On this day in History - Jun 17

• 1025 - Bolesław I the Brave dies. First king of Poland
• 1091 - Dirk V dies (b. 1052). Count of Holland.
• 1194 - Richard I crowned again. After having been held captive for two years by Emperor Henry VI, Richard felt it was necessary to demonstrate his sovereignty over England, and so he had a second coronation. Less than one month later he left the country, never to return.
• 1239 - King Edward I of England, king of England (1272-1307), was born. He became king of England following the death of his father Henry III .
• 1285 - Yekuno Amlak dies. Emperor of Ethiopia and restorer of the Solomonic dynasty
• 1397 -The Kalmar Union -The coronation of Erik of Pomerania as king of Norway, Sweden and Denmark united the kingdoms in a union that would last until 1523.
• 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II in The Night Attack, and the latter is forced to retreat from Wallachia.
• 1463 - Princess Catherine of Portugal dies (b. 1436). Portuguese Princess and writer.
• 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.
• 1565 - Ashikaga Yoshiteru dies (b. 1536). Ashikaga shogun.
• 1567 - A Rainha dos escoceses, Maria, é encarcerada no Castelo de Lochleven, na Escócia.
• 1579 - Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
• 1600 - Pedro Calderon de la Barca was born. Spanish dramatist.
• 1603 - Joseph of Cupertino was born (d. 1663). Italian saint.
• 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.
• 1658 - Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real was born. Portuguese diplomat and politician.
• 1682 - King Charles XII of Sweden was born (d. 1718)
• 1691 - Giovanni Paolo Pannini was born (d. 1765). Italian painter and architect.
• 1693 - Johann Georg Walch was born (d. 1775). German theologian
• 1694 - Philip Cardinal Howard dies (b. 1629). English Catholic Cardinal.
• 1696 - John III Sobieski dies (b. 1629). King of Poland.
• 1697 - Morte do jesuíta português António Vieira (algumas fontes citam 18 Jul 1697)
• 1698 - Os mercenários estrangeiros do Czar Pedro "O Grande" derrotam os rebeldes de Streltzy em Moscovo, Rússia.
• 1703 - John Wesley was born (d. 1791). English theologian, founder of Methodism
• 1704 - John Kay was born (d. 1780). English inventor.
• 1714 - Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten was born (d. 1762). German philosopher.
• 1714 - César-François Cassini de Thury was born (d. 1784). French astronomer.
• 1718 - George Howard was born (d. 1796). British field marshal.
• 1719 - Joseph Addison dies (b. 1 May 1672). English politician and writer.
• 1734 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars dies (b. 1653). Marshal of France.
• 1740 - William Wyndham dies (b. 1687). English politician.
• 1742 - William Hooper was born (d. 1790). American signer of the Declaration of Independence.
• 1762 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon dies (b. 1674). French writer.
• 1773 - Cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar
• 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bunker Hill - The British forces take Bunker Hill outside of Boston.
• 1775 - Major John Pitcairn dies killed in battle (b. 1722). British marine.
• 1789 - In France, the Third Estate declares itself as a national assembly.
• 1797 - Agha Muhammad Khan was castred and killed (b. 1742). Cruel ruler of Persia
• 1798 - Em França, o terceiro Estado autodeclara-se uma Assembleia Nacional e inicia os trabalhos de elaboração de uma constituição.
• 1808 - Henrik Wergeland was born. Norwegian author.
• 1810 - Ferdinand Freiligrath was born (d. 1876). German writer.
• 1811 - O Conselho Nacional Francês aprecia em Paris a disputa entre Napoleão Bonaparte e o Papa Pio VII.
• 1811 - Jón Sigurðsson was born (d. 1879). Icelandic independence fighter.
• 1813 - Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham dies (b. 1726). English sailor and politician.
• 1818 - Charles Gounod was born (d. 1893). French composer.
• 1818 - Sophie of Württemberg was born (d. 1877). Queen of the Netherlands.
