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Events on June 17

• 1789 In the Estates-General convened by King Louis XVI, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly, an act of the pre-revolution in France.
• 1885 The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France to the USA, arrives in New York Harbor.
• 1901 In Berlin, the Second Orthographic Conference begins, with Konrad Duden participating in deliberations on the uniformity of German spelling. At the end of the conference, the participants agree on an official set of rules for use by the authorities.
• 1934 The Frankfurter Zeitung prints the regime-critical Marburg speech, delivered the same day by German Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen, in its evening edition. This issue is seized, and any further publication of the text is prohibited by Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels.
• 1953 Dissatisfaction with the ruling regime leads to the popular uprising in the GDR, which is put down by the German People's Police and Soviet troops. At least 55 people die, and about 1600 are sentenced to prison terms.
• 1954 Drawing on the events of the previous year, German Unity Day is celebrated for the first time in West Germany. Until 1990, June 17 remains a national holiday.
• 1961 The Kahl Nuclear Power Plant is connected to the public power grid as the first nuclear power plant in Germany.
• 1970 During the football World Cup in Mexico, the “Century Match” between Italy and Germany takes place in the Azteca Stadium. Italy wins the semifinal 4:3 after extra time.
• 1972 Five men are arrested for a break-in at the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building in Washington, D.C. The Watergate scandal begins.
• 1985 The Space Shuttle Discovery launches into low Earth orbit on mission STS-51-G. With Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as payload specialist, the first Arab space traveler is on board. The Saudi Arabian prince has since been NASA's youngest astronaut.
• 1994 American football star O. J. Simpson is arrested on suspicion of murder.
• 1999 The American science fiction film The Matrix opens in German cinemas.

Born on June 17

• 1882 Igor Stravinsky, Russian-French-American composer, exponent of New Music
• 1900 Martin Bormann, German head of the NSDAP Party Chancellery, war criminal
• 1900 Hermann Reutter, German composer and pianist
• 1920 François Jacob, French microbiologist
• 1950 Thomas Freitag, German cabaret artist
• 1952 Matteo Thun, Italian designer
• 1960 Gayle Tufts, German music cabaret artist and comedy entertainer with American roots
• 1980 Venus Williams, American tennis player
• 1990 Clarissa Corrêa da Silva, German television presenter and editor
• 2002 Lisa und Lena, German web video producers

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „17. Juni“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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