Today in History
17 June
236 births · 103 deaths · 58 events recorded
Notable Births
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Rizki Juniansyah
b. 2003
Indonesian weightlifter (born 2003)
Odessa A'zion
b. 2000
American-German actress (born 2000)
Elena Rybakina
b. 1999
Kazakhstani tennis player (born 1999)
KJ Apa
b. 1997
New Zealand actor (born 1997)
Raluca Șerban
b. 1997
Romanian-Cypriot female tennis player (born 1997)
Shane Watson
b. 1981
Australian cricketer (born 1981)
Harry Browne
b. 1933
American writer and politician (1933–2006)
Alexander Shulgin
b. 1925
American chemist and recreational drug explorer (1925–2014)
Notable Deaths
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Kenneth Kaunda
d. 2021
1st President of Zambia, 1964-1991
Jean Kennedy Smith
d. 2020
American diplomat (1928–2020)
Gloria Vanderbilt
d. 2019
American artist, author, actress, and designer (1924–2019)
Mohamed Morsi
d. 2019
President of Egypt from 2012 to 2013
Baldwin Lonsdale
d. 2017
President of Vanuatu from 2014 to 2017
Ron Clarke
d. 2015
Australian long-distance runner (1937–2015)
Rodney King
d. 2012
Black American victim of police brutality (1965–2012)
Kate Smith
d. 1986
American contralto (1907–1986)
On This Day in History
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2021
Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President Joe Biden, to become the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.
Juneteenth
2017
A series of wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others.
June 2017 Portugal wildfires
2015
Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
Charleston church shooting
1994
Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
O. J. Simpson
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).
George H. W. Bush
1991
Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
Apartheid
1989
Interflug Flight 102 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Berlin Schönefeld Airport, killing 21 people.
Interflug Flight 102
1987
With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
Dusky seaside sparrow