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
- 1462 –Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
- 1579 –Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
- 1631 –Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
- 1773 –Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
- 1944 –Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
- 1948 –A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
- 1971 –President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.
- 1987 –With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
- 1991 –Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
- 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?
- 1909 –Elmer Lee Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004)
- 1920 –Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (d. 1981)
- 1930 –Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000)
- 1932 –Peter Lupus, American actor
- 1936 –Ken Loach, British film director
- 1944 –Chris Spedding, British guitarist
- 1966 –Christy Canyon, American pornographic actress
- 1973 –Krayzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
- 1973 –Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
- 1978 –Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer
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