Talk:June 17
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June 17: Independence Day in Iceland (1944)
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston.
- 1789 - French Revolution: The Third Estate of France declared itself the National Assembly.
- 1961 - Canada's New Democratic Party was founded with the merger of the CCF and organised labour.
- 1972 - Watergate scandal: Five men were arrested for stealing from the offices of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate Hotel (pictured).
- 1994 - O.J. Simpson was chased down and arrested on suspicion of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Recent days: June 16 – June 15 – June 14
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Entry for the arrival of Statue of Liberty to New York harbor must have been duplicated (June 17 and June 19) - one is supposed to be a fallacy while another is true. --PuzzletChung
[edit] Moved/removed
Removed:
Sounds odd since the CC didn't approve of the invasion until the 27th. [1]
Removed:
- 1856 - The United States Republican Party holds its first political convention, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (they will eventually nominate John C. Fremont as their first Presidential candidate).
Nope - was on July 6, 1854 (already at those articles). --mav
Moved to June 16:
- 1903 - Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
Nope - was the day before. --mav 04:25, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Moved to June 14:
- 1967 - The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.[2]
See ref. --mav 04:25, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Removed:
- 1917 - Lena Horne, singer. Lena Horne's Birthday is June 30th.
