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| June 17th, 2008 (June 17 2008) | Event | First day of legal same-sex marriage in California | |
| June 17th, 2008 (June 17 2008) | Death | Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (born in 1962) | |
| June 17th, 2008 (June 17 2008) | Death | Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (born in 1922) | |
| June 17th, 2007 (June 17 2007) | Death | Gianfranco Ferre, Italian fashion designer (born in 1944) | |
| June 17th, 2007 (June 17 2007) | Death | Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (born in 1933) | |
| June 17th, 2006 (June 17 2006) | Death | Claudio Besserman Vianna, aka "Bussunda", Brazilian comedian (born in 1962) | |
| June 17th, 2006 (June 17 2006) | Death | Arthur Franz, American actor (born in 1920) | |
| June 17th, 2005 (June 17 2005) | Death | Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (born in 1962) | |
| June 17th, 2005 (June 17 2005) | Death | Sam Loeb, comic book writer (born in 1988) | |
| June 17th, 2004 (June 17 2004) | Death | Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1926) | |
| June 17th, 2002 (June 17 2002) | Death | Willie Davenport, American athlete (born in 1943) | |
| June 17th, 2002 (June 17 2002) | Death | Fritz Walter, German footballer (born in 1920) | |
| June 17th, 2001 (June 17 2001) | Death | Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1919) | |
| June 17th, 1996 (June 17 1996) | Death | Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (born in 1922) | Philo Quotes |
| June 17th, 1994 (June 17 1994) | Event | Following a televised low-speed highway chase and a failed attempt at suicide, O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. | |
| June 17th, 1992 (June 17 1992) | Event | A Joint Understanding agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II). | George H. W. Bush Quotes |
| June 17th, 1991 (June 17 1991) | Event | Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act, which had required all racial classification of all South Africans at birth. | |
| June 17th, 1988 (June 17 1988) | Birth | Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player | |
| June 17th, 1987 (June 17 1987) | Event | With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct. | |
| June 17th, 1987 (June 17 1987) | Death | Dick Howser, American baseball player and manager (born in 1936) | |
| June 17th, 1986 (June 17 1986) | Death | Kate Smith, American singer (God Bless America) (born in 1907) | |
| June 17th, 1985 (June 17 1985) | Birth | Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot professional tennis player | |
| June 17th, 1985 (June 17 1985) | Birth | Rafael Sobis, Brazilian footballer | |
| June 17th, 1984 (June 17 1984) | Birth | John Gallagher Jr. American stage actor | Gallagher Quotes |
| June 17th, 1983 (June 17 1983) | Birth | Lee Ryan, British singer (Blue) | |
| June 17th, 1983 (June 17 1983) | Birth | Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor | |
| June 17th, 1983 (June 17 1983) | Birth | Connie Fisher, English stage actress | |
| June 17th, 1983 (June 17 1983) | Death | Peter Mennin, American composer and teacher (born in 1923) | |
| June 17th, 1982 (June 17 1982) | Birth | Marek Svatos, Slovakian ice hockey player | |
| June 17th, 1982 (June 17 1982) | Death | Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (born in 1920) | |
| June 17th, 1981 (June 17 1981) | Birth | Amrita Rao, Bollywood Actress | |
| June 17th, 1981 (June 17 1981) | Birth | Kyle Boller, American football quarterback | |
| June 17th, 1981 (June 17 1981) | Birth | Shane Watson, Australian cricket all-rounder | |
| June 17th, 1981 (June 17 1981) | Death | Richard O Connor, British general (born in 1889) | |
| June 17th, 1981 (June 17 1981) | Death | Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (born in 1889) | |
| June 17th, 1980 (June 17 1980) | Birth | Kimeru, Japanese singer | |
| June 17th, 1980 (June 17 1980) | Birth | Venus Williams, American tennis player | |
| June 17th, 1979 (June 17 1979) | Birth | Nick Rimando, American soccer player | |
| June 17th, 1979 (June 17 1979) | Death | Duffy Lewis, baseball player (born in 1888) | |
| June 17th, 1978 (June 17 1978) | Birth | Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress | |
| June 17th, 1978 (June 17 1978) | Birth | Isabelle Delobel, French European ice dancer | |
| June 17th, 1977 (June 17 1977) | Birth | Mark Tauscher, American football player | |
| June 17th, 1977 (June 17 1977) | Birth | Branko Tomovic, Serbian actor | |
| June 17th, 1977 (June 17 1977) | Birth | Roger Manganelli, American bassist (Less Than Jake) | |
| June 17th, 1975 (June 17 1975) | Birth | Chloe Jones, American pornographic actress (died in 2005) | |