• 1821 - Martín Miguel de Güemes dies (b. 1785). Argentine military leader.
• 1832 - Sir William Crookes was born (d. 1919). English physicist and chemist.
• 1837 - Charles Goodyear got a patent for rubber, the squishy, bouncy stuff.
• 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.
• 1839 - Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC was born (d. 1931). Anglican Clergyman prosecuted for ritualist activities
• 1843 - Os Maoris revoltam-se contra os Britânicos na Nova Zelândia.
• 1858 - Ebenezer Sumner Draper was born (d. 1914). 44th Governor of Massachusetts.
• 1858 - Rani Lakshmibai dies (b. 1828). Queen of Jhansi in North India, one of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857
• 1861 - Omar Bundy was born (d. 1940). U.S. army general and soldier.
• 1861 - Pete Browning was born (d. 1905). American baseball player.
• 1863 - Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War
• 1863 - Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg was born (d. 1934). Head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
• 1867 - John Robert Gregg was born (d. 1948). Inventor of shorthand system
• 1867 - Henry Lawson was born (d. 1922). Australian poet.
• 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.
• 1880 - Carl Van Vechten was born (d. 1964). American writer and photographer.
• 1881 - Tommy Burns was born (d. 1955). Canadian boxer.
• 1882 - Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was born (d. 1918).
• 1882 - Igor Stravinsky was born (d. 6 Apr 1971). Russian composer (The Firebird, Petrouchka, The Rite of Spring, The Wedding, The Soldier’s Tale).
• 1882 - Armando Celis Maturana was born. Chilean politician.
• 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• 1888 - Heinz Guderian was born (d. 1954). German General.
• 1898 - The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• 1898 - M. C. Escher was born (d. 1972). Dutch artist
• 1898 - Carl Hermann was born (d. 1961). German physicist.
• 1898 - Edward Burne-Jones dies (b. 1833). English artist.
• 1900 - Martin Bormann was born (d. 1945). Nazi official.
• 1901 - The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• 1902 - Sammy Fain was born (d. 1989). American popular music composer.
• 1902 - Alec Hurwood was born (d. 1982). Australian cricketer.
• 1903 - Ruth Wakefield was born (d. 1977). Inventor of the Toll House Cookie, the first chocolate chip cookie.
• 1904 - Ralph Bellamy was born (d. 1991). American actor.
• 1904 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov dies assassimated (b. 1839). Russian politician, Governor-General of Finland.
• 1907 - Charles Eames was born (d. 1978). American designer and architect.
• 1907 - Maurice Cloche was born (d. 1990). French film director and screenwriter.
• 1909 - Elmer Lee Andersen was born (d. 2004). American politician and governor of Minnesota
• 1909 - Ralph E. Winters was born (d. 2004). Canadian film editor.
• 1910 - George Hees was born (d. 1996). Canadian politician.
• 1910 - Red Foley was born (d. 1968). American musician
• 1914 - John Hersey was born (d. 1993). American author
• 1915 - Karl Targownik was born (d. 1996). Hungaryan psychiatrist.
• 1915 - David "Stringbean" Akeman was born (d. 1973). American banjo player and actor.
• 1917 - Atle Selberg was born. Norwegian mathematician.
• 1918 - Ajahn Chah was born. Buddhist meditation master
• 1920 - Jacob H. Gilbert was born (d. 1981). American politician.
• 1920 - François Jacob was born. French biologist, 1965 Nobel laureate
• 1922 - Gago Coutinho e Sacadura Cabral concluíram a primeira travessia aérea do Atlântico Sul.
• 1923 - Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch was born. American football player
• 1925 - Protocolo de Genebra proíbe o uso de armas químicas e bacteriológicas em guerras.
• 1926 - Em Portugal, o general Gomes da Costa afasta do poder Mendes Cabeçadas e assume a chefia do governo.
• 1927 - Martin Böttcher was born. German conductor.
• 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.
• 1928 - Juan Maria Bordaberry was born. President odf Uruguay (1972-1976)
• 1929 - Tigran Petrosian was born (d. 1984). Armenian chess player.
