June 17: Day Of The Week
June 17, 2013 is the 168th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 197 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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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 Events
- 1579 –Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
- 1773 –Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
- 1839 –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 are established as a result.
- 1861 –Battle of Vienna, Virginia in the American Civil War.
- 1933 –Union Station Massacre: in Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
- 1940 –World War II: the British Army’s 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
- 1958 –The wooden roller coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada opens. It is still open today.
- 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.
- 1987 –With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
- 1991 –Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
Who were born on June 17?
- 1898 –M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (d. 1972)
- 1902 –Sammy Fain, American popular music composer (d. 1989)
- 1927 –Martin Böttcher, German conductor
- 1936 –Ken Loach, British film director
- 1944 –Bill Rafferty, American comedian and impressionist
- 1958 –Sam Hamad, Syrian-born Canadian politician
- 1968 –Minoru Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- 1970 –Popeye Jones, American basketball player
- 1970 –Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 –Marek Svatoš, Slovakian ice hockey player
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