856
Republican Party opens its first national convention as party members meet in Philadelphia
17 Jun 1968
Yummy Yummy Yummy single by Ohio Express goes gold
17 Jun 2025
At least 59 Palestinians in Gaza die after Israeli tanks fire into a crowd waiting for humanitarian aid [1]
17 Jun 2025
Stanley Cup Final Amerant Bank Arena Sunrise FL Florida Panthers win their second consecutive title once again defeating the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 MVP Sam Bennett (Panthers C)