| June 17th, 1975 (June 17 1975) | Birth | Joshua Leonard, American actor | |
| June 17th, 1975 (June 17 1975) | Birth | Jennifer Irwin, Canadian actress | |
| June 17th, 1974 (June 17 1974) | Birth | Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer | |
| June 17th, 1974 (June 17 1974) | Death | Pamela Britton, American actress (born in 1923) | |
| June 17th, 1973 (June 17 1973) | Birth | Krayzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) | |
| June 17th, 1973 (June 17 1973) | Birth | Louis Leterrier, French film director | |
| June 17th, 1973 (June 17 1973) | Birth | Leander Paes, Indian tennis player | |
| June 17th, 1973 (June 17 1973) | Birth | Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican Business Consultant | |
| June 17th, 1972 (June 17 1972) | Event | Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition. | |
| June 17th, 1972 (June 17 1972) | Birth | Sebastian White, musician and artist | |
| June 17th, 1971 (June 17 1971) | Birth | Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer | |
| June 17th, 1971 (June 17 1971) | Birth | Mildred Fox, Irish politician | |
| June 17th, 1970 (June 17 1970) | Birth | Jason Hanson, American football player | |
| June 17th, 1970 (June 17 1970) | Birth | Sasha Sokol, Mexican singer and actress | |
| June 17th, 1970 (June 17 1970) | Birth | Will Forte, American writer, actor and comedian | |
| June 17th, 1970 (June 17 1970) | Birth | Stephane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| June 17th, 1970 (June 17 1970) | Birth | Michael Showalter, American comedian | |
| June 17th, 1969 (June 17 1969) | Birth | Paul Tergat, Kenyan athlete | |
| June 17th, 1968 (June 17 1968) | Birth | Minoru Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler | |
| June 17th, 1968 (June 17 1968) | Death | Jose Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (born in 1901) | |
| June 17th, 1967 (June 17 1967) | Birth | Eric Stefani, American musician | |
| June 17th, 1966 (June 17 1966) | Birth | Jason Patric, American actor | |
| June 17th, 1965 (June 17 1965) | Birth | Dermontti Dawson, American football player | |
| June 17th, 1964 (June 17 1964) | Birth | Michael Gross, German swimmer | |
| June 17th, 1964 (June 17 1964) | Birth | Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver | |
| June 17th, 1964 (June 17 1964) | Birth | Erin Murphy, American actress | |
| June 17th, 1963 (June 17 1963) | Event | The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord s Prayer in public schools. | |
| June 17th, 1963 (June 17 1963) | Birth | Greg Kinnear, American actor | |
| June 17th, 1962 (June 17 1962) | Birth | Michael Monroe, Finnish singer (Hanoi Rocks) | |
| June 17th, 1961 (June 17 1961) | Event | The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded with the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress. | |
| June 17th, 1961 (June 17 1961) | Death | Jeff Chandler, American actor (born in 1918) | |
| June 17th, 1960 (June 17 1960) | Birth | Thomas Haden Church, American actor | |
| June 17th, 1960 (June 17 1960) | Birth | Adrian Campos, Spanish racing driver | |
| June 17th, 1958 (June 17 1958) | Event | The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing being built connecting Vancouver and North Vancouver, Canada, collapses into the Burrard Inlet, killing many of the ironworkers and injuring others. | |
| June 17th, 1958 (June 17 1958) | Event | The Wooden Roller Coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada opened, and is still open to this day | |
| June 17th, 1958 (June 17 1958) | Birth | Jello Biafra, American musician and activist | |
| June 17th, 1958 (June 17 1958) | Birth | Bobby Farrelly, American film director | |
| June 17th, 1958 (June 17 1958) | Birth | Sam Hamad, Syrian-born Canadian politician | |
| June 17th, 1958 (June 17 1958) | Birth | Derek Lee Ragin, American countertenor | |
| June 17th, 1957 (June 17 1957) | Birth | Phil Chevron, Irish musician (The Pogues, The Radiators From Space) | |
| June 17th, 1957 (June 17 1957) | Birth | Martin Dillon, American opera singer (died in 2005) | |
| June 17th, 1957 (June 17 1957) | Birth | Jon Gries, American actor | |
| June 17th, 1957 (June 17 1957) | Birth | Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor | |
| June 17th, 1957 (June 17 1957) | Death | Dorothy Richardson, English writer (born in 1873) | |
| June 17th, 1956 (June 17 1956) | Death | Paul Rostock, German doctor (born in 1892) | |
| June 17th, 1956 (June 17 1956) | Death | Bob Sweikert, American racing driver (born in 1926) | |
| June 17th, 1953 (June 17 1953) | Event | Workers Uprising: in East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion. | |
