17 June In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, on June 17, the day number in a year is 169 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 170. June 17 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1462	Forces led by Vladia's Vladia III Dracula attacked an otomankamp at night in an attempt to kill Mehmed II.
1579	Explorer Francis Drake landed in an area of current-california, named it New Albian and claimed for England.
1609	The Netherlands, England and France signed a 12-year contract.
1631	The death of Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, screaming; Jahan spent the next seventeen years in the construction of the Taj Mahal.
1632	Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, died.
1674	Jijabai, the mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, passed away. Jijabai was a very sacred and intelligent woman who was a great vision for an independent state. He inspired Shivaji by narrating stories of Ramayana, Mahabharata and Balraj. Inspired by him, Shivaji took the oath of freedom (Swaraj) in the temple of Lord Rayireshwar in 1645 when he was 17 years old. In Shivaji's innocent, impeccable character and courage, Jijabai's contribution is very large.
1734	French troops occupied Philipsburg in the Rhine.
1745	The American colonies captured Cape Breton Island from Louisbourg, Frank.
1773	Cucaca, Colombia was founded by Juana Rangel de Cuellar.
1775	In the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Britis army defeated the Continental Army of Nena America but suffered heavy losses. The Continental Army quickly reorganized itself and the struggle for internal independence continued.
1775	American revolutionary war-British forces took Bunker Hillout of Boston, Massachusetts.
1843	New Zealand Wars-N Europeans' armed arms arms Nelson to arrest Nagati Toa chief Tea Raopraha and clashed with Maori, resulting in 26 deaths.
1856	The Republican Party held its first national convention in Philadelphia.
1876	Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne's Great Siox War-A Band attacked the United States Army campaign and its Crow and Shoson colleagues at the Rosebade Battle.
1885	France's gift to the Statue of Liberty arrived at the port of New York.
1885	Statue of Liberty brought to New York Harbor.
1885	Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. The Statue of Liberty was a huge neo -classical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City in New York in the United States. The copper statue designed by French Eiffel and the French sculptor, designed by Fraderic Auguste Bartold, was dedicated on 28 October 1886, a gift of the United States for the people of France.
1900	Boxer rebellion-consecrated naval forces captured a brief but bloody battle on Taku Fortsahar.
1900	Boxer rebellion-consecrated naval forces captured a brief but bloody battle on Taku Fortsahar.
1922	Portuguese naval aviants Gago Kotinho and Saikadura Kabral completed the first aerial crossing of South Atlantic.
1933	The Civil Disobedience Campaign ended. Civil disobedience is active, proficient refusal to follow certain laws, demands, or a government orders, or an occupied international power. Civil disobedience sometimes, although not always done, which is defined as non-violent resistance.
1936	Heinrich Himmler was appointed chief of the German police.
1940	Three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania came under the possession of the Soviet Union. The Soviet suzerainty of the Baltic states covers the period of invasion and invasion in 1940 in 1941 from the Soviet-Baltic mutual support agreement in 1939.
1940	The biggest marine disaster of the Second World War-Britain was in at least 3, at least 3 thousand people were killed by the sinking of the military contingent by Luftwafa near St.-Nazier, France.
1944	Iceland declared independence from Denmark and became a republic. Eliminating the monarchy led to a slight change in the Constitution of Iceland. The people of Iceland celebrated the end of the long struggle for total freedom and praised Jon Sigur Icelandsson for their early independence movement and the first President of Iceland.
1950	Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Saudi Arabia signed security pacts.
1963	About 2,000 people in South Vietnam faced riots despite blaming the Joint Community to resolve the ongoing Buddhist crisis from day one.
1967	China became the fourth country in the world to have hydrogen bomb.
1967	The People's Republic of China announced a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon. A thermonuclear weapon is a nuclear weapon that uses energy from primary nuclear fragmentation reaction and ignites a secondary nuclear fusion response. When the result explosive power increases much of the results compared to single-phase fission weapons.
1970	Kidney transplant operation was first performed in Chicago.
1972	Watergate Complex Invashington,. C. In the Democratic National Committee offices, five people were arrested for the theft attempts, igniting the Watergate scandal, which eventually led US President Richard Newton's resignation of more than two years.
1981	In Cairo, Egypt, 14 people were killed in a clash between Muslims and Christians.
1985	John Hendricks started the Discovery Channel in the United States.
1985	The STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery began to carry Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulziz Al Saud as a payload specialist, the first Arabia in the space and the first Muslim. The STS-51-G NASA's space shuttle program was the eighteenth flight, and the Space Shuttle was the fifth flight of Discovery. The seven -day mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 17 June 1985 and Edwards Air Force Base in California on 24 June.
1985	In the Board Space Shuttle Discovery, Sultan bin Salman al -Saudbakem first Arab, first Muslim, and the first astronaut to fly in outer space.
1987	With the death of the last person of the species, the dark seaside sparrow became extinct. The dark seaside sparrows, Ammodramus Maritimus Nigrusten, were non-resident sub-species of Seride Sparrows, found on the banks of the Merit Islands in Florida and on the banks of the River of the Merit Island.
1991	The Parliament of South Africa canceled the Population Registration Act, which requires that every resident of South Africa be classified and registered by caste as part of the system of apartheid.
1992	The arms deduction has been signed by US President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Start II (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was a strategic aggressive weapons deficiency and a bilateral treaty on the border between the United States and Russia.
1994	FIFA World Cup football started in Chicago.
1994	After a police chase and exiting suicide attempt with Los Angeles, actor and former American football player OJ. Simpson was arrested for the killings of his ex -wife Nicole Brown Simpson and his friend Ronald Goldman.
2015	The gunman killed nine people in a church in South Carolina, USA.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1858	Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi, the heroine of the Indian independence struggle of 1857, was martyred.
1961	The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter designed by the German engineer Curt Tank made his first flight. Hindustan Aeronautics HF -24 Marut was an Indian fighter -bombary aircraft of the 1960s. It was the first jet aircraft in India.

Day/Observance	Level
World Desert and Drought Prevention Day	International Day
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought	International Day
Iceland National Day	National Day

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1887	Kailash Nath Katju / Politician / India
1930	Anup Kumar / Actor / India
1942	Bhagat Singh Koshyari / Politician / India
1973	Leander Paes / Tennis Player / India

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