• 1930 - U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.
• 1930 - Brian Statham was born (d. 2000). English cricketer.
• 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.
• 1932 - John Murtha was born. American politician.
• 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.
• 1933 - Christian Ferras was born (d. 1982). French violinist.
• 1933 - Harry Browne was born (d. 2006). American free-market libertarian writer, politician, and investment analyst.
• 1933 - Maurice Stokes was born (d. 1970). American basketball player.
• 1936 - Ken Loach was born. English film director.
• 1939 - Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre.
• 1939 - Allen Sothoron dies (b. 1893). American baseball player.
• 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 - World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
• 1940 - The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
• 1940 - George Akerlof was born. American economist, Nobel laureate.
• 1940 - Arthur Harden dies (b. 1865). English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
• 1942 - Mohamed ElBaradei was born. Egyptian International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1942 - Charles Fitzpatrick dies (b. 1853). Canadian politician.
• 1943 - Newt Gingrich was born. American politician
• 1943 - Barry Manilow [Barry Alan Pincus] was born. Grammy Award-winning singer: I Write the Songs [1975]; Mandy, Looks Like We Made It, Can’t Smile Without You, Copacabana
• 1944 - Iceland becomes independent from Denmark and forms a republic.
• 1945 - Ken Livingstone was born. English politician, Mayor of London
• 1945 - Eddy Merckx was born. Belgian cyclist.
• 1945 - Anupam Kher was born. Indian actor
• 1945 - Frank Ashmore was born. American actor
• 1945 - Tommy Franks was born. American General
• 1946 - Peter Rosei was born. Austrian writer
• 1947 - A Assembleia Constituinte da Birmânia decide-se a favor da República da Birmânia independente.
• 1947 - Christopher Allport was born (d. 2008). American actor.
• 1947 - Paul Young was born (d. 2000). English singer and percussionist.
• 1948 - A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Air Lines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
• 1948 - Aurelio López was born (d. 1992). Baseball player.
• 1948 - Dave Concepción was born. Venezuelian baseball player.
• 1949 - Snakefinger was born (d. 1987). British-born musician.
• 1951 - Joe Piscopo was born. American actor
• 1952 - O Perú torna-se membro da Food and Agriculture Organization - FAO
• 1952 - Mike Milbury was born. American ice hockey player, coach and executive
• 1952 - Jack Parsons dies (b. 1914). American rocket-fuel pioneer and renegade occultist.
• 1953 - Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
• 1954 - Rocky Marciano successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title by defeating former champion Ezzard Charles.
• 1954 - Fundação do Hotel El Prado - Barranquilla - Colômbia
• 1956 - Paul Rostock dies (b. 1892). German doctor.
• 1956 - Bob Sweikert dies (b. 1926). American racing driver.
• 1957 - Wham-O renamed their new flying disc toy to Frisbee.
• 1957 - Jon Gries was born. American actor.
• 1957 - Martin Dillon was born (d. 2005). American opera singer.
• 1957 - Jack Wouterse was born. Dutch actor.
• 1957 - Phil Chevron was born. Irish musician (The Pogues, The Radiators From Space)
• 1957 - Dorothy Richardson dies (b. 1873). English feminist writer.
• 1958 - Bobby Farrelly was born. American film director.
• 1958 - Derek Lee Ragin was born. American countertenor.
• 1958 - Jello Biafra was born. American musician and politician.
• 1958 - Sam Hamad was born. Syrian-born Canadian politician.
• 1960 - Ted Williams becomes the fourth member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.
• 1960 - Joseph Kasavubu is selected to be the first president of the Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC).
• 1960 - Adrián Campos was born. Spanish racing driver
• 1960 - Thomas Haden Church was born. American actor
• 1961 - Russian dancer in freedom dash : Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev breaks free from security guards at Paris airport and asks for asylum in France.
• 1961 - The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded with the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress.
