June 17th, 1865

Born on June 17th, 1865

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What happened on June 17th?

June 17th, 2017

Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.

June 17th, 1963

Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.

June 17th, 1940

Second World War: RMS Lancastria was sunk by German aircraft near Saint-Nazaire, France, causing thousands of fatalities in Britain's worst maritime disaster.

June 17th, 1919

Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, after one of their comrades was arrested, leading to the death of a British police officer.

June 17th, 1913

In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action.

June 17th, 1900

Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts from Qing China after a brief but bloody battle.

June 17th, 1861

American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the world's first military movements of troops by train.

June 17th, 1795

French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a Royal Navy squadron commanded by William Cornwallis (pictured) fended off a numerically superior French Navy fleet.

June 17th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

June 17th, 1631

Mumtaz Mahal (pictured), wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.

June 17th, 1579

Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.

June 17th, 1462

Ottoman–Hungarian wars: Wallachian forces led by Vlad Dracula attacked an Ottoman camp at night in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Sultan Mehmed II.

June 17th, 1397

The kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway formed the Kalmar Union, a personal union under Eric of Pomerania.

June 17th, 0653

Pope Martin I was arrested in the Lateran Palace, Rome, and taken to Constantinople.

June 17th, 1929

The town of Murchison, New Zealand is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 17th

Born on June 17th, 1865

50

Susan La Flesche Picotte

Omaha Native American, physician, and reformer (1865-1915)

*June 17th, 1865, Omaha Reservation †September 18th, 1915, Walthill

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Who's birthday is on June 17th?

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

67

James Weldon Johnson

American writer and activist

*June 17th, 1871, Jacksonville †June 26th, 1938, Wiscasset

67

Alan Phillips

Baseball and badminton player

*June 17th, 1956, Cape Town

84

Sidney Jones

British composer (1861-1946)

*June 17th, 1861, Islington †January 29th, 1946, Kew

80

Burt Rutan

American aerospace engineer

*June 17th, 1943, Estacada

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

80

John Robert Gregg

Irish inventor and writer

*June 17th, 1867, Rockcorry †February 23rd, 1948, New York City

77

Beryl Reid

British actress

*June 17th, 1919, Hereford †October 13th, 1996, Thames Valley Hospital

57

Jason Patric

American actor

*June 17th, 1966, Queens

43

Venus Williams

American tennis player (born 1980)

*June 17th, 1980, Lynwood

65

William Carr

American rower (1876-1942)

*June 17th, 1876, County Donegal †March 25th, 1942, Philadelphia

84

Carl Van Vechten

American writer and photographer (1880–1964)

*June 17th, 1880, Cedar Rapids †December 21st, 1964, New York City

41

Arthur Darvill

Actor from England

*June 17th, 1982, Birmingham

81

Mohamed ElBaradei

Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

*June 17th, 1942, Cairo

44

Martin Bormann

German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery (1900–1945)

*June 17th, 1900, Halberstadt †May 2nd, 1945, Berlin

63

Thomas Haden Church

American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1960)

*June 17th, 1960, El Paso

65

Heinz Guderian

German general (1888-1954)

*June 17th, 1888, Chełmno †May 14th, 1954, Schwangau

86

William Crookes

British chemist and physicist (1832-1919)

*June 17th, 1832, London †April 4th, 1919, London

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71

Paul Arndt

German classical archaeologist

*October 14th, 1865, Dresden †July 17th, 1937, Munich

65

Ferdinand Noack

German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)

*December 31st, 1865, Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe †September 21st, 1931, Berlin

70

Rudyard Kipling

English writer and poet (1865–1936)

*December 30th, 1865, Mumbai †January 18th, 1936, London

73

William Butler Yeats

Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)

*June 13th, 1865, Sandymount †January 28th, 1939, Menton

70

George V

King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India (1865–1936)

*June 3rd, 1865, Marlborough House †January 20th, 1936, Sandringham House

44

Clyde Fitch

American playwright (1865-1909)

*May 2nd, 1865, Elmira †September 4th, 1909, Châlons-en-Champagne

66

Minnie Maddern Fiske

American actress, playwright, and editor

*December 19th, 1865, New Orleans †February 15th, 1932, New York City

57

Warren G. Harding

President of the United States from 1921 to 1923

*November 2nd, 1865, Blooming Grove †August 2nd, 1923, San Francisco

72

Erich Ludendorff

German Army officer (1865–1937)

*April 9th, 1865, Kruszewnia †December 20th, 1937, Munich

91

Jean Sibelius

Finnish composer (1865–1957)

*December 8th, 1865, Hämeenlinna †September 20th, 1957, Ainola

66

Carl Nielsen

Danish composer

*June 9th, 1865, Sortelung †October 3rd, 1931, Copenhagen

65

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Finnish painter (1865-1931)

*April 26th, 1865, Pori †March 7th, 1931, Stockholm

87

Sven Hedin

Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

*February 19th, 1865, Stockholm †November 26th, 1952, Stockholm

78

Pieter Zeeman

Dutch physicist (1865-1943)

*May 25th, 1865, Zonnemaire †October 9th, 1943, Amsterdam

64

Richard Adolf Zsigmondy

Austrian chemist (1865-1929)

*April 1st, 1865, Vienna †September 23rd, 1929, Göttingen

74

Philipp Scheidemann

German head of government (1865-1939)

*July 26th, 1865, Kassel †November 29th, 1939, Copenhagen

60

Félix Vallotton

Swiss painter and printmaker (1865-1925)

*December 28th, 1865, Lausanne †December 29th, 1925, Neuilly-sur-Seine

61

Ferdinand I of Romania

King of Romania (1865-1927; ruled 1914-1927)

*August 24th, 1865, Sigmaringen †July 20th, 1927, Sinaia

80

Georges Charpy

French scientist (1865-1945)

*September 1st, 1865, Oullins †November 25th, 1945, Paris

97

Mary Gilmore

Australian poet

*August 16th, 1865, Goulburn †December 3rd, 1962, Sydney

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1865 is a normal year and no leap year.

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