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This day in the history - Jun, 17

Deaths - June, 17 1940 Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865) >>

Birthdays - June, 17 1955 Gail Jones, Australian author >>

History events - June, 17 1579 Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England. >>

History events - ..17 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave >>

History events - ..17 Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War. >>

Birthdays - June, 17 1882 Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg >>

History events - ..17 "Barney Google" cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premiers >>

Birthdays - June, 17 1948 Aurelio Lopez, Mexican baseball player (d. 1992) >>

History events - ..17 Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act, which had required all racial classification of all South Africans at birth. >>

Birthdays - June, 17 1958 Derek Lee Ragin, American countertenor >>

Birthdays - June, 17 1693 Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775) >>

Birthdays - June, 17 1861 Omar Bundy, U.S. army general and soldier (d. 1940) >>

History events - ..17 In France, the Third Estate declares itself the national assembly. >>

History events - June, 17 1940 World War II: sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint >>

Birthdays - June, 17 1957 Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor >>

History events - ..17 Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer) >>

History events - June, 17 1565 Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru. >>

Birthdays - June, 17 1900 Martin Bormann, Nazi official (d. 1945) >>

History events - ..17 Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78 >>

History events - ..17 Number one hit on UK music charts - Don McLean - Vincent >>

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