Page 5: Historical Events In June - 17
Friday, 09 May 2025
1924 Gotthold Gloger, writer on this day in history.
1928 On June - 17 amelia Earhart leaves Nfld to become first woman to fly the Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz)
1928 Amelia Earhart leaves Nfld to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz) on this day in history.
1928 On June - 17 ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (Virulo, mocedades), dies
1930 Bradman scores 131 in the 1st Test cricket at Trent Bridge on this day in history.
1932 On this day in history oil tanker Cymbeline explodes in Montreal, Canada
1933 Kansas City Massacre: 1 FBI agent, 4 cops & 1 gangster killed by mob on June - 17.
1934 The birth of Donald Sutherland, Canadian born film actor on June - 17.
1936 On June - 17 himmler is appointed chief of the German Police.
1936 Kenneth Loach, TV director (Singing the Blues in Red), dies on June - 17.
1937 Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in NY on June - 17.
1938 On June - 17 japan declares war on China
1938 H V "Ranji" Hordern, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia 1910-12, dies on June - 17.
1939 Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre on June - 17.
1939 On June - 17 eugene Weldman, last guillotined in France
1940 On June - 17 chief of Naval Operations asks Congress for money to build two-ocean Navy
1940 France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II on this day in history.
1941 On June - 17 johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 78
1942 HMS WILD SWAN, sunk in the North Atlantic off south west Ireland (c 50-00'N, 11-00'W) - by German Ju88 bombers on June - 17.
1942 The first WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast) on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast)
1943 On this day in history player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs
1944 On this day in history iceland becomes an independent republic
1944 Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history -19] French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba
1945 On June - 17 australians land at Weston, North Borneo
1945 On this day in history day of Unity in West Germany (National Day)
1946 SW Bell innaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St Louis on this day in history.
1946 War crime trial of Emperor Hirohito of Japan begins on this day in history.
1946 On this day in history sW Bell inaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St Louis
1947 On this day in history 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves NYC
1948 On this day in history joe Cronin pinch hit HRs in both ends of a doubleheader
1950 On June - 17 the first kidney transplant (Chicago)
1950 1st kidney transplant (Chicago) on June - 17.
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