Famous Birthdays — June 17 — Elena Rybakina & More

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FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

100 famous birthdays born on this day

Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina

Kazakhstani tennis player

Barry Manilow

🇺🇸Barry Manilow

American singer

Edward I

🇬🇧Edward I

King of England from 1272 to 1307

Art Bell

1945🐓Rooster

🇺🇸Art Bell

American broadcaster and author

Charles XII of Sweden

🇸🇪Charles XII of Sweden

King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718

Daniel Tupou

🇦🇺Daniel Tupou

Australia & Tonga international rugby league footballer

Clément Lenglet

🇫🇷Clément Lenglet

French footballer

Arthur Darvill

🇬🇧Arthur Darvill

English actor, composer, and musician

Alexander Shulgin

🇺🇸Alexander Shulgin

American chemist and recreational drug explorer

Amari Cooper

🇺🇸Amari Cooper

American football player

Alex (footballer, born June 1982)

🇧🇷Alex (footballer, born June 1982)

Brazilian association football player

Dave Concepción

🇻🇪Dave Concepción

Venezuelan baseball player

Beryl Reid

🇬🇧Beryl Reid

British actress

Carl Van Vechten

🇺🇸Carl Van Vechten

American writer and photographer

Bobby Farrelly

🇺🇸Bobby Farrelly

American filmmaker

Burt Rutan

🇺🇸Burt Rutan

American aerospace engineer

Chris Spedding

🇬🇧Chris Spedding

Musical artist

Charles Gounod

🇫🇷Charles Gounod

French composer

Christopher Allport

🇺🇸Christopher Allport

American actor

Ajahn Chah

🇹🇭Ajahn Chah

Buddhist monk of Thai Forest Tradition

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📅 On This Day

American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.

American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.

American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.

🕊️Remembering

Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar

Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (born 1742)

Bolesław I the Brave

Bolesław I the Brave, Polish king (born 967)

🌍Holidays & Observances

Father's Day

Father's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala)

Botolph of Thorney

Christian feast day: Botolph (England and Scandinavia)

Albert Chmielowski

Christian feast day: Albert Chmielowski

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📅 On This Day

American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.

American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.

🕊️Remembering

Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar

Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (born 1742)

Bolesław I the Brave

Bolesław I the Brave, Polish king (born 967)

🌍Holidays & Observances

Father's Day

Father's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala)

Botolph of Thorney

Christian feast day: Botolph (England and Scandinavia)

Albert Chmielowski

Christian feast day: Albert Chmielowski

Clementa C. Pinckney

Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (born 1973)

2015

Boulting brothers

John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1913)

Basil Hume

Basil Hume, English cardinal (born 1923)

Ashikaga Yoshiteru

Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shōgun (born 1536)

David, Earl of Huntingdon

David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon

Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham

Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (born 1726)

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Hypatius of Bithynia

Christian feast day: Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)

Gondulphus of Berry

Christian feast day: Gondulphus of Berry

Saint Hervé

Christian feast day: Hervé

Rainerius

Christian feast day: Rainerius

Samuel Barnett (reformer)

Christian feast day: Samuel and Henrietta Barnett (Church of England)

June 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: June 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Icelandic National Day

Icelandic National Day, celebrates the independence of Iceland from Kingdom of Denmark in 1944.

June 2017 Portugal wildfires

National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Forest Fires (Portugal)

Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day

Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day (Latvia)

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (international)

Zemla Intifada

Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

Clementa C. Pinckney

Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (born 1973)

2015

Boulting brothers

John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1913)

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Hypatius of Bithynia

Christian feast day: Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)