What are the important events that happened on June 17? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 17: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 17 is the 168th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 197 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 4, 2017 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 24,960,960 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahexacontaoctagon’ day.
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 247 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,639 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 17 Historical Events
- 1579 –Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
- 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.
- 1773 –Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- 1789 –In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
- 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.
- 1939 –Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison
- 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.
- 1971 –President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.
- 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.
Who were born on June 17?
- 1858 –Ebenezer Sumner Draper, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914)
- 1907 –Maurice Cloche, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
- 1933 –Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (d. 1970)
- 1947 –Paul Young, English singer and percussionist (Sad Café, Mike + The Mechanics) (d. 2000)
- 1951 –Joe Piscopo, American actor
- 1956 –Chi-chi Nwanoku, English double bassist
- 1958 –Sam Hamad, Syrian-born Canadian politician
- 1965 –Dan Jansen, American speed skater
- 1986 –Apoula Edel, Armenian footballer
- 1989 –Giorgos Tofas, Cypriot footballer
Who died on June 17?
- 1719 –Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (b. 1672)
- 1775 –John Pitcairn, British military officier (b. 1722)
- 1821 –Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentine military leader (b. 1785)
- 1981 –Richard O'Connor, British general (b. 1889)
- 1984 –Milbourne Christopher, American illusionist (b. 1914)
- 1987 –Dick Howser, American baseball player and manager (b. 1936)
- 2001 –Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1919)
- 2002 –Willie Davenport, American athlete (b. 1943)
- 2006 –Arthur Franz, American actor (b. 1920)
- 2009 –Ralf Dahrendorf, German-born sociologist and politician (b. 1929)
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