Page 3: Historical Events In June - 17
Thursday, 30 January 2025
1855 On this day in history fritz Steinbach, composer
1856 On this day in history republican Party opens its first national convention in Philadelphia
1856 Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia on June - 17.
1858 Eben Sumner Draper, (Gov-MA) on this day in history.
1861 On this day in history battle of Boonville, MI-Brig General Lyon defeats Confederate forces
1861 Sidney James Jones, composer on June - 17.
1862 Charles J Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49 on June - 17.
1863 Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back the Union in Virginia on June - 17.
1863 Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer) on June - 17.
1863 On June - 17 battle at Middleburg Virginia
1863 On June - 17 isham W Garrott, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1864 -18] Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia on this day in history.
1867 On June - 17 john Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor (shorthand)
1870 On this day in history uSS Mohican burns Mexican pirate ship Forward
1870 George Cormack, cereal inventor (Wheaties) on this day in history.
1871 On June - 17 james Weldon Johnson, lawyer (1st black admitted to Florida Bar)
1874 On this day in history grant Mitchell, Columbus OH, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner)
1875 Philipp A Kohnstamm, philosopher/theorist (Mensch & World) on June - 17.
1876 On this day in history 1st to hit 2 HRs; & score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's)
1877 On this day in history indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon
1878 On June - 17 albert Thomas, French socialist politician
1880 On June - 17 john Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo
1880 On this day in history carl Van Fight, US author/critic (Red, Nigger Heaven)
1882 On this day in history the birth of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor
1882 Tornado kills 130 in Iowa on June - 17.
1882 On June - 17 igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [NS]
1883 On June - 17 alexandre Cellier, composer
1884 On this day in history christina C Bakker-van Bosse, feminist/pacifist
1885 Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere' on this day in history.
1885 On this day in history gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies
1888 Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer on this day in history.
1894 On this day in history 1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont
1895 On June - 17 uS Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan
1895 On June - 17 slavko Osterc, composer
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