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June 17: Day of the Week
June 17, 2024 is the 169th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 197 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
June 17 Historical Event(s)
1462
Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
1565
Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
1631
Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
1863
Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
1885
The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
1910
Aurel Vlaicu pilots a A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
1940
The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
1960
The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 e6acre of land undervalued at 4 cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
1963
A day after South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem announced the Joint Communique to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.
1981
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: In the Hyatt Regency Hotel the 2nd and 4th floor walkways collapse crushing 144 people to death, this was the worst structural failure in the United States.
Who were born on June 17?
1810
Ferdinand Freiligrath, German writer (d. 1876)
1818
Sophie of Württemberg, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1877)
1933
Harry Browne, American writer and investment analyst (d. 2006)
1949
Snakefinger, British-born guitarist, violinist, singer and songwriter (The Residents) (d. 1987)
1958
Derek Lee Ragin, American countertenor
1960
Adrián Campos, Spanish racing driver
1970
Sasha Sokol, Mexican singer and actress
1977
Branko Tomovic, Serbian actor
1983
Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor
1985
Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player
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