History for June 17 - On-This-Day.com
John Hersey (John Richard Hersey) 1914 - Writer, journalist, Newt Gingrich (Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich) 1943 - Politician, historian, author, Barry Manilow 1946 - Musician
Joe Piscopo (Joseph Charles John "Joe" Piscopo) 1951 - Comedian, actor, Greg Kinnear 1963 - Actor, television personality, Venus Williams 1980 - Tennis player
1775 - The British took Bunker Hill outside of Boston.
1854 - The Red Turban revolt broke out in Guangdong, China.
1856 - The Republican Party opened its first national convention in Philadelphia.
1876 - General George Crook’s command was attacked and defeated on the Rosebud River by 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne under the leadership of Crazy Horse.
1924 - The Fascist militia marched into Rome.
1930 - The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill became law. It placed the highest tariff on imports to the U.S.
1940 - The Soviet Union occupied Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
1944 - The republic of Iceland was established.
1950 - Dr. Richard H. Lawler performed the first kidney transplant in a 45-minute operation in Chicago, IL.
1969 - Boris Spasky became chess champion of the world after checkmating former champion Tigran Petrosian in Moscow.
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