June 17
Today is the 169th day of 2016, there are 197 days left in the year.
1775 - The Battle of Bunker Hill took place near Boston during the Revolutionary War.
1789 - The Third Estate in France declared itself a national assembly and undertook to frame a constitution. (This gathering gave rise to the political terms "left wing" and "right wing," with deputies representing commoners sitting to the left of the assembly president, and nobles sitting to the right.)
1856 - The Republican Party opened its first convention, in Philadelphia.
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
1928 - Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.
1940 - France asked Germany for terms of surrender during World War II.
1944 - The Republic of Iceland was established.
1961 - Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West while his troupe was in Paris.
1963 - The Supreme Court struck down rules requiring the recitation of the Lord's Prayer or the reading of Biblical verses in public schools.
1972 - Burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, D.C. started the Watergate political scandal.
1992 - President George H.W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a breakthrough arms-reduction agreement.
1994 - Police charged O.J. Simpson with murdering his former wife and a friend of hers, and then pursued him for about 50 miles along Southern California highways before he finally surrendered outside his home.
2008 - Hundreds of same-sex couples got married across California on the first full day that gay marriage became legal by order of the state's highest court. (However, California voters banned gay marriage the following November.)
2015 - Nine people were shot to death in a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina; a suspect, Dylann Roof, was arrested the following morning.
Birthdays
22 - Julia Kelly (actress)
29 - Kendrick Lamar (rapper)
29 - Rebecca Breeds (actress)
30 - Marie Avgeropoulos (actress)
30 - Somaya Reece (rapper)
33 - Lee Ryan (singer)
34 - Arthur Darvill (actor)
36 - Venus Williams (tennis player)
40 - Scott Adkins (actor)
46 - Will Forte (actor/comedian)
50 - Tory Burch (fashion designer)
53 - Greg Kinnear (actor)
73 - Barry Manilow (singer)
73 - Newt Gingrich (politician)
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Today in Sports History - June 17
1960 - Ted Williams hits his 500th career home run.
1962 - Brazil defeats Czechoslovakia to win the World Cup.
1976 - The NBA and ABA announced their intentions to merge.
1978 - Ron Guidry of the New York Yankees sets a franchise record with an 18-strikeout performance.
1994 - The 1994 World Cup begins play in the United States.
2005 - Nebraska defeated Arizona State 5-3 in the opening game of the College World Series, the first CWS win in school history.
2008 - The Boston Celtics win a record 17th NBA championship after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in six games.
2009 - Ivan Rodriguez of the Houston Astros sets a major league record by catching in his 2,227th game.
2010 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics in seven games to win a second consecutive NBA championship.
2012 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. won at the Michigan International Speedway. It was his first win in four years and 143 races.
Today is the 169th day of 2016, there are 197 days left in the year.
1775 - The Battle of Bunker Hill took place near Boston during the Revolutionary War.
1789 - The Third Estate in France declared itself a national assembly and undertook to frame a constitution. (This gathering gave rise to the political terms "left wing" and "right wing," with deputies representing commoners sitting to the left of the assembly president, and nobles sitting to the right.)
1856 - The Republican Party opened its first convention, in Philadelphia.
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
1928 - Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.
1940 - France asked Germany for terms of surrender during World War II.
1944 - The Republic of Iceland was established.
1961 - Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West while his troupe was in Paris.
1963 - The Supreme Court struck down rules requiring the recitation of the Lord's Prayer or the reading of Biblical verses in public schools.
1972 - Burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, D.C. started the Watergate political scandal.
1992 - President George H.W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a breakthrough arms-reduction agreement.
1994 - Police charged O.J. Simpson with murdering his former wife and a friend of hers, and then pursued him for about 50 miles along Southern California highways before he finally surrendered outside his home.
2008 - Hundreds of same-sex couples got married across California on the first full day that gay marriage became legal by order of the state's highest court. (However, California voters banned gay marriage the following November.)
2015 - Nine people were shot to death in a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina; a suspect, Dylann Roof, was arrested the following morning.
Birthdays
22 - Julia Kelly (actress)
29 - Kendrick Lamar (rapper)
29 - Rebecca Breeds (actress)
30 - Marie Avgeropoulos (actress)
30 - Somaya Reece (rapper)
33 - Lee Ryan (singer)
34 - Arthur Darvill (actor)
36 - Venus Williams (tennis player)
40 - Scott Adkins (actor)
46 - Will Forte (actor/comedian)
50 - Tory Burch (fashion designer)
53 - Greg Kinnear (actor)
73 - Barry Manilow (singer)
73 - Newt Gingrich (politician)
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Today in Sports History - June 17
1960 - Ted Williams hits his 500th career home run.
1962 - Brazil defeats Czechoslovakia to win the World Cup.
1976 - The NBA and ABA announced their intentions to merge.
1978 - Ron Guidry of the New York Yankees sets a franchise record with an 18-strikeout performance.
1994 - The 1994 World Cup begins play in the United States.
2005 - Nebraska defeated Arizona State 5-3 in the opening game of the College World Series, the first CWS win in school history.
2008 - The Boston Celtics win a record 17th NBA championship after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in six games.
2009 - Ivan Rodriguez of the Houston Astros sets a major league record by catching in his 2,227th game.
2010 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics in seven games to win a second consecutive NBA championship.
2012 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. won at the Michigan International Speedway. It was his first win in four years and 143 races.