| June 17th, 1952 (June 17 1952) | Birth | Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach and executive | |
| June 17th, 1952 (June 17 1952) | Death | Jack Parsons, American rocket-fuel pioneer and renegade occultist (born in 1914) | |
| June 17th, 1951 (June 17 1951) | Birth | Joe Piscopo, American actor | |
| June 17th, 1950 (June 17 1950) | Birth | Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director | |
| June 17th, 1949 (June 17 1949) | Birth | Snakefinger, British-born musician (died in 1987) | |
| June 17th, 1948 (June 17 1948) | Event | A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board. | |
| June 17th, 1948 (June 17 1948) | Birth | Dave Concepcion, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| June 17th, 1948 (June 17 1948) | Birth | Aurelio Lopez, Mexican baseball player (died in 1992) | |
| June 17th, 1947 (June 17 1947) | Birth | Christopher Allport, American actor (died in 2008) | |
| June 17th, 1947 (June 17 1947) | Birth | George S. Clinton, American composer and musician | George Clinton Quotes |
| June 17th, 1947 (June 17 1947) | Birth | Paul Young, English singer and percussionist (died in 2000) | |
| June 17th, 1946 (June 17 1946) | Birth | Peter Rosei, Austrian writer | |
| June 17th, 1945 (June 17 1945) | Birth | Frank Ashmore, American actor | |
| June 17th, 1945 (June 17 1945) | Birth | Tommy Franks, American General | Tommy Franks Quotes |
| June 17th, 1945 (June 17 1945) | Birth | Ken Livingstone, English politician | |
| June 17th, 1945 (June 17 1945) | Birth | Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist | |
| June 17th, 1944 (June 17 1944) | Event | Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic | |
| June 17th, 1943 (June 17 1943) | Birth | Newt Gingrich, American politician | |
| June 17th, 1943 (June 17 1943) | Birth | Barry Manilow, American musician | |
| June 17th, 1943 (June 17 1943) | Birth | Burt Rutan, American aerospace engineer | |
| June 17th, 1942 (June 17 1942) | Birth | Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian IAEA director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize | Mohamed ElBaradei Quotes |
| June 17th, 1942 (June 17 1942) | Death | Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician (born in 1853) | |
| June 17th, 1940 (June 17 1940) | Event | World War II: Operation Ariel beginsAllied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany s takeover of Paris and most of the nation. | |
| June 17th, 1940 (June 17 1940) | Event | World War II: sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. | |
| June 17th, 1940 (June 17 1940) | Event | World War II: the British Army s 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces. | |
| June 17th, 1940 (June 17 1940) | Event | The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union. | |
| June 17th, 1940 (June 17 1940) | Birth | George Akerlof, American economist, Nobel laureate | |
| June 17th, 1940 (June 17 1940) | Death | Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1865) | |
| June 17th, 1939 (June 17 1939) | Event | Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre. | |
| June 17th, 1939 (June 17 1939) | Death | Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (born in 1893) | |
| June 17th, 1936 (June 17 1936) | Birth | Ken Loach, British film director | |
| June 17th, 1933 (June 17 1933) | Event | Union Station Massacre: in Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash were gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash. | |
| June 17th, 1933 (June 17 1933) | Birth | Harry Browne, American free-market libertarian writer, politician, and investment analyst (died in 2006) | Harry Browne Quotes |
| June 17th, 1933 (June 17 1933) | Birth | Christian Ferras, French violinist (died in 1982) | |
| June 17th, 1933 (June 17 1933) | Birth | Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (died in 1970) | |
| June 17th, 1932 (June 17 1932) | Event | Bonus Army: around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. | |
| June 17th, 1932 (June 17 1932) | Birth | John Murtha, American politician | |
| June 17th, 1932 (June 17 1932) | Birth | Peter Lupus, American actor (Mission: Impossible) | |
| June 17th, 1930 (June 17 1930) | Event | U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law. | Herbert Hoover Quotes |
| June 17th, 1930 (June 17 1930) | Birth | Brian Statham, English cricketer (died in 2000) | |
| June 17th, 1929 (June 17 1929) | Birth | Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (died in 1984) | |
| June 17th, 1927 (June 17 1927) | Birth | Martin Bottcher, German conductor | |
