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1397 Jun 17 |
The Union of Kalmar united Denmark, Sweden, and Norway under one monarch. The alliance grew out of the dynastic ties of the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in response to rising German influence in the Baltic. The Kalmar Union is a historiographical term meaning a series of personal unions (1397–1523) that united the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway (with Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and, prior to their annexation by Scotland in 1471, Shetland and Orkney), and Sweden (including Finland) under a single monarch. Links: Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Greenland 
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1579 Jun 17 |
Sir Francis Drake sailed into a bay in Northern California and proclaimed English sovereignty over New Albion (California). Some claim that Sir Francis Drake sailed into the SF Bay. Sir Francis Drake claimed the area for England. The location may have been Drake’s Bay or Bolinas Lagoon. In 1999 there were 17 proposed locations for his landing with the latest set in Oregon and described by Bob Ward in the book "Lost Harbor Found." A brass plate, allegedly left by Drake, was found in 1993, but determined to be a fake in 1977. In 2012 Drake’s Cove in Point Reyes was designated as the site where Drake landed and named a national historic site. Links: Britain, California, SF Bay Area
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1745 Jun 17 |
American New Englanders captured Louisburg, Cape Breton, from the French. The ragtag army captured France's most imposing North American stronghold on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. Links: Canada
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1775 Jun 17 |
The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on Breed’s Hill near Boston. It lasted less than 2 hours and was the deadliest of the Revolutionary War. The British captured the hill on their third attempt but suffered over 1,000 casualties vs. about 400-600 for the Americans. Patriotic hero Dr. Joseph Warren died in the battle. Patriot General William Prescott allegedly told his men, "Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" British casualties were estimated at 226 dead and 828 wounded, while American casualties were estimated at 140 dead and 301 wounded. Links: Britain, USA, Massachusetts
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1815 Jun 17 |
A heavy rainstorm prevented French forces from catching up with Wellington’s army as they retreated to Waterloo. Links: Belgium, Britain, France
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1848 Jun 17 |
Austrian General Alfred Windischgratz crushed a Czech uprising in Prague. Links: Austria
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1848 Jun 17 |
Austrian General Prince Alfred Windischgratz crushed a Czech uprising in Prague. The Habsburgs had ordered the prince to bombard Prague. Links: Czechoslovakia
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1849 Jun 17 |
Russian troops invaded Hungary. Links: Austria, Russia, Hungary
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1849 Jun 17 |
In San Francisco Rev. John Brouillet, vicar general of the diocese of Walla Walla, and Rev. Anthony Langlois, also from the Oregon territory, opened St. Francis Church with a Mass. Links: USA, SF
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1854 Jun 17 |
The Red Turban revolt broke out in Guangdong, China. Links: China
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1866 Jun 17 |
Lewis Cass (b.1782), former governor of Michigan (1813-1831) and Sec. of War (1831-1836) under Pres. Jackson, died. Links: USA, Michigan
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1876 Jun 17 |
General George Crook’s command was attacked and bested on the Rosebud River by 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne under the leadership of Crazy Horse. Links: AmerIndian
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1876 Jun 17 |
General George Crook’s command of 1300 men with friendly Crow and Shoshone scouts was attacked and bested on the Rosebud River, Montana, by 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne under the leadership of Crazy Horse. Links: USA, Montana, AmerIndian
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1898 Jun 17 |
Sir Edward Burne-Jones (b.1833), British painter and member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, died. In 2011 Fiona MacCarthy authored “The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination.” Links: Artist, Britain, Biography
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1919 Jun 17 |
The "Barney Google" cartoon strip by Billy DeBeck premiered. In 1924 he introduced a horse named spark Plug to the strip. Links: Cartoons
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1928 Jun 17 |
The 1st airplanes appeared in the vicinity of the Italia crew. Links: Arctic
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1928 Jun 17 |
Amelia Earhart embarked on a trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland to Ireland as a passenger. They landed the next day in Wales. Links: Canada, Wales, Aviation
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1928 Jun 17 |
