Talk:June 17

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June 17: Icelandic National Day 1462 – Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia (pictured) attacked an Ottoman camp at night in an attempt to assassinate Mehmed II. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston. 1789 – French Revolution: The Third Estate of France declared itself the National Assembly. 1953 – In Berlin, the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany and the Volkspolizei violently suppressed an uprising against the East German government. 1972 – Watergate scandal: Five men were arrested for stealing from the offices of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate complex. More events: June 16 – June 17 – June 18 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 12:40, June 14, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Entry for the arrival of Statue of Liberty to New York harbor must have been duplicated (June 17 and June 19) - one is supposed to be a fallacy while another is true. --PuzzletChung

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• 1776 - American Revolutionary War: American invasion of Quebec ends.

Sounds odd since the CC didn't approve of the invasion until the 27th. [1]

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• 1856 - The United States Republican Party holds its first political convention, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (they will eventually nominate John C. Fremont as their first Presidential candidate).

Nope - was on July 6, 1854 (already at those articles). --mav

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• 1903 - Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.

Nope - was the day before. --mav 04:25, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Moved to June 14:

• 1967 - The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.[2]

See ref. --mav 04:25, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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• 1917 - Lena Horne, singer. Lena Horne's Birthday is June 30th.