• 1961 - Thomas Haden Church was born in El Paso, Texas, USA. Actor.
• 1961 - Jeff Chandler dies (b. 1918). American actor .
• 1962 - O Brasil sagra-se Bicampeão Mundial de futebol ao vencer o Campeonato de 1962 no Chile derrotando na final a Checoslováquia.
• 1962 - Michael Monroe was born. Finnish singer (Hanoi Rocks)
• 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.
• 1963 - Greg Kinnear was born at Logansport, Indiana. American actor
• 1964 - Michael Gross was born. German swimmer.
• 1964 - Rinaldo Capello was born. Italian racing driver
• 1964 - Erin Murphy was born. American actress
• 1965 - Dermontti Dawson was born. American football player
• 1966 - Jason Patric (Miller Jr.) was born. American actor.
• 1967 - Eric Stefani was born. American musician
• 1968 - Minoru Suzuki was born. Japanese professional wrestler
• 1968 - José Nasazzi dies (b. 1901). Uruguayan footballer.
• 1969 - Boris Spassky became chess champion of the world after checkmating former Champion Tigran Petrosian in Moscow.
• 1969 - Paul Tergat was born. Kenyan athlete.
• 1970 - Jason Hanson was born. American football player.
• 1970 - Michael Showalter was born. American comedian.
• 1970 - Sasha Sokol was born. Mexican singer and actress.
• 1970 - Will Forte was born. American writer, actor and comedian.
• 1970 - Stéphane Fiset was born. French Canadian ice hockey player.
• 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.
• 1971 - Paulina Rubio was born. Mexican singer.
• 1971 - Mildred Fox was born. Irish politician.
• 1971 - Humberto Madeira dies. Portuguese actor.
• 1972 - Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.
• 1972 - Sebastian White was born. Musician and artist
• 1973 - Louis Leterrier was born. French film director
• 1973 - Christian Claudio was born. Puerto Rican Business Consultant
• 1973 - Krayzie Bone was born. American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
• 1973 - Leander Paes was born. Indian tennis player
• 1974 - Evangelia Psarra was born. Greek archer
• 1974 - Pamela Britton dies (b. 1923). American actress.
• 1975 - Joshua Leonard was born. American actor
• 1975 - Chloe Jones was born (d. 2005). American actress, Penthouse Pet of April 1998 .
• 1977 - Branko Tomovic was born. Serbian actor.
• 1977 - Mark Tauscher was born. American football player.
• 1977 - Roger Manganelli was born. American bassist (Less Than Jake).
• 1978 - O francês Jacques de Larosière assume a direção do Fundo Monetário Internacional
• 1978 - Kumiko Aso was born. Japanese actress
• 1978 - Isabelle Delobel was born. French European ice dancer
• 1979 - Nick Rimando was born. American football (soccer) player.
• 1979 - Duffy Lewis dies (b. 1888). American baseball player.
• 1980 - O Presidente do Senegal, Leopoldo Sedar Senghor, é doutorado "Honoris Causa" pela universidade de Évora, em cerimónia apadrinhada pelo Presidente Português Ramalho Eanes.
• 1980 - Kimeru was born. Japanese singer
• 1980 - Venus Williams was born. American tennis player: doubles title: U.S./French Opens w/sister Serena [1999]; Grand Slam singles: Wimbledon [2000], U.S. Open [2000, 2001]; doubles: w/sister Serena: Wimbledon [2000]; fastest serve in WTA history [127 mph]
• 1981 - Amrita Rao was born. Indian model and actress.
• 1981 - Kyle Boller was born. American football quarterback.
• 1981 - Shane Watson was born. Australian cricket all-rounder.
• 1981 - Richard O'Connor dies (b. 1889). British general.
• 1981 - Zerna Sharp dies (b. 1889). American writer and educator (Dick and Jane).
• 1982 - The body of "God's Banker", Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London.
• 1982 - Leopold Galtieri, sob pressão na seqüência da derrota Argentina no conflito da Falkland/Malvinas, demite-se do cargo de Presidente, Comandante-em-Chefe e membro da Junta Militar Nacional.