Fox Movietone News covered the first night of a NY dance marathon at the Manhattan Casino and took a close-up of the feet of "Shorty" George Snowden. When asked "What are you doing with your feet," Shorty replied, "The Lindy." The Lindy Hop was born in black communities in Harlem, New York in the United States from about 1927 into the early 1930s from four possible sources: the breakaway, the Charleston, the Texas Tommy, and the hop. Four couples remained when the dance marathon was forced by the Health Commissioner to end after 16 days, on July 3. The eight finalists were awarded an equal portion of the $1000 prize at the Savoy Ballroom on Friday, July 6, 1928. Links: USA, NYC, Dance, Film
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1930 Jun 17 |
Pres. Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill, placing the highest tariff on imports to the U.S. It was sponsored by Willis Hawley, a congressman from Oregon, and Reed Smoot, a senator from Utah. An international trade war began with the US passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. Foreign countries retaliated. Many economists blame Smoot-Hawley for deepening the depression. It reflected the "Protectionism" of the times. Links: USA, Utah, Oregon, HooverH
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1931 Jun 17 |
British authorities in China arrested Indochinese Communist leader Ho Chi Minh. Links: China, Vietnam
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1932 Jun 17 |
The U.S. Senate defeated a cash-now bonus bill as some 10,000 veterans massed around the Capitol. Links: USA, DC
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1938 Jun 17 |
Japan declared war on China. Links: China
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1940 Jun 17 |
The Soviet Union occupied Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Links: Estonia
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1944 Jun 17 |
Iceland declared full independence from Denmark and became a republic. Links: Denmark
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1961 Jun 17 |
Soviet ballet star Rudolf Nureyev (d.1993) defected from the Soviet Union at the Paris Le Bourget airport while traveling with the Leningrad Kirov Ballet. In 1998 Diane Solway covered this event in her biography: "Nureyev." Links: Russia, USA, France, USSR, Biography, Ballet
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1963 Jun 17 |
John Cowper Powys (b.1872), English author, died. In 2007 Morine Krissdottir authored “Descent of Memory: The Life of John Cowper Powys.” His 10 novels included “Wolf Solent,” the story of a young man’s rebellion against the modern world. Links: Britain, Writer, Biography
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1965 Jun 17 |
Twenty-seven B-52's hit Viet Cong outposts but lost two planes in South Vietnam. Links: Vietnam
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1967 Jun 17 |
China detonated its 1st hydrogen bomb and became the world's 4th thermo-nuclear power. Links: China
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1968 Jun 17 |
The US Supreme Court in Jones v. Mayer banned racial discrimination in the sale and rental of housing. Links: USA, Black History, Supreme Court, Real Estate
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1968 Jun 17 |
The UK enacted sanctions against Rhodesia. Links: Britain, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe
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1969 Jun 17 |
The raunchy musical review "Oh! Calcutta!" opened in New York. Links: USA, NYC, Theater
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1969 Jun 17 |
Black Panther William Brent (1931-2006) became the 28th person this year to hijack a US airplane to Cuba. The Cubans put him in jail for two years. He published his memoir in 1996 titled "Long Time Gone." Links: USA, Cuba, Aviation, Hijacking
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1970 Jun 17 |
North Vietnamese troops cut the last operating rail line in Cambodia. Links: Vietnam, Cambodia
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1971 Jun 17 |
The United States and Japan signed the Okinawa Reversion Treaty under which the United States would return control of the island of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Island chain, which includes the Senkaku Islands, in 1972. Links: USA, Japan
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1972 Jun 17 |
President Nixon's eventual downfall began when five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate hotel at 1:52 a.m. Carl Schloffler (1945-1996), undercover police officer, made the arrest. Within hours of the bust G. Gordon Liddy attempted to shred all related documents. The five burglars were soon linked to Nixon's Committee for the Re-election of the President (CREEP) and, as suspicion grew, Nixon conspired to obstruct an FBI investigation of the incident. Nixon's conversations about the obstruction and subsequent cover-up had been tape-recorded as part of a secret tape-recording system revealed to investigators by Nixon's schedule keeper. Jeb Magruder later wrote "An American Life." The book has been described as the most accurate description of what happened. Stanley I. Kutler later authored "The Wars of Watergate." Liddy later asserted that John Dean was really after a brochure of call-girl pictures kept by DNC secretary Ida Wells that included a picture of Dean’s girlfriend, Maureen Biner. Links: USA, NixonR, Govm’t. Scandal
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1972 Jun 17 |
Chile’s president Allende changed his Cabinet. The two most prominent departures were Brigadier General Pedro Palacios Cameron from Mines and Pedro Vuskovic from Economy. Links: Chile
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1974 Jun 17 |
In Italy 2 people died in a Red Brigades attack on a right-wing party’s office. Links: Italy
