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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, 1988 (June 17 1988) | Birth | Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 1918 (June 17 1918) | Birth | Ajahn Chah, Buddhist meditation master (died in 1992) | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1808 (June 17 1808) | Birth | Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (died in 1845) | |
| June 17th, 1718 (June 17 1718) | Birth | George Howard, British field marshal (died in 1796) | |
