| 362 |
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Emperor Julian issues an edict banning Christians from teaching in Syria. |
| 1579 |
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Sir Francis Drake claims San Francisco Bay for England. |
| 1775 |
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The British take Bunker Hill outside of Boston, after a costly battle. |
| 1799 |
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Napoleon Bonaparte incorporates Italy into his empire. |
| 1848 |
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Austrian General Alfred Windischgratz crushes a Czech uprising in Prague. |
| 1854 |
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The Red Turban revolt breaks out in Guangdong, China. |
| 1856 |
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The Republican Party opens its first national convention in Philadelphia. |
| 1861 |
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President Abraham Lincoln witnesses Dr. Thaddeus Lowe demonstrate the use of a hot-air balloon. |
| 1863 |
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On the way to Gettysburg, Union and Confederate forces skirmish at Point of Rocks, Maryland. |
| 1872 |
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George M. Hoover begins selling whiskey in Dodge City, Kansas–a town which had previously been "dry." |
| 1876 |
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General George Crook’s command is attacked and bested on the Rosebud River by 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne under the leadership of Crazy Horse. |
| 1912 |
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The German Zeppelin SZ 111 burns in its hanger in Friedrichshafen. |
| 1913 |
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U.S. Marines set sail from San Diego to protect American interests in Mexico. |
| 1917 |
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The Russian Duma meets in secret session in Petrograd and votes for an immediate Russian offensive against the German Army. |
| 1924 |
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The Fascist militia marches into Rome. |
| 1926 |
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Spain threatens to quit the League of Nations if Germany is allowed to join. |
| 1930 |
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The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill becomes law, placing the highest tariff on imports to the United States. |
| 1931 |
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British authorities in China arrest Indochinese Communist leader Ho Chi Minh. |
| 1932 |
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The U.S. Senate defeats the Bonus Bill as 10,000 veterans mass around the Capitol. |
| 1940 |
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The Soviet Union occupies Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. |
| 1942 |
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Yank a weekly magazine for the U.S. armed services, begins publication. |
| 1944 |
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French troops land on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean. |
| 1950 |
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Surgeon Richard Lawler performs the first kidney transplant operation in Chicago. |
| 1953 |
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Soviet tanks fight thousands of Berlin workers rioting against the East German government. |
| 1963 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court bans the required reading of the Lord’s prayer and Bible in public schools. |
| 1965 |
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27 B-52s hit Viet Cong outposts, but lose two planes in South Vietnam. |
| 1970 |
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North Vietnamese troops cut the last operating rail line in Cambodia. |
| 1972 |
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Five men are arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. |
| 1994 |
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Millions of Americans watch former football player O.J. Simpson–facing murder charges–drive his Ford Bronco through Los Angeles, followed by police. |
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Born on June 17 |
| 1239 |
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Edward I (Longshanks), King of England (1272-1307). |
| 1703 |
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John Wesley, English evangelist and theologian, founder of the Methodist movement. |
| 1742 |
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William Hooper, signer of the Declaration of Independence. |
| 1871 |
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James Weldon Johnson, African-American poet and novelist (The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man). |
| 1880 |
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Carl Van Vechten, writer. |
| 1882 |
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Igor Stravinsky, Russian-born U.S. composer (The Rite of Spring, The Firebird). |
| 1914 |
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John Hersey, novelist and journalist (Men of Bataan, Hiroshima). |
| 1942 |
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Rod Padgett, poet. |
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