June 17 - June 17 June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1579 - Sir Francis Drake claims California for England 1775 - American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Bunker Hill is fought 1776 - American invasion of Quebec ends 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) 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor 1903 - Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage 1930 - President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff into.
January 17 - January 17 January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 348 days remaining (349 in leap years) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1562 - Huguenots were recognized under the Edict of St. Germain. 1773 - Captain James Cook becomes the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle. 1781 - Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina. 1819 - Simon Bolivar proclaims the Republic of Colombia. 1852 - United Kingdom recognizes independence of the Transvaal. 1873 - First Battle of the Stronghold in the US Modoc War 1893 - American sugar planters overthrow the government.
June - June simple:June June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. June is named for the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter. Events in June: The solstice occurs around the 21st of this month, although it may occur on either the 20 or 22. It is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere. Midsummer is celebrated in Sweden on the third Friday in June. Father's Day is celebrated in the USA on the third Sunday in June. Gay pride celebrations in many countries in honor of the Stonewall riots The majority of the Portland Rose Festival occurs June begins on a unique day of the week each year. See Also: January, February,.
June 27 - June 27 June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 187 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the battle of Poltava 1759 - General James Wolfe starts siege of Quebec 1893 - Crash of the New York stock market 1905 - Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin 1950 - United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War 1953 - Joseph Laniel becomes Prime Minister of France 1954 - World's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow 1957 - Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas 1962 -.
June 12 - June 12 June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1099 - Crusade leaders visit the Mount of Olives, where they meet a hermit who urges them to assault Jerusalem 1381 - Peasants' Revolt, England - rebels arrive at Blackheath 1442 - Alfonso V of Aragon is crowned King of Naples 1665 - England installs a municipal government in New York City. This was the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam 1667 - The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean Baptiste. He successfully transfuses the blood of a sheep to a 15-year old boy. 1758.
June 18 - June 18 June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1778 - American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1812 - The beginning of the War of 1812 -- The United States Congress declares war against United Kingdom 1815 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of France for a second time 1858 - Charles Darwin receives from Alfred Russel Wallace a paper that included nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own. This prompts Darwin to publish his theory. 1873 - Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to.
June 21 - June 21 June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 193 days remaining. June 21 is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, so today is the day of the year with the longest hours of daylight in the northern hemisphere, and the shortest in the southern hemisphere. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and Observances Events 1665 - First soldiers of Le Régiment de Carignan-Salières arrive at Quebec Quebec to invade Iroquois territories. 1734 - In Montreal in New France (today primarily Quebec), a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique, was tortured then hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her.
June 16 - June 16 June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses 1586 - Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir 1654 - Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates 1745 - British troops take Cape Breton Island at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River 1745 - Sir William Pepperell captures the French fortress of Louisburg during the War of the Austrian Succession. 1746 - War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of.
July 17 - July 17 July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 167 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa, executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. 1762 - Catherine II becomes tzar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia. 1771 - Massacre at Bloody Falls: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his arctic overland journey, masacre a group of unsuspecting Inuit. 1815 - Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort to British forces. 1867 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the Harvard.
June 2002 - June 2002 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for June, 2002. See also: Afghanistan timeline June 2002 Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 June 27, 2002 2 June 26, 2002 3 June 22, 2002 4 June 20, 2002 5 June 17, 2002 6 June 15, 2002 7 June 14, 2002 8 June 11, 2002 9 June 10, 2002 10 June 8, 2002 11 June 6, 2002 12 June 5, 2002 June 27, 2002 Accountancy scandals - The Securities and Exchange Commission has begun fraud action against WorldCom. Finance - The Euro approaches parity with the United States dollar. June 26, 2002.
June 2003 - June 2003 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for June, 2003. See also: Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 Same-sex marriage in Canada SARS: Timeline Monkeypox Afghanistan timeline June 2003 "Road map" for peace Israeli-Palestinian conflict EU enlargement War in Iraq: Timeline North Korea crisis US v. EU on GM food June 30, 2003 In Irvine, California, a 30 year old man identified as Joseph Hunter Parker kills two supermarket employees with a sword, before being shot to death himself by the police. His victims are identified as John G. Nutting, 60, and Judith Fleming, 55. The event occurred at.
Karl Wolfskehl - Karl Wolfskehl Karl Wolfskehl (September 17, 1869 - June 30 , 1948) was a Jewish-German author who wrote poetry, prose and drama in German. He was active in the circle around Stefan George and emigrated to Switzerland (1933), then to Italy (1934) and ultimately to New Zealand (1938)..
Kaspar von Barth - was born at Küstrin in the province of Brandenburg on the June 21, 1587. He was an extremely precocious child, and was looked upon as a marvel of learning. After studying at Gotha, Eisenach, Wittenberg and Jena, he travelled extensively, visiting most of the countries of Europe. Too independent to accept any regular post, he lived alternately at Halle and on his property at Sellerhausen near Leipzig. In 1636, his library and manuscripts at Sellerhausen having been destroyed by fire, he moved to the Paulinum at Leipzig, where he died on the September 17, 1658. Barth was a very voluminous writer. Of his writings those considered to be most important are: Adversariorum commentariorum in 60 books (Frankfurt 1624, reprinted in 1658), a storehouse of miscellaneous learning, dealing not only with classical.
