June 17
1775 - The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the Revolutionary War, which resulted in a costly victory for the British, who suffered heavy losses.
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor, aboard the French ship Isere.
1928 - Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.
1930 - President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which boosted U.S. tariffs to historically high levels, prompting foreign retaliation.
1944 - The Republic of Iceland was established.
1963 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that no locality may require recitation of the Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.
1967 - China detonated its first hydrogen bomb.
1972 - The burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, D.C. began the Watergate political scandal that ultimately resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
1994 - After leading police on a slow-speed chase on southern California freeways, which was watched live by millions of Americans nationwide, O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with murder in the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. (Simpson was later acquitted in a criminal trial but held liable in a civil trial.)
2002 - Australian scientists announced that they had "teleported" a laser beam -- breaking it up and reconstructing it in another location.
2008 - Hundreds of same-sex couples got married across California on the first full day that gay marriage became legal by order of the state’s highest court.
2009 - President Barack Obama extended some benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.
2012 - Rodney King, 47, whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police sparked widespread outrage and who struggled with addiction and repeated arrests, died in Rialto, California, in an apparent accidental drowning.
2013 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that states cannot demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so.
2017 - The jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case declared itself hopelessly deadlocked, resulting in a mistrial for the 79-year-old TV star charged with drugging and groping a woman more than a decade earlier; prosecutors immediately announced they would pursue a second trial. (That trial resulted in Cosby’s conviction, but Pennsylvania’s highest court later overturned it.)
2019 - Iran announced that it was breaking compliance with the international accord that kept it from making nuclear weapons; the announcement meant that Iran could soon start to enrich uranium to just a step away from weapons-grade levels. The Trump administration followed Iran’s announcement by ordering 1,000 more troops to the Middle East.
2021 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, left intact the entire Affordable Care Act, rejecting the latest major Republican-led effort to kill the national health care law known as "Obamacare."
Birthdays
24 - Odessa A'zion (actress)
27 - KJ Apa (actor)
37 - Kendrick Lamar (rapper)
38 - Marie Avgeropoulos (actress/model)
41 - Mickey Guyton (singer)
42 - Jodie Whittaker (actress)
42 - Arthur Darvill (actor)
44 - Venus Williams (tennis player)
53 - Paulina Rubio (singer)
54 - Will Forte (actor/comedian)
58 - Jason Patric (actor)
59 - Dan Jansen (speed skater)
59 - Kami Cotler (actress)
61 - Greg Kinnear (actor)
64 - Thomas Haden Church (actor)
67 - Jon Gries (actor)
70 - Mark Linn-Baker (actor)
73 - Joe Piscopo (comedian)
81 - Barry Manilow (singer)
92 - Peter Lupus (actor)
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Today in Sports History - June 17
1880 - Providence Grays pitcher John M. Ward throws a perfect game beating the Buffalo Bisons, 5-0; the second perfect game in the National League in six days (the next perfect game in the National League would not occur for another 84 years.)
1960 - Ted Williams hits his 500th career home run.
1962 - Brazil defeats Czechoslovakia 3-1 to win the World Cup.
1962 - Jack Nicklaus wins his first major, with a three-stroke victory over Arnold Palmer in the U.S. Open after an 18-hole playoff.
1976 - The NBA and ABA announced their plans to merge, with the NBA accepting four ABA franchises (New Jersey Nets, Indianus Pacers, Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs).
1992 - In a blockbuster NBA trade, the Philadelphia 76ers trade Charles Barkley to the Phoenix Suns.
1997 - The NHL announces expansion franchises in Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999) and in Minneapolis and Columbus, Ohio in 2000.
2008 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in six games to win the NBA championship.
2012 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. won at the Michigan International Speedway. It was his first win in four years and 143 races.
2018 - Brooks Koepka becomes the first back-to-back U.S Open champion since 1988-1989 (Curtis Strange).
1775 - The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the Revolutionary War, which resulted in a costly victory for the British, who suffered heavy losses.
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor, aboard the French ship Isere.
1928 - Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.
1930 - President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which boosted U.S. tariffs to historically high levels, prompting foreign retaliation.
1944 - The Republic of Iceland was established.
1963 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that no locality may require recitation of the Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.
1967 - China detonated its first hydrogen bomb.
1972 - The burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, D.C. began the Watergate political scandal that ultimately resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
1994 - After leading police on a slow-speed chase on southern California freeways, which was watched live by millions of Americans nationwide, O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with murder in the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. (Simpson was later acquitted in a criminal trial but held liable in a civil trial.)
2002 - Australian scientists announced that they had "teleported" a laser beam -- breaking it up and reconstructing it in another location.
2008 - Hundreds of same-sex couples got married across California on the first full day that gay marriage became legal by order of the state’s highest court.
2009 - President Barack Obama extended some benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.
2012 - Rodney King, 47, whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police sparked widespread outrage and who struggled with addiction and repeated arrests, died in Rialto, California, in an apparent accidental drowning.
2013 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that states cannot demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so.
2017 - The jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case declared itself hopelessly deadlocked, resulting in a mistrial for the 79-year-old TV star charged with drugging and groping a woman more than a decade earlier; prosecutors immediately announced they would pursue a second trial. (That trial resulted in Cosby’s conviction, but Pennsylvania’s highest court later overturned it.)
2019 - Iran announced that it was breaking compliance with the international accord that kept it from making nuclear weapons; the announcement meant that Iran could soon start to enrich uranium to just a step away from weapons-grade levels. The Trump administration followed Iran’s announcement by ordering 1,000 more troops to the Middle East.
2021 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, left intact the entire Affordable Care Act, rejecting the latest major Republican-led effort to kill the national health care law known as "Obamacare."
Birthdays
24 - Odessa A'zion (actress)
27 - KJ Apa (actor)
37 - Kendrick Lamar (rapper)
38 - Marie Avgeropoulos (actress/model)
41 - Mickey Guyton (singer)
42 - Jodie Whittaker (actress)
42 - Arthur Darvill (actor)
44 - Venus Williams (tennis player)
53 - Paulina Rubio (singer)
54 - Will Forte (actor/comedian)
58 - Jason Patric (actor)
59 - Dan Jansen (speed skater)
59 - Kami Cotler (actress)
61 - Greg Kinnear (actor)
64 - Thomas Haden Church (actor)
67 - Jon Gries (actor)
70 - Mark Linn-Baker (actor)
73 - Joe Piscopo (comedian)
81 - Barry Manilow (singer)
92 - Peter Lupus (actor)
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Today in Sports History - June 17
1880 - Providence Grays pitcher John M. Ward throws a perfect game beating the Buffalo Bisons, 5-0; the second perfect game in the National League in six days (the next perfect game in the National League would not occur for another 84 years.)
1960 - Ted Williams hits his 500th career home run.
1962 - Brazil defeats Czechoslovakia 3-1 to win the World Cup.
1962 - Jack Nicklaus wins his first major, with a three-stroke victory over Arnold Palmer in the U.S. Open after an 18-hole playoff.
1976 - The NBA and ABA announced their plans to merge, with the NBA accepting four ABA franchises (New Jersey Nets, Indianus Pacers, Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs).
1992 - In a blockbuster NBA trade, the Philadelphia 76ers trade Charles Barkley to the Phoenix Suns.
1997 - The NHL announces expansion franchises in Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999) and in Minneapolis and Columbus, Ohio in 2000.
2008 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in six games to win the NBA championship.
2012 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. won at the Michigan International Speedway. It was his first win in four years and 143 races.
2018 - Brooks Koepka becomes the first back-to-back U.S Open champion since 1988-1989 (Curtis Strange).
