Hisdates•Com
HomePage 7: Historical Events In June - 17
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
1973 Luis Van Rooten, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 66. 
1974 Pamela Britton, actress (Blondie, My Favorite Martian), dies at 50.
1975 Voters in Northern Mariana Is approve commonwealth status with US
1978 Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 68.
1979 Lou Frizzel, actor (Dusty Rhoades-Bonanza), dies at 58.
1980 C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2586 Matson
1982 Pres Reagan inaugural UN Gen Assembly address ("evil empire" speech)
1982 President Galtieri steps down after leading Argentina to defeat in the Falklands War with Britian.
1983 Eelco N van Kleffens, Dutch min of Foreign affairs 1939-46, dies at 88.
1984 Chet Allen, actor (Jerry-Bonino, Slats-Troubleshooter), dies at 51
1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched.
1985 Piet De Somer, Belgian rector of University of Louvain, dies at 67
1986 Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger steps down Antonin Scalia nominated
1986 Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 75.
1987 Dick Howser, mgr (NY Yankees and KC Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51.
1988 Bruce Springsteen seperates from Juliette Phillips
1988 In this year, Microsoft releases MS DOS 4.0 (think Windows).
1988 The Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens.
1989 US beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup.
1989 John Matusek, NFLer (Oak Raider)/actor, dies of a heart attack at 38
1990 Dick Elffers, graphic artist, dies.
1991 Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78
1992 Dewey Balfa, bayou fiddler, dies at 65
1993 Angus Suttie, English potter, dies of AIDS at 46
1994 Joeri Nagibin, Russian screenwriter (Babje Karstvo), dies at 74.
1995 Claire Sterling, journalist, dies at 75
2005 A 6.7 aftershock, which followed a 5.3 earthquake the previous day, hits California making it the fourth earthquake since June 12 in California. (California earthquakes of June 205)
2005 Because of "quadruple-witching" options and futures expiration, the New York Stock Exchange sees the heaviest inaugural-hour trading on record. 704 million shares were traded between 9:30-10:30 A.M. 1.92 billion shares were traded for the day.
2012 In this year, France's Socialist Party claims a majority in the legislative election.
2017 Forest fires in Pedrógão Grande, Portugal begin, kill 62 people, more than 1600 firefighters fight 156 fires
2017 Bill Cosby trial for aggravated indecent assault declared a mistrial after jurors couldn't reach a verdict
2017 Collision at sea between U.S.S. Fitzgerald and ACX Crystal, a Philippine cargo ship results in the deaths of 7 US sailors in Japanese waters.
2018 In this year, US Open Golf, Shinnecock Hills GC: Brooks Koepka claims by 1 from Tommy Fleetwood for inaugural back-to-back Open titles since 1988-89 (Curtis Strange)
2018 "The Incredibles 2" sets a box office record for an animated release, earning $180 million its opening weekend.
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »
