Historical Events In June - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1973 Luis Van Rooten, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 66 on June - 17.
1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroids #2997 ఋ on this day in history.
1974 On June - 17 pamela Britton, actress (Blondie, My Favorite Martian), dies at 50
1975 Voters in Northern Mariana Is approve commonwealth status with US on June - 17.
1978 Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 68 on this day in history.
1979 On June - 17 lou Frizzel, actor (Dusty Rhoades-Bonanza), dies at 58
1980 C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2586 Matson on June - 17.
1982 Pres Reagan first UN Gen Assembly address ("evil empire" speech) on this day in history.
1982 On this day in history president Galtieri resigns after leading Argentina to defeat in the Falklands War with Britian
1983 Eelco N van Kleffens, Dutch min of Foreign affairs 1939-46, dies at 88 on June - 17.
1984 On June - 17 chet Allen, actor (Jerry-Bonino, Slats-Troubleshooter), dies at 51
1985 On this day in history 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched
1985 Piet De Somer, Belgian rector of University of Louvain, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated
1986 On this day in history jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 75
1987 Dick Howser, mgr (NY Yankees & KC Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51 on this day in history.
1988 Bruce Springsteen seperates from Juliette Phillips on this day in history.
1988 On June - 17 microsoft releases MS DOS 4.0 (think Windows)
1988 On June - 17 the Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens
1989 US beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup on this day in history.
1989 John Matusek, NFLer (Oak Raider)/actor, dies of a heart attack at 38 on June - 17.
1990 On this day in history dick Elffers, graphic artist, dies
1991 On this day in history country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78
1992 On this day in history dewey Balfa, bayou fiddler, dies at 65
1993 Angus Suttie, English potter, dies of AIDS at 46 on this day in history.
1994 Joeri Nagibin, Russian screenwriter (Babje Karstvo), dies at 74 on this day in history.
1995 On this day in history claire Sterling, journalist, dies at 75
2005 On June - 17 a 6.7 aftershock, which followed a 5.3 earthquake the previous day, hits California making it the fourth earthquake since June 12 in California. (California earthquakes of June 205)
2005 Because of "quadruple-witching" options and futures expiration, the New York Stock Exchange sees the heaviest first-hour trading on record. 704 million shares were traded between 9:30-10:30 A.M. 1.92 billion shares were traded for the day on this day in history.
2012 On June - 17 france's Socialist Party wins a majority in the legislative election
2017 On June - 17 forest fires in Pedrógão Grande, Portugal begin, kill 62 people, more than 1,600 firefighters fight 156 fires
2017 Bill Cosby trial for aggravated indecent assault declared a mistrial after jurors couldn't reach a verdict on this day in history.
2017 On this day in history collision at sea between U.S.S. Fitzgerald and ACX Crystal, a Philippine cargo ship kills 7 US sailors in Japanese waters
2018 US Open Golf, Shinnecock Hills GC: Brooks Koepka wins by 1 from Tommy Fleetwood for first back-to-back Open titles since 1988-89 (Curtis Strange) on June - 17.
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