June 17th, 1963

Born on June 17th, 1963

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What happened on June 17th, 1963?

June 17th, 1963

A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_South_Vietnam

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City

What else happened on June 17th?

June 17th, 2017

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

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.

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

Born on June 17th, 1963

60

Greg Kinnear

American actor

*June 17th, 1963, Logansport

60

Jean-Marc Micas

French religious priest and Roman Catholic bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes

*June 17th, 1963, Montélimar

60

Shin Joon-sup

South Korean boxer

*June 17th, 1963, Namwon

60

Christophe Barratier

French film producer and director

*June 17th, 1963, Paris

59

Aleksey Vdovin

Russian water polo player

*June 17th, 1963, Penza †July 21st, 2022

59

Susi Hyldgaard

Danish pianist

*June 17th, 1963, New York City †December 31st, 2022

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 17th?

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

61

Frank Baranowski

German politician

*June 17th, 1962, Gelsenkirchen

67

Alan Phillips

Baseball and badminton player

*June 17th, 1956, Cape Town

57

Jason Patric

American actor

*June 17th, 1966, Queens

63

Thomas Haden Church

American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1960)

*June 17th, 1960, El Paso

57

Cédric Kahn

French film director

*June 17th, 1966, Crest

66

Joachim Król

German actor

*June 17th, 1957, Herne

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

80

Burt Rutan

American aerospace engineer

*June 17th, 1943, Estacada

59

Michael Gross

West German swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder

*June 17th, 1964, Frankfurt

51

Iztok Čop

Slovenian rower

*June 17th, 1972, Kranj

43

Venus Williams

American tennis player (born 1980)

*June 17th, 1980, Lynwood

59

Ivan Franěk

Czech actor

*June 17th, 1964, Plzeň

47

Lee Baxter

Swedish association football player

*June 17th, 1976, Stockholm

61

Bruce Robertson

Canadian rower

*June 17th, 1962, Calgary

41

Arthur Darvill

Actor from England

*June 17th, 1982, Birmingham

59

Rinaldo Capello

Italian racing driver

*June 17th, 1964, Asti

65

Daniel McVicar

American actor

*June 17th, 1958, Independence

Same year
Born in 1963

61

Xuxa

Brazilian television presenter, actress, singer and former model and Wiggles member

*March 27th, 1963, Santa Rosa

61

Martin Brygmann

Danish composer, comedian and actor

*January 25th, 1963, Kølvrå

60

Shane Reti

New Zealand politician and doctor

*June 5th, 1963, Hamilton

60

Alexandra Paul

American actress

*July 29th, 1963, New York City

61

Daniel Roebuck

American actor and writer

*March 4th, 1963, Bethlehem

60

Uwe Steimle

German actor

*June 20th, 1963, Dresden

60

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

61

Michael Jordan

American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Brooklyn

60

Florence Parly

French politician

*May 8th, 1963, Boulogne-Billancourt

61

Johann Wadephul

German politician

*February 10th, 1963, Husum

60

Johnny Depp

American actor (born 1963)

*June 9th, 1963, Owensboro

61

Roger Lewentz

German politician

*March 19th, 1963, Lahnstein

53

Mika Vainio

Finnish electronic musician

*May 15th, 1963, Helsinki †April 12th, 2017, Trouville-sur-Mer

60

Brad Pitt

American actor and filmmaker

*December 18th, 1963, Shawnee

60

Viktor Orbán

Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

48

Whitney Houston

American singer and actress

*August 9th, 1963, Newark †February 11th, 2012, The Beverly Hilton

60

Grete Mogensen

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1963, Skive

60

Mark Strong

British actor

*August 5th, 1963, London

60

Si-An Deng

Badminton player

*June 25th, 1963, Shanghai

60

Ming-Na Wen

American actress and model

*November 20th, 1963, Coloane

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No: With 365 days 1963 is a normal year and no leap year.

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