| June 17th, 1923 (June 17 1923) | Birth | Elroy Crazylegs Hirsch, American football player (died in 2004) | |
| June 17th, 1920 (June 17 1920) | Birth | Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (died in 1981) | |
| June 17th, 1920 (June 17 1920) | Birth | Francois Jacob, French biologist, Nobel laureate | |
| June 17th, 1918 (June 17 1918) | Birth | Ajahn Chah, Buddhist meditation master (died in 1992) | |
| June 17th, 1917 (June 17 1917) | Birth | Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (died in 2007) | |
| June 17th, 1915 (June 17 1915) | Birth | Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (died in 1996) | |
| June 17th, 1915 (June 17 1915) | Birth | David "Stringbean" Akeman, American banjo player and actor (died in 1973) | |
| June 17th, 1914 (June 17 1914) | Birth | John Hersey, American author (died in 1993) | |
| June 17th, 1910 (June 17 1910) | Birth | Red Foley, American musician (died in 1968) | |
| June 17th, 1910 (June 17 1910) | Birth | George Hees, Canadian politician (died in 1996) | |
| June 17th, 1909 (June 17 1909) | Birth | Elmer Lee Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (died in 2004) | |
| June 17th, 1909 (June 17 1909) | Birth | Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor (died in 2004) | |
| June 17th, 1907 (June 17 1907) | Birth | Maurice Cloche, French film director and screenwriter (died in 1990) | |
| June 17th, 1907 (June 17 1907) | Birth | Charles Eames, American designer and architect (died in 1978) | |
| June 17th, 1904 (June 17 1904) | Birth | Ralph Bellamy, American actor (died in 1991) | |
| June 17th, 1904 (June 17 1904) | Death | Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, Russian politician, Governor-General of Finland (assassinated) (born in 1839) | |
| June 17th, 1903 (June 17 1903) | Birth | Ruth Wakefield, inventor of the Toll House Cookie, the first chocolate chip cookie (died in 1977) | |
| June 17th, 1902 (June 17 1902) | Birth | Sammy Fain, American popular music composer (died in 1989) | |
| June 17th, 1902 (June 17 1902) | Birth | Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (died in 1982) | |
| June 17th, 1901 (June 17 1901) | Event | The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT. | |
| June 17th, 1900 (June 17 1900) | Birth | Martin Bormann, Nazi official (died in 1945) | Martin Bormann Quotes |
| June 17th, 1898 (June 17 1898) | Event | The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established. | |
| June 17th, 1898 (June 17 1898) | Birth | M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (died in 1972) | M. C. Escher Quotes |
| June 17th, 1898 (June 17 1898) | Birth | Carl Hermann, German physicist (died in 1961) | |
| June 17th, 1898 (June 17 1898) | Death | Edward Burne-Jones, English artist (born in 1833) | |
| June 17th, 1888 (June 17 1888) | Birth | Heinz Guderian, German General (died in 1954) | Heinz Guderian Quotes |
| June 17th, 1885 (June 17 1885) | Event | The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. | |
| June 17th, 1882 (June 17 1882) | Birth | Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (died in 1971) | Igor Stravinsky Quotes |
| June 17th, 1882 (June 17 1882) | Birth | Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died in 1918) | |
| June 17th, 1881 (June 17 1881) | Birth | Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (died in 1955) | |
| June 17th, 1880 (June 17 1880) | Birth | Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (died in 1964) | |
| June 17th, 1877 (June 17 1877) | Event | Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyonthe Nez Perce defeat the US Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory. | |
| June 17th, 1876 (June 17 1876) | Event | Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook s forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. | |
| June 17th, 1867 (June 17 1867) | Birth | John Robert Gregg, inventor of shorthand system (died in 1948) | |
| June 17th, 1867 (June 17 1867) | Birth | Henry Lawson, Australian poet (died in 1922) | |
| June 17th, 1863 (June 17 1863) | Event | Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War. | |
| June 17th, 1863 (June 17 1863) | Birth | Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died in 1934) | |
| June 17th, 1861 (June 17 1861) | Birth | Pete Browning, American baseball player (died in 1905) | |
| June 17th, 1861 (June 17 1861) | Birth | Omar Bundy, U.S. army general and soldier (died in 1940) | |
| June 17th, 1858 (June 17 1858) | Birth | Ebenezer Sumner Draper, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1914) | |
| June 17th, 1858 (June 17 1858) | Death | Rani Lakshmibai, queen of Jhansi in North India, one of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857 (born in 1828) | |
