Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: June 17
June 17, 2025 is the 168th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 197 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Gemini is your zodiac sign. Pearl is your modern birthstone. Moonstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: June 17
- 1497 –Battle of Deptford Bridge – forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
- 1877 –Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon – the Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
- 1898 –The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
- 1933 –Union Station Massacre: in Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
- 1940 –The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
- 1958 –The wooden roller coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada opens. It is still open today.
- 1963 –A day after South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem announced the Joint Communique to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.
- 1963 –The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord’s Prayer in public schools.
- 1987 –With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
- 1992 –A “joint understanding” agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
Who were born on June 17?
- 1900 –Martin Bormann, German Nazi official (d. 1945)
- 1930 –Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000)
- 1945 –Art Bell, American radio broadcaster and author
- 1951 –Joe Piscopo, American actor
- 1955 –Gail Jones, Australian author
- 1957 –Phil Chevron, Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter (The Pogues, The Radiators From Space)
- 1958 –Jello Biafra, American singer (Dead Kennedys) and activist
- 1964 –Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver
- 1985 –Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 –Jordan Henderson, English footballer
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