Tukuk-OS📅 June 17
18 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on June 17? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2017 — Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.
- 2015 — A white supremacist committed a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people during a prayer service.
White supremacyCharleston church shootingEmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- 2009 — Following a petition, the liberal progressive Czech Pirate Party was officially registered as a political party.
- 1972 — Five men were arrested for attempted burglary on the offices of the Democratic National Committee, igniting the Watergate scandal that ultimately led to the resignation of US president Richard Nixon more than two years later.
Watergate complexDemocratic National CommitteeWatergate scandal
- 1963 — Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.
- 1952 — Guatemalan Revolution: The Guatemalan Congress passed Decree 900, redistributing unused land greater than 224 acres (0.91 km2) in area to local peasants.
Guatemalan RevolutionCongress of the Republic of GuatemalaDecree 900
- 1940 — Second World War: RMS Lancastria was sunk by German aircraft near Saint-Nazaire, France, causing thousands of fatalities in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
- 1919 — Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, leading to the death of a British police officer.
- 1913 — In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action.
- 1900 — Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts from Qing China after a brief but bloody battle.
Boxer RebellionEight-Nation AllianceBattle of the Taku Forts (1900)
- 1861 — American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the world's first military movements of troops by train.
- 1795 — French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a Royal Navy squadron commanded by William Cornwallis (pictured) fended off a numerically superior French Navy fleet.
- 1775 — American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1631 — Mumtaz Mahal (pictured), wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
- 1579 — Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.
- 1462 — Hungarian–Ottoman Wars: Wallachian forces led by Vlad Dracula attacked an Ottoman camp at night in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Sultan Mehmed II.
- 1397 — The kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway formed the Kalmar Union, a personal union under Eric of Pomerania.
- 653 — Pope Martin I (pictured) was arrested in the Lateran Palace, Rome, and taken to Constantinople.
Births
- 2003 — Rizki Juniansyah, Indonesian weightlifter
- 2000 — Odessa A'zion, American actress
- 1999 — Henri Jokiharju, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1999 — Brianna LaPaglia, American influencer and podcaster
- 1999 — Elena Rybakina, Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player
- 1997 — KJ Apa, New Zealand actor
- 1997 — Raluca Șerban, Romanian-Cypriot tennis player
- 1997 — Alexander Bublik, Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player
- 1995 — Clément Lenglet, French footballer
- 1995 — Aoi Morikawa, Japanese actress and model
- 1995 — Michel-Friedrich Schiefler, German politician
- 1994 — Amari Cooper, American football player
Deaths
- 2021 — Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (born 1924)
- 2020 — Jean Kennedy Smith, American activist, humanitarian, author and diplomat (United States Ambassador to Ireland, 1993–1998) (born 1928)
Jean Kennedy SmithList of ambassadors of the United States to Ireland
- 2019 — Gloria Vanderbilt, American artist, author actress, fashion designer, heiress and socialite (born 1924)
- 2019 — Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian professor and politician, first elected president of Egypt after Egyptian revolution (born 1951)
Mohamed MorsiList of presidents of Egypt2011 Egyptian revolution
- 2017 — Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (born 1948)
- 2015 — Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (born 1937)
- 2015 — John David Crow, American football player and coach (born 1935)
- 2015 — Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (born 1924)
- 2015 — Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (born 1920)
- 2015 — Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (born 1973)
- 2014 — Patsy Byrne, English actress (born 1933)
- 2014 — Éric Dewailly, Canadian epidemiologist and academic (born 1954)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Albert Chmielowski
- Christian feast day: Botolph (England and Scandinavia)
- Christian feast day: Gondulphus of Berry
- Christian feast day: Hervé
- Christian feast day: Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)
- Christian feast day: Rainerius
- Christian feast day:
Samuel and Henrietta Barnett (Church of England)
Samuel Barnett (reformer)Henrietta BarnettCalendar of saints (Church of England)
- Christian feast day: Theresa of Portugal
- Christian feast day: June 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Father's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala)
- Icelandic National Day, celebrates the independence of Iceland from Kingdom of Denmark in 1944.
- National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Forest Fires (Portugal)
- Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day (Latvia)
- World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (international)
World Day to Combat Desertification and DroughtLists of holidays
- Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)
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