June 17
People born on this day are Gemini.
- 1963
The United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
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Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
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U.S. president Richard Nixon in a televised press conference calls drug abuse "America's public enemy number one", starting the war on drugs.
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Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee during an attempt by members of the administration of President Richard M. Nixon to illegally wiretap the political opposition as part of a broader campaign to subvert the democratic process.
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Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
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With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
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Interflug Flight 102 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Berlin Schönefeld Airport, killing 21 people.
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A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. president George Bush and Russian president Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
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Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
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Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
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A series of wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others.
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Juneteenth National Independence Day is signed into law by President Joe Biden, to become the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.
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2003Rizki Juniansyah, Indonesian weightlifter
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2000Odessa A'zion, American actress
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1999Elena Rybakina, Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player
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1997KJ Apa, New Zealand actor
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1997Raluca Șerban, Romanian-Cypriot tennis player
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1997Alexander Bublik, Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player
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1995Clément Lenglet, French footballer
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1994Amari Cooper, American football player
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1993Nikita Kucherov, Russian ice hockey player
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1991Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
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1990Jordan Henderson, English footballer
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1990Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player
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