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The17t o Juinis the 168t day o the year (169t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 197 days ti come.
Events
1911:Varsity oIceland,picturt in2009
1944:Iceland
1972:Watergate complex
- 1631- Daith oMumtaz Mahal,leadin her husband, Mughal EmperorShah Jahantae hae theTaj Mahalbiggit in her honour.
- 1775-Battleo Bunker Hill inMassachusettsin the American Revolutionary War.
- 1839- Roman Catholics inHawaiiget freedom o worship.
- 1885- TheStatue o Libertyarrives inNew YorkHarbour.
- 1911- TheVarsityoIcelandis foondit.
- 1940-Estonie,LatvieanLithuanieare occupied bi theSoviet Union.
- 1940-Warld War II:RMS Lancastriais sunk bi theLuftwaffenaurSaint-Nazaire,Fraunce,killin 3,000 fowk in theUnitit Kinrick's deadliest maritime disaster.
- 1944-Icelandbecomes a republic, gainin unthirldom frae the Kinrick oDenmark.
- 1948- United Airlines Flicht 624 crashes naur Mount Carmel,Pennsylvanie,killin 43 fowk.
- 1953- A workers' uprisin inEast Germanyis crushed.
- 1962-Brazilwin theFIFA Warld Cupfor a seicont time, defeatinCzechoslovakiein the feenal.
- 1967- TheFowkrepublic o Cheenaeannounces a thermonuclear wappen test.
- 1969-Boris SpasskydefeatsTigran Petrosiantae become warldchesschampion.
- 1972- The Watergate scandal in theUnitit Statesstairts, efter a break-in at Democratic Naitional Committee offices.
- 1991-Sooth Africaerepeals the Population Registration Act.
- 2012-Greecehauls its seicont election in sax weeks.
- 2015- Fatal shuitin inCharleston, Sooth Carolina.
- 2017- TheFIFA Confederations CupinRoushiestairts.
- 2017- Wildfires stairt in centralPortugal,killin at least 60 fowk.
- 2018-Mexicodefeat defendin championsGermany1-0 in baith teams' openin gemme o the2018 FIFA Warld Cup.
- 2019- UmwhileEgyptianPresesMohamed Morsireportedly dees efter faintin while on trial, agit 67.
- 2020-Fitbaw:TheInglis Premier Leaguere-stairts efter bein haltit in Mairch acause oCOVID-19.
Births
Igor Stravinsky
Venus Williams
- 1239-Edward I o Ingland(d.1307)
- 1682-Charles XII o Swaden(d.1718)
- 1818-Charles Gounod,French componer (d.1893)
- 1882-Igor Stravinsky,Roushie componer (d.1971)
- 1895-George MacLeod,Scots sodger an clergyman (d.1991)
- 1898-M. C. Escher,Dutch airtist (d.1972)
- 1900-Martin Bormann,Nazi offeecial (d.1945)
- 1925-Alexander Shulgin,American scientist (d.2014)
- 1929-Tigran Petrosian,Armenie chess player (d.1984)
- 1936-Ken Loach,Inglis film director
- 1942-Mohamed ElBaradei,Egyptian politeecian,Nobel laureate
- 1943-Newt Gingrich,American politeecian
- 1943-Barry Manilow,American sangster
- 1945-Ken Livingstone,umwhile Mayor oLunnon
- 1945-Eddy Merckx,Belgian cyclist
- 1957-Pedro Romo,Mexican actor an comedian
- 1959-Colin Fox,Scots politeecian (Scots Socialist Pairty)
- 1960-Thomas Haden Church,American actor, director an writer
- 1963-Greg Kinnear,American actor
- 1971-Paulina Rubio,Mexican sangster an actress
- 1975-Nestor Pitana,Argentine fitbaw referee
- 1980-Venus Williams,Americanprofeesional tennis player an umwhile Warld No. 1.
- 1985-Marcos Baghdatis,Cypriot tennis player
- 1987-Kendrick Lamar,American rapper an sangwriter
- 1990-Alan Dzagoev,Roushie fitbawer
- 1990-Jordan Henderson,Inglis fitbawer
Daiths
1631:Mumtaz Mahal
- 656-Uthman,companion o the ProphetMuhammad(b.577)
- 676-Pape Adeodatus II
- 924-Edward the Elder,Saxon King o Ingland (b.874)
- 1631-Mumtaz Mahal,Mughal Empress
- 1696- KingJohn III SobieskioPoland(b.1629)
- 1827-Alexander Gordon, 4t Duke o Gordon,Scots nobleman (b.1743)
- 1853-George Gordon, 9t Marquess o Huntly,Scots peer (b.1761)
- 1868-George Arnott Walker-Arnott,Scots botanist (b.1799)
- 1940-Arthur Harden,Breetish chemist (b.1865)
- 1963-Alan Brooke, 1st Viscoont Alanbrooke(b.1883)
- 1996-Thomas Kuhn,American historian, pheesicist an philosopher (b.1922)
- 2001-Thomas Winning,Scots cairdinal (b.1925)
- 2002-Fritz Walter,German fitbawer (b.1920)
- 2015-Suleyman Demirel,PresesoTurkey(b.1924)
- 2019-Mohamed Morsi,5tPresesoEgyp(b.1951)
Halidays
Banner oIceland
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