Wat gebeurde er op 17 juni? Gebeurtenissen

Q: Wat gebeurde er op 17 juni?

2017 – Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people. 2015 – A white supremacist committed a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people during a prayer service. 2009 – Following a petition, the liberal progressive Czech Pirate Party was officially registered as a political party. 1972 – Five men were arrested for attempted burglary on the offices of the Democratic National Committee, igniting the Watergate scandal that ultimately led to the resignation of US president Richard Nixon more than two years later. 1963 – Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.

Q: Wie werd geboren op 17 juni?

2003 – Rizki Juniansyah, Indonesian weightlifter 2000 – Odessa A'zion, American actress 1999 – Henri Jokiharju, Finnish ice hockey player 1999 – Brianna LaPaglia, American influencer and podcaster 1999 – Elena Rybakina, Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player

Q: Wie stierf op 17 juni?

2021 – Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (born 1924) 2020 – Jean Kennedy Smith, American activist, humanitarian, author and diplomat (United States Ambassador to Ireland, 1993–1998) (born 1928) 2019 – Gloria Vanderbilt, American artist, author actress, fashion designer, heiress and socialite (born 1924) 2019 – Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian professor and politician, first elected president of Egypt after Egyptian revolution (born 1951) 2017 – Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (born 1948)

Wat gebeurde er op 17 juni?

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Uitgelicht

2017 Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.

2015 A white supremacist committed a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people during a prayer service.

2009 Following a petition, the liberal progressive Czech Pirate Party was officially registered as a political party.

1972 Five men were arrested for attempted burglary on the offices of the Democratic National Committee, igniting the Watergate scandal that ultimately led to the resignation of US president Richard Nixon more than two years later.

1963 Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.

1952 Guatemalan Revolution: The Guatemalan Congress passed Decree 900, redistributing unused land greater than 224 acres (0.91 km2) in area to local peasants.

1940 Second World War: RMS Lancastria was sunk by German aircraft near Saint-Nazaire, France, causing thousands of fatalities in Britain's worst maritime disaster.

1919 Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, leading to the death of a British police officer.

Gebeurtenissen op 17 juni

2000 – 2099

2021

Juneteenth National Independence Day is signed into law by President Joe Biden, to become the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.

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.

1900 – 1999

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 friend Ronald Goldman.

1992

A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. president George Bush and Russian president Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).

1991

Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.

1989

Interflug Flight 102 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Berlin Schönefeld Airport, killing 21 people.

1987

With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.

1985

Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.

1972

Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee during an attempt by members of the administration of President Richard M. Nixon to illegally wiretap the political opposition as part of a broader campaign to subvert the democratic process.

1971

U.S. president Richard Nixon in a televised press conference calls drug abuse "America's public enemy number one", starting the war on drugs.

1967

Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.

1963

The United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.

1963

A day after South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.

1960

The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.

1958

The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing 18 ironworkers and injuring others.

1953

Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.

1952

Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.

1948

United Air Lines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.

1944

Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.

Geboren op 17 juni

2000 – 2099

2003

Rizki Juniansyah, Indonesian weightlifter

2000

Odessa A'zion, American actress

1900 – 1999

1999

Henri Jokiharju, Finnish ice hockey player

1999

Brianna LaPaglia, American influencer and podcaster

1999

Elena Rybakina, Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player

1997

KJ Apa, New Zealand actor

1997

Raluca Șerban, Romanian-Cypriot tennis player

1997

Alexander Bublik, Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player

1995

Clément Lenglet, French footballer

1995

Aoi Morikawa, Japanese actress and model

1995

Michel-Friedrich Schiefler, German politician

1994

Amari Cooper, American football player

1993

Nikita Kucherov, Russian ice hockey player

1991

Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

1990

Jordan Henderson, English footballer

1990

Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player

1989

Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer

1989

Simone Battle, American singer and actress (died 2014)

1988

Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player

1988

Shaun MacDonald, Welsh footballer

Overleden op 17 juni

2000 – 2099

2021

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (born 1924)

2020

Jean Kennedy Smith, American activist, humanitarian, author and diplomat (United States Ambassador to Ireland, 1993–1998) (born 1928)

2019

Gloria Vanderbilt, American artist, author actress, fashion designer, heiress and socialite (born 1924)

2019

Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian professor and politician, first elected president of Egypt after Egyptian revolution (born 1951)

2017

Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (born 1948)

2015

Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (born 1937)

2015

John David Crow, American football player and coach (born 1935)

2015

Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (born 1924)

2015

Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (born 1920)

2015

Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (born 1973)

2014

Patsy Byrne, English actress (born 1933)

2014

Éric Dewailly, Canadian epidemiologist and academic (born 1954)

2014

Stanley Marsh 3, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1938)

2014

Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (born 1923)

2014

Larry Zeidel, Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1928)

2013

Michael Baigent, New Zealand-English theorist and author (born 1948)

2013

Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi playwright and producer (born 1930)

2013

Pierre F. Côté, Canadian lawyer and civil servant (born 1927)

2013

Bulbs Ehlers, American basketball player (born 1923)

2013

James Holshouser, American politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (born 1934)

Feest- en gedenkdagen

Christian feast day: Albert Chmielowski

Christian feast day: Botolph (England and Scandinavia)

Christian feast day: Gondulphus of Berry

Christian feast day: Hervé

Christian feast day: Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)

Christian feast day: Rainerius

Christian feast day: Samuel and Henrietta Barnett (Church of England)

Christian feast day: Theresa of Portugal

Christian feast day: June 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Father's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala)

Icelandic National Day, celebrates the independence of Iceland from Kingdom of Denmark in 1944.

National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Forest Fires (Portugal)

Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day (Latvia)

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (international)

Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

Juni

Vragen over 17 juni

1. Wat gebeurde er op 17 juni?

2017 – Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.
2015 – A white supremacist committed a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people during a prayer service.
2009 – Following a petition, the liberal progressive Czech Pirate Party was officially registered as a political party.
1972 – Five men were arrested for attempted burglary on the offices of the Democratic National Committee, igniting the Watergate scandal that ultimately led to the resignation of US president Richard Nixon more than two years later.
1963 – Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.

2. Wie werd geboren op 17 juni?

2003 – Rizki Juniansyah, Indonesian weightlifter
2000 – Odessa A'zion, American actress
1999 – Henri Jokiharju, Finnish ice hockey player
1999 – Brianna LaPaglia, American influencer and podcaster
1999 – Elena Rybakina, Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player

3. Wie stierf op 17 juni?

2021 – Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (born 1924)
2020 – Jean Kennedy Smith, American activist, humanitarian, author and diplomat (United States Ambassador to Ireland, 1993–1998) (born 1928)
2019 – Gloria Vanderbilt, American artist, author actress, fashion designer, heiress and socialite (born 1924)
2019 – Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian professor and politician, first elected president of Egypt after Egyptian revolution (born 1951)
2017 – Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (born 1948)

4. Wat wordt er op 17 juni gevierd?

Christian feast day: Albert Chmielowski
Christian feast day: Botolph (England and Scandinavia)
Christian feast day: Gondulphus of Berry
Christian feast day: Hervé
Christian feast day: Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)