| June 17th, 1839 (June 17 1839) | Event | In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the Edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is later established as a result. | |
| June 17th, 1839 (June 17 1839) | Birth | Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglican Clergyman prosecuted for ritualist activities (died in 1931) | |
| June 17th, 1832 (June 17 1832) | Birth | Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist (died in 1919) | |
| June 17th, 1821 (June 17 1821) | Death | Martin Miguel de Guemes Argentine military leader (born in 1785) | |
| June 17th, 1818 (June 17 1818) | Birth | Charles Gounod, French composer (died in 1893) | |
| June 17th, 1818 (June 17 1818) | Birth | Sophie of Wurttemberg, queen of the Netherlands (died in 1877) | |
| June 17th, 1813 (June 17 1813) | Death | Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (born in 1726) | |
| June 17th, 1811 (June 17 1811) | Birth | Jon Sigur?sson, Icelandic independence fighter (died in 1879) | |
| June 17th, 1810 (June 17 1810) | Birth | Ferdinand Freiligrath, German writer (died in 1876) | |
| June 17th, 1808 (June 17 1808) | Birth | Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (died in 1845) | |
| June 17th, 1797 (June 17 1797) | Death | Agha Muhammad Khan, Shah of Persia (born in 1742) | |
| June 17th, 1789 (June 17 1789) | Event | In France, the Third Estate declares itself the national assembly. | |
| June 17th, 1775 (June 17 1775) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bunker Hill | |
| June 17th, 1775 (June 17 1775) | Death | Major John Pitcairn, British marine (killed in battle) (born in 1722) | John Major Quotes |
| June 17th, 1773 (June 17 1773) | Event | Cucuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuellar | |
| June 17th, 1762 (June 17 1762) | Death | Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon, French writer (born in 1674) | |
| June 17th, 1742 (June 17 1742) | Birth | William Hooper, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (died in 1790) | |
| June 17th, 1740 (June 17 1740) | Death | Sir William Wyndham, English politician (born in 1687) | |
| June 17th, 1734 (June 17 1734) | Death | Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France (born in 1653) | |
| June 17th, 1719 (June 17 1719) | Death | Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (born in 1672) | |
| June 17th, 1718 (June 17 1718) | Birth | George Howard, British field marshal (died in 1796) | |
| June 17th, 1714 (June 17 1714) | Birth | Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (died in 1762) | Philo Quotes |
| June 17th, 1714 (June 17 1714) | Birth | Cesar-Francois Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (died in 1784) | |
| June 17th, 1704 (June 17 1704) | Birth | John Kay, English inventor (died in 1780) | |
| June 17th, 1696 (June 17 1696) | Death | John III Sobieski, King of Poland (born in 1629) | |
| June 17th, 1694 (June 17 1694) | Death | Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic Cardinal (born in 1629) | |
| June 17th, 1693 (June 17 1693) | Birth | Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (died in 1775) | |
| June 17th, 1691 (June 17 1691) | Birth | Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (died in 1765) | |
| June 17th, 1682 (June 17 1682) | Birth | King Charles XII of Sweden (died in 1718) | |
| June 17th, 1631 (June 17 1631) | Event | Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spends more than 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal. | |
| June 17th, 1603 (June 17 1603) | Birth | Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (died in 1663) | |
| June 17th, 1579 (June 17 1579) | Event | Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England. | Bion Quotes |
| June 17th, 1565 (June 17 1565) | Event | Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru. | |
| June 17th, 1565 (June 17 1565) | Death | Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (born in 1536) | |
| June 17th, 1497 (June 17 1497) | Event | Battle of Deptford Bridgeforces under King Henry VII soundly defeat troops led by Michael An Gof. | Henry Ford Quotes |
| June 17th, 1463 (June 17 1463) | Death | Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (born in 1436) | |
| June 17th, 1462 (June 17 1462) | Event | Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia. | |
| June 17th, 1239 (June 17 1239) | Birth | King Edward I of England (died in 1307) | |
| June 17th, 1091 (June 17 1091) | Death | Dirk V, Count of Holland (born in 1052) | |
| June 17th, 1025 (June 17 1025) | Death | Boleslaw I the Brave, first king of Poland | |
