Born on June 17
June 17 birthdays & history
If you were born on June 17, you share a birthday with Igor Stravinsky, Venus Williams and M. C. Escher. June 17 babies are Gemini, with pearl as their birthstone and the rose as their birth flower. June 17 is the 169th day of the year in leap years (168th in other years).
Famous people born on June 17
- 1882Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1980Venus Williams, American tennis player
- 1898M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator
- 1942Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian politician, Vice President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1818Charles Gounod, French composer and academic
- 1929Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player
- 1990Jordan Henderson, English footballer
- 1987Kendrick Lamar, American rapper
- 1960Thomas Haden Church, American actor
- 1945Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist and sportscaster
What happened on June 17
- 1397The kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway formed the Kalmar Union, a personal union under Eric of Pomerania.
- 1579Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.
- 1885The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
- 1901The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
- 1910Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
- 1930U.S. president Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law.
- 1944Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
- 1952Guatemalan Revolution: The Guatemalan Congress passed Decree 900, redistributing unused land greater than 224 acres (0.91 km2) in area to local peasants.
- 1952Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
- 1960The 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.
- 1963The 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.
- 1985Space 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.
Also observed on June 17
- Father's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala)
- Icelandic National Day, celebrates the independence of Iceland from Kingdom of Denmark in 1944.
- Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)
Questions, answered
What star sign is June 17?
People born on June 17 are Gemini. Their birthstone is pearl and their birth flower is the rose.
Which famous people were born on June 17?
Igor Stravinsky (1882), Venus Williams (1980), M. C. Escher (1898), Mohamed ElBaradei (1942), Charles Gounod (1818), Tigran Petrosian (1929) were all born on June 17.
What happened on June 17 in history?
Among other things: in 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; in 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; in 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.
Can I get a newspaper front page from June 17?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any June 17 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “June 17”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.