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1981 Jun 17 |
Riots between Muslims & Christians in Cairo left 16 people dead. Links: Egypt
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1982 Jun 17 |
Pres. Reagan addressed the UN General Assembly in NYC. Links: USA, UN, NYC, ReaganR
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1982 Jun 17 |
Pres. Galtieri resigned after leading Argentina to defeat in Falkland Islands War. Links: Argentina, Falkland Islands
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1983 Jun 17 |
The US Air Force successfully conducted the first test flight of the Peacekeeper ICBM from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Links:
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1986 Jun 17 |
President Reagan announced the retirement of Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger. President Ronald Reagan named William Rehnquist Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Links: USA, ReaganR, Supreme Court
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1986 Jun 17 |
Singer Kate Smith died in Raleigh, N.C., at age 79. Links: USA, Radio, Theater, North Carolina, Pop&Rock
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1987 Jun 17 |
Baseball manager Dick Howser, who'd led the Kansas City Royals to a World Series championship, died at age 51 after a yearlong struggle with brain cancer. Links: USA, Baseball
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1987 Jun 17 |
Charles Glass, a journalist on leave from ABC News, was kidnapped in Lebanon. Glass escaped his captors in August 1987. Links: USA, Lebanon, Journalism
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1988 Jun 17 |
Leaders of the world's seven biggest industrial democracies began arriving in Toronto for their annual economic summit, with the host, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, forecasting progress on dismantling farm subsidies and alleviating Third World debt. Links: Canada, G7
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1989 Jun 17 |
In China's crackdown on the pro-democracy movement, eight people were sentenced to death for allegedly beating soldiers and burning vehicles in Beijing. Links: China
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1990 Jun 17 |
South African black nationalist Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, arrived in Ottawa, Canada, en route to an eleven-day tour of the United States. Links: Canada, South Africa
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1991 Jun 17 |
The remains of President Zachary Taylor were briefly exhumed in Louisville, Kentucky, to test a theory that Taylor had died of arsenic poisoning. Results showed death was from natural causes. Links: USA, Kentucky, TaylorZ
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1991 Jun 17 |
Payne Stewart won the US Open golf tournament. Links: USA, Golf
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1991 Jun 17 |
The South African Parliament abolished the Population Registration Act, the last major apartheid law still in effect. Links: South Africa
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1992 Jun 17 |
President Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a breakthrough arms-reduction agreement. Addressing Congress, Yeltsin pledged to find any American prisoners of war still being held in Russia. Links: Russia, USA, BushHW
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1992 Jun 17 |
Two German relief workers, the last of Western hostages held in Lebanon, were released. Links: Germany, Lebanon
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1993 Jun 17 |
President Clinton told a news conference his economic package was making "remarkable progress." Links: USA, ClintonB
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1993 Jun 17 |
The US Food and Drug Administration could not confirm reports of tampering with Diet Pepsi-Cola cans at the manufacturing level, despite reports of foreign objects turning up in containers. Links: USA, Food
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1993 Jun 17 |
U.N. forces in Somalia searched in vain for warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Links: UN, Somalia
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1994 Jun 17 |
After leading police on a slow-speed chase on Southern California freeways, that millions of Americans watched, OJ Simpson was arrested for the murder of wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. The arrest took place after a prolonged slow-car chase where Al A.C. Cowlings drove Simpson around in a white Ford Bronco and talked him into giving up to the police. Simpson was later acquitted in a criminal trial, but held liable in a civil trial. Links: USA, California, Murder
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1994 Jun 17 |
Johnnie Cochran, who was later hired as a defense attorney for O.J. Simpson, was quoted off-camera during a break on ABC’s Nightline saying: "he obviously did it." Links: USA, California, Murder
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1995 Jun 17 |
Russian commandos stormed a hospital where Chechen rebels were holding more than 1,000 hostages, but the Chechens beat the Russians back. Links: Russia, Chechnya
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1996 Jun 17 |
The US threatened to slap sanctions on $2 billion of Chinese goods if action is not taken by the government against the manufacture of pirate compact disks, videos and software. An agreement was reached just before the deadline. Links: China
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