Kateri Tekakwitha - Tekakwitha Kateri Tekakwitha (1656 - April 17, 1680), the daughter of a Mohawk warrior, was born in Osserneon near present-day Auriesville, New York. At the age of 4, her mother died of smallpox. Tekakwitha was converted and baptized in 1676 by Father Jacques de Lamberville, a Jesuit. Because she was persecuted by her Indian ancestors, she moved to Caughnawaga, Canada where she lived a life dedicated to prayer, penitential practices, and care for the sick and aged. In 1679, she took a vow of chastity. A year later, Kateri Tekakwitha died at the age of 24. She was beatified June 22, 1980 by Pope John Paul II, and is currently awaiting canonization. http://www.kateritekakwitha.org/kateri/ http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintk01.htm http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=154 Kateri Tekakwitha figures prominently as a character in fictional writings by Leonard Cohen (Beautiful Losers) and.
Katharine Graham - Katharine Graham Katharine Graham (June 16, 1917 - July 17, 2001) was the head of The Washington Post newspaper for more than two decades, overseeing its most famous period, the Watergate coverage that helped bring down President Richard Nixon. She has been widely described as one of the most powerful American women of the 20th century. Graham was the subject of one of the most famous threats in modern American political history. It occurred in 1972, when Nixon's Attorney General, John Mitchell, warned reporter Carl Bernstein about a forthcoming article: "Katie Graham's gonna get her tit caught in a big fat wringer if that's published." Graham's father, Eugene Meyer, was a publisher who bought The Washington Post in 1933. She began working for the Post five years later but left.
KC-135 Stratotanker - the first 29 of its future fleet of 732. The first aircraft flew in August 1956 and the initial production Stratotanker was delivered to Castle Air Force Base, California, in June 1957. The last KC-135 was delivered to the Air Force in 1965. Of the original KC-135A's, more than 410 have been modified with new CFM-56 engines produced by CFM-International. The re-engined tanker, designated either the KC-135R or KC-135T, can offload 50 percent more fuel, is 25 percent more fuel efficient, costs 25 percent less to operate and is 96 percent quieter than the KC-135A. Under another modification program, 157 Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard tankers were re-engined with the TF-33-PW-102 engines. The re-engined tanker, designated the KC-135E, is 14 percent more fuel efficient than the KC-135A and can.
KDM Sælen (S323) - electric motor Speed: 10 knots surfaced, 17 knots submerged Complement: 24 officers and men Armament: eight 533mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes, eight torpedoes KDM Sælen (S323), is one of the three Tumleren-class small coastal submarines of the Kongelige Danske Marine (Royal Danish Navy). She was built as a Type 207 submarine by Rheinstahl-Nordseewerke of Emden, Germany in 1965 for the Kongelige Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Navy) and served for 25 years as KNM Uthaug before being purchased by Denmark in 1990. Her international call sign is OUCJ. On 4 December 1990, Sælen sank while being towed from Copenhagen to Aarhus. On 17 December, she was raised by the German floating crane Roland and taken to Aarhus for repair. On 10 August 1993, diving approval was issued and the boat was recommissioned. Sælen.
Ken Livingstone - Ken Livingstone Ken Livingstone (born June 17, 1945), Mayor of London 2000 - present, was born in Lambeth, London. He was Labour MP for Brent East between 1987 and 2001. He is also known as "Red Ken", a tabloid sobriquet, and is famous for his predilection for keeping newts. Livingstone worked for eight years as a cancer research technician and also trained as a teacher. He was elected to the Lambeth borough council in 1971 and served as Vice-Chair of the Housing Committee from 1971 to 1973. (Among his fellow Lambeth councillors was John Major.) He became a Labour member of the Greater London Council in 1973 and served as Vice-Chair of Housing Mangement in 1974-1975. He also served on the Camden council from 1978 to 1982 and unsuccessfully stood for.
Veracruz (state) - PRI = 2 PAN = 1 ISO 3166-2 Postal abbr. MX-VER Ver. The state of Veracruz is one of the 31 states of Mexico. It is located in the eastern part of the country, between 17°10' and 22°38' North and between 93°55' and 98°38' West. It has a mainland area of 72,815 km² and includes several islands in the Gulf of Mexico totalling another 58 km². Veracruz borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north, Oaxaca and Chiapas to the south, Tabasco to the southeast, Puebla, Hidalgo, and San Luis Potosi to the west, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Its capital is Xalapa. With 6.9 million inhabitants, the state of Veracruz is the third most populous in the nation, after the Federal District and the state of México..
Ken Loach - Ken Loach Kenneth Loach (born June 17, 1936 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire and usually credited as Ken Loach) is a British film director. In December 2003, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Birmingham. Filmography Z Cars (1962) TV Series Diary of a Young Man (1964) (TV) 3 Clear Sundays (1965) (TV) Up the Junction (1965) (TV) The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965) (TV) Coming Out Party (1965) (TV) Cathy Come Home (1966) (TV) (as Kenneth Loach) In Two Minds (1967) (TV) Poor Cow (1967) The Golden Vision (1968) (TV) The Big Flame (1969) (TV) Kes (1969) (as Kenneth Loach) The Rank and the File (1971) (TV; part of the Play for Today series) The Save the Children Fund Film (1971) Family Life (1971) After a Lifetime (1971) (TV).
