| 1579 |
|
Sir
Francis Drake claims San
Francisco Bay for England. |
| 1775 |
|
The
British take Bunker Hill
outside of Boston, after a
costly battle. |
| 1799 |
|
Napoleon
Bonaparte incorporates Italy
into his empire. |
| 1848 |
|
Austrian
General Alfred Windischgratz
crushes a Czech uprising in
Prague. |
| 1854 |
|
The
Red Turban revolt breaks out
in Guangdong, China. |
| 1856 |
|
The
Republican Party opens its
first national convention in
Philadelphia. |
| 1861 |
|
President
Abraham Lincoln witnesses Dr.
Thaddeus Lowe demonstrate the
use of a hot-air balloon. |
| 1863 |
|
On
the way to Gettysburg, Union
and Confederate forces
skirmish at Point of Rocks,
Maryland. |
| 1872 |
|
George
M. Hoover begins selling
whiskey in Dodge City,
Kansas--a town which had
previously been
"dry." |
| 1876 |
|
General
George Crook's command is
attacked and bested on the
Rosebud River by 1,500 Sioux
and Cheyenne under the
leadership of Crazy Horse. |
| 1912 |
|
The
German Zeppelin SZ 111 burns
in its hanger in
Friedrichshafen. |
| 1913 |
|
U.S.
Marines set sail from San
Diego to protect American
interests in Mexico. |
| 1917 |
|
The
Russian Duma meets in secret
session in Petrograd and votes
for an immediate Russian
offensive against the German
Army. |
| 1924 |
|
The
Fascist militia marches into
Rome. |
| 1926 |
|
Spain
threatens to quit the League
of Nations if Germany is
allowed to join. |
| 1930 |
|
The
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill
becomes law, placing the
highest tariff on imports to
the United States. |
| 1931 |
|
British
authorities in China arrest
Indochinese Communist leader
Ho Chi Minh. |
| 1932 |
|
The
U.S. Senate defeats the Bonus
Bill as 10,000 veterans mass
around the Capitol. |
| 1940 |
|
The
Soviet Union occupies
Lithuania, Latvia, and
Estonia. |
| 1942 |
|
Yank
a weekly magazine for the U.S.
armed services, begins
publication. |
| 1944 |
|
French
troops land on the island of
Elba in the Mediterranean. |
| 1950 |
|
Surgeon
Richard Lawler performs the
first kidney transplant
operation in Chicago. |
| 1953 |
|
Soviet
tanks fight thousands of
Berlin workers rioting against
the East German government. |
| 1963 |
|
The
U.S. Supreme Court bans the
required reading of the Lord's
prayer and Bible in public
schools. |
| 1965 |
|
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B-52s hit Viet Cong outposts,
but lose two planes in South
Vietnam. |
| 1970 |
|
North
Vietnamese troops cut the last
operating rail line in
Cambodia. |
| 1972 |
|
Five
men are arrested for
burglarizing Democratic Party
headquarters at the Watergate
complex in Washington, D.C. |
| 1994 |
|
Millions
of Americans watch former
football player O.J.
Simpson--facing murder
charges--drive his Ford Bronco
through Los Angeles, followed
by police. |
Born on June 17 |
| 1239 |
|
Edward
I (Longshanks), King of
England (1272-1307). |
| 1703 |
|
John
Wesley, English evangelist and
theologian, founder of the
Methodist movement. |
| 1742 |
|
William
Hooper, signer of the
Declaration of Independence. |
| 1871 |
|
James
Weldon Johnson,
African-American poet and
novelist (The Autobiography
of an Ex-Colored Man). |
| 1880 |
|
Carl
Van Vechten, writer. |
| 1882 |
|
Igor
Stravinsky, Russian-born U.S.
composer (The Rite of
Spring, The Firebird). |
| 1914 |
|
John
Hersey, novelist and
journalist (Men of Bataan,
Hiroshima). |
| 1942 |
|
Rod
Padgett, poet. |
