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06/17/1818
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Charles Francois Gounod, Paris France, opera composer (Faust)
Type: Birth
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06/17/1823
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John Henry Hobart Ward, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
Type: Birth
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06/17/1824
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Bureau of Indian Affairs established
Type: Event
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06/17/1828
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Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian
Type: Birth
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06/17/1830
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Rochard Montgomery Gano, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1913
Type: Birth
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06/17/1832
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William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe, thallium)
Type: Birth
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06/17/1837
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Vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863
Type: Birth
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06/17/1837
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Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent
Type: Event
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06/17/1838
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Chattopadhyaya/Bankim Chandra, Bengalese writer (Monastery of Delight)
Type: Birth
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06/17/1838
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Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Kapala-Kundala)
Type: Birth
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06/17/1845
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Hendrik P Staal, Dutch banker
Type: Birth
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06/17/1850
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Paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die)
Type: Event
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06/17/1855
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Fritz Steinbach, composer
Type: Birth
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06/17/1855
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Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed
Type: Event
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06/17/1856
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Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia
Type: Event
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06/17/1858
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Eben Sumner Draper, (Gov-MA)
Type: Birth
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06/17/1861
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Battle of Boonville, MI-Brig General Lyon defeats Confederate forces
Type: Event
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06/17/1861
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Sidney James Jones, composer
Type: Birth
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06/17/1862
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Charles J Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49
Type: Death
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06/17/1863
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Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia
Type: Event
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06/17/1863
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Battle at Middleburg Virginia
Type: Event
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06/17/1863
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Isham W Garrott, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
Type: Death
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06/17/1863
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Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta
Type: Event
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06/17/1863
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Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer)
Type: Event
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06/17/1864
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Skirmish at Mud Creek/Noyes's (Nose) Creek, Georgia
Type: Event
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06/17/1864
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-18] Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia
Type: Event
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06/17/1864
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General John B Hood replaces General Johnston
Type: Event
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06/17/1864
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640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished
Type: Event
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06/17/1867
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John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor (shorthand)
Type: Birth
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06/17/1870
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George Cormack, cereal inventor (Wheaties)
Type: Birth
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06/17/1871
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James Weldon Johnson, lawyer (1st black admitted to Florida Bar)
Type: Birth
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06/17/1871
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Nicolae Iorga, writer/poet/literature historian/pres of Romania
Type: Birth
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06/17/1874
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Grant Mitchell, Columbus OH, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner)
Type: Birth
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06/17/1875
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Philipp A Kohnstamm, philosopher/theorist (Mensch and World)
Type: Birth
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06/17/1876
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Battle of Rosebud/Battle Where Girl Saved Her Brother
Type: Event
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06/17/1876
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1st to hit 2 HRs; and score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's)
Type: Event
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06/17/1878
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Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
Type: Birth
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06/17/1880
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John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo
Type: Event
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06/17/1880
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Carl Van Fight, US author/critic (Red, Nigger Heaven)
Type: Birth
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06/17/1880
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Russell Simpson, actor (Abraham Lincoln)
Type: Birth
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06/17/1882
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Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [NS]
Type: Birth
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06/17/1882
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Tornado kills 130 in Iowa
Type: Event
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06/17/1883
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Alexandre Cellier, composer
Type: Birth
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06/17/1884
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Christina C Bakker-van Bosse, feminist/pacifist
Type: Birth
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06/17/1885
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Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere'
Type: Event
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06/17/1885
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Gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies
Type: Death
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06/17/1888
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Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer
Type: Birth
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06/17/1894
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1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont
Type: Event
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06/17/1895
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Slavko Osterc, composer
Type: Birth
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06/17/1895
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Louise Fazenda, Lafayette IN, actress/com‚dienne (Almost an actress)
Type: Birth
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