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 169th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 197 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 4, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,384 hours 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 ‘hectahexacontaenneagon’ day.
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 226 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 4,196 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 17 Historical Events
- 1497 –Battle of Deptford Bridge – forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
- 1877 –Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon – the Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1944 –Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
- 1948 –A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
- 1953 –East Germany Workers Uprising: in East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
- 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.
- 1981 –Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: In the Hyatt Regency Hotel the 2nd and 4th floor walkways collapse crushing 144 people to death, this was the worst structural failure in the United States.
- 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).
Who were born on June 17?
- 1863 –Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg, Russian-born head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1934)
- 1916 –Terry Gilkyson, American singer, lyricist and composer (d. 1999)
- 1919 –Beryl Reid, British actress (d. 1996)
- 1940 –George Akerlof, American economist, Nobel laureate
- 1957 –Phil Chevron, Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter (The Pogues, The Radiators From Space)
- 1964 –Michael Groß, German swimmer
- 1973 –Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
- 1975 –Jennifer Irwin, Canadian actress
- 1983 –Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor
- 1984 –John Gallagher, Jr., American actor
Who died on June 17?
- 1696 –King John III Sobieski of Poland (b. 1629)
- 1942 –Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician (b. 1853)
- 1961 –Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1968 –José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1901)
- 1979 –Duffy Lewis, American baseball player (b. 1888)
- 1999 –Basil Hume, English Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster (b. 1923)
- 2000 –Ismail Mahomed, South African jurist (b. 1931)
- 2004 –Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
- 2006 –Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (b. 1962)
- 2008 –Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (b. 1922)
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