383 Historic Events for June 17
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Stringbean, [David Akeman], Ky, banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw)
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| 1916 |
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1st national congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java
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| 1916 |
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US troops under Gen Pershing march into Mexico
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Einar Englund, composer
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Dean Martin, Steubenville Ohio, singer/actor (with Jerry Lewis)
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| 1917 |
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British king George V takes the name Windsor
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| 1918 |
Death |
Derek Barber, CEO (Countryside Commission), dies
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Maldwyn Thomas, president (Welsh Liberal Party)
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| 1919 |
Event |
"Barney Google" cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premieres
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Antonius C "Ton" Lutz, Dutch actor/director (Lucifer)
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Galina Ivanova Ustvol'skaya, composer
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Kingman Brewster, college president (Yale)
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Max Dendermonde, [Henk Hazelhoff], Dutch literary
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| 1920 |
Event |
Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Anti-revolution law
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Fran‡ois Jacob, France, biologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1965)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Patrick Duffy, MP
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Beryl Reid, actress (Joseph Andrews, Psychomania, Yellowbeard)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Herbert Kelsey Jones, composer
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Paul Schallck, German writer (Don Quixote in Cologne)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Jerry Fielding, Pitts Pa, composer (Lively Ones, Hogan's Heroes)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, AAFC, NFL halfback, end (LA Rams)
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Henk J Hoekstra, president (Dutch Communist Party)
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Gotthold Gloger, writer
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Althea T L Simmons, human rights activist/chief lobbyist (NAACP)
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