• 1982 - Marek Svatoš was born. Slovakian ice hockey player.
• 1982 - Roberto Calvi dies (b. 1920). Italian banker.
• 1983 - Lee Ryan was born. British singer, formerly of Blue
• 1983 - Kazunari Ninomiya was born. Japanese singer and actor
• 1983 - Connie Fisher was born. English stage actress
• 1983 - Peter Mennin dies (b. 1923). American composer and teacher.
• 1984 - Votantes de mais de seis países membros da CEE, vão as urnas para eleger um novo Parlamento Europeu (eleitores dos outros quatro países votaram dia 14).
• 1984 - John Gallagher Jr. was born. American stage actor
• 1985 - Judy Norton-Taylor, who played the role of Mary Ellen on The Waltons, saw her good-girl image tarnished as she was photographed nude for Playboy magazine.
• 1985 - Marcos Baghdatis was born. Cypriot professional tennis player.
• 1985 - Rafael Sóbis was born. Brazilian footballer.
• 1986 - Kate Smith dies (b. 1907). American singer (God Bless America).
• 1987 - With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
• 1987 - Dick Howser dies (b. 1936). Aerican baseball player and manager.
• 1988 - Andrew Ogilvy was born. Australian basketball player.
• 1989 - Fernando Collor de Melo, candidato à Presidência da República do Brasil, visita Portugal por dois dias.
• 1991 - Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act, which had required all racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
• 1991 - A Alemanha e a Polônia põem fim a 46 anos de rivalidades, assinando, em Bona, um tratado de amizade e não agressão.
• 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).
• 1992 - Over 200 rioters, armed with guns and pangas (machetes) stormed through squatter camps south of Johannesburg. 39 people are killed including women and children.
• 1992 - Ganesh Sittamplam, com 13 anos, forma-se em Matemática pela Surrey University, passando a ser o licenciado mais jovem de todos os tempos.
• 1992 - Institui-se em Angola o "Dia das Actividades Geologicas e Mineiras".
• 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.
• 1994 - The FIFA World Cup begins in the USA / Início do Campeonato do Mundo de Futebol, nos Estados Unidos
• 1994 - Portugal torna-se participante do Global Environment Facility (GEF)
• 1996 - Thomas Kuhn dies (b. 1922). American philosopher of science (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions).
• 2001 - Scotland: Catholic leader Cardinal Winning dies - The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland dies suddenly at his Glasgow home.
• 2001 - Donald J. Cram dies (b. 1919). American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
• 2002 - Willie Davenport dies (b. 1943). American athlete
• 2002 - Fritz Walter dies (b. 1920). German footballer
• 2004 - O Conselho de Segurança da ONU congela os bens do Ex-presidente liberiano, Charles Taylor.
• 2004 - Gerry McNeil dies (b. 1926). Canadian hockey player.
• 2004 - Sara Lidman dies (b. 30Dec. 1923). Swedish writer.
• 2005 - Karl Mueller dies (b. 1962). American bassist (Soul Asylum)
• 2005 - Sam Loeb dies (b. 1988). Comic book writer
• 2006 - FIFA World Championship: Portugal beat Iran and after 40 years is one of the 18 teams qualified in Germany 2006 World Championship imn football.
• 2006 - Cláudio Besserman Vianna, aka "Bussunda" dies (b. 1962). Brazilian comedian.
• 2006 - Arthur Franz dies (b. 1920). American actor.
• 2007 - Gianfranco Ferrè dies (b. 1944), Italian fashion designer.
• 2007 - Serena Wilson dies (b. 1933). American belly dancer.
• The World Day to Combat Desertification - 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 / Dia Mundial de Combate à Desertificação (Pronunciamento de Kofi Annan).
• Iceland's national day, celebrating independence from Denmark in 1944
• National holiday of West Germany until 1990, see Workers' Uprising of 1953 in East Germany.