Also on June 17
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Awal Muharam (MY)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2017 — A series of wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others. ↗
- 2015 — Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. ↗
- 1994 — Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her... ↗
- 1992 — A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this... ↗
- 1991 — Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South... ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1994 — Amari Cooper, American football player
- 1992 — Ryan Allsop, English footballer
- 1991 — Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
- 1990 — Jordan Henderson, English footballer
- 1990 — Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player