Talk:June 17

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June 17: Mumtaz Mahal 1579 – Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England. 1631 – Mumtaz Mahal (pictured), wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. 1919 – Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, leading to the death of a British police officer. 1952 – Guatemalan Revolution: The Guatemalan Congress passed Decree 900, redistributing unused land greater than 224 acres (0.91 km2) in area to local peasants. M. C. Escher (b. 1898) Richard Gagnon (b. 1948) Amari Cooper (b. 1994) Mohamed Morsi (d. 2019) More anniversaries: June 16 June 17 June 18

Statue of Liberty

Entry for the arrival of Statue of Liberty to New York harbor must have been duplicated (June 17 and June 19) - one is supposed to be a fallacy while another is true. --PuzzletChung

Moved/removed

Removed:

• 1776 - American Revolutionary War: American invasion of Quebec ends.

Sounds odd since the CC didn't approve of the invasion until the 27th. [1]

Removed:

• 1856 - The United States Republican Party holds its first political convention, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (they will eventually nominate John C. Fremont as their first Presidential candidate).

Nope - was on July 6, 1854 (already at those articles). --mav

Moved to June 16:

• 1903 - Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.

Nope - was the day before. --mav 04:25, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Moved to June 14:

• 1967 - The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.[2]

See ref. --mav 04:25, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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• 1917 - Lena Horne, singer. Lena Horne's Birthday is June 30th.

Matthew Bellamy

Question, why is Matthew Bellamy of Muse here when it's listed on his wiki page that his birthday was June 9th? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.162.131.174 (talk) 22:45, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Edit request from 173.31.122.80, 17 June 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} add birth: Art Bell, 1945, American radio broadcaster and author

173.31.122.80 (talk) 12:51, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Done Favonian (talk) 13:47, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

On 17 June 1917 Greece entered the first world war against Germany, Turkey and other bastard nations

On 17 June 1917 Greece entered the first world war against Germany, Turkey and other bastard nations 85.58.245.87 (talk) 14:32, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Holidays and observances

I would like to remove the mention of Bunker Hill Day as it is a local holiday and doesn't even have a dedicated article page. --Jarash (talk) 06:53, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Consider it done.--Rochelimit (talk) 20:12, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Source!

@Toddst1:, you reverted my edit because of "No source"! In fact, the sources are listed in the article, and it is not suitable to add these sources here. So please revert your edit. Thanks. --Dr-Taher (talk) 04:58, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

@Dr-Taher: Did you read the edit notice on the page? Only entries with sources on this page are being accepted. Toddst1 (talk) 00:31, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Holidays and O bservations remembrance of East Germany

this WAS a day, but is no longer, and should not be mentioned here.--2607:FEA8:D5DF:1AF0:91:E984:EBBC:5E49 (talk) 09:10, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

"2007-06-17 (June 17, 2007)" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect 2007-06-17 (June 17, 2007) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 October 25 § 2007-06-17 (June 17, 2007) until a consensus is reached. Cremastra (u — c) 20:01, 25 October 2024 (UTC)