383 Historic Events for June 17
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| 1864 |
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-18] Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia
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| 1864 |
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General John B Hood replaces General Johnston
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| 1864 |
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640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished
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| 1867 |
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John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor (shorthand)
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| 1870 |
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George Cormack, cereal inventor (Wheaties)
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| 1871 |
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James Weldon Johnson, lawyer (1st black admitted to Florida Bar)
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| 1871 |
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Nicolae Iorga, writer/poet/literature historian/pres of Romania
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| 1874 |
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Grant Mitchell, Columbus OH, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner)
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| 1875 |
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Philipp A Kohnstamm, philosopher/theorist (Mensch and World)
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| 1876 |
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Battle of Rosebud/Battle Where Girl Saved Her Brother
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| 1876 |
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1st to hit 2 HRs; and score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's)
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| 1878 |
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Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
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| 1880 |
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John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo
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| 1880 |
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Carl Van Fight, US author/critic (Red, Nigger Heaven)
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Russell Simpson, actor (Abraham Lincoln)
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| 1882 |
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Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [NS]
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| 1882 |
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Tornado kills 130 in Iowa
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| 1883 |
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Alexandre Cellier, composer
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| 1884 |
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Christina C Bakker-van Bosse, feminist/pacifist
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| 1885 |
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Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere'
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| 1885 |
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Gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer
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| 1894 |
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1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Slavko Osterc, composer
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Louise Fazenda, Lafayette IN, actress/com‚dienne (Almost an actress)
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