June 17 - The Day in History

June 17 : General Interest 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives On this day in 1885, the dismantled State of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of America, arrives in New York Harbor after being shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in 350 individual pieces packed in more than 200 cases... read more American Revolution 1775 : Battle of Bunker Hill begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-bunker-hill-begins Automotive 1994 : O.J. Simpson leads L.A. police on a high-speed chase http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oj-simpson-leads-la-police-on-a-high-speed-chase Civil War 1837 : Union Colonel Strong Vincent is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/union-colonel-strong-vincent-is-born Cold War 1953 : Soviets crush antigovernment riots in East Berlin http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-crush-antigovernment-riots-in-east-berlin Crime 1972 : Nixon's re-election employees are arrested for burglary http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixons-re-election-employees-are-arrested-for-burglary Disaster 1958 : Bridge collapses, killing workers http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bridge-collapses-killing-workers General Interest 1579 : Drake claims California for England http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/drake-claims-california-for-england 1775 : The Battle of Bunker Hill http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-bunker-hill 1940 : France to surrender http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/france-to-surrender 1972 : Watergate burglars arrested http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/watergate-burglars-arrested 1994 : O.J. Simpson arrested after flight from justice http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oj-simpson-arrested-after-flight-from-justice Hollywood 2008 : Cyd Charisse dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cyd-charisse-dies Literary 1972 : Watergate break-ins set the stage for All the President's Men http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/watergate-break-ins-set-the-stage-for-all-the-presidents-men Music 1989 : New Kids on the Block land at the top of the pops http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-kids-on-the-block-land-at-the-top-of-the-pops Old West 1876 : Indians hammer U.S. soldiers at the Battle of the Rosebud http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/indians-hammer-us-soldiers-at-the-battle-of-the-rosebud Presidential 1943 : FDR's secretary of war stifles Truman's inquiry into suspicious defense plant http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdrs-secretary-of-war-stifles-trumans-inquiry-into-suspicious-defense-plant Sports 1954 : Marciano beats Charles http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marciano-beats-charles Vietnam War 1969 : North Vietnamese reoccupy Ap Bia Mountain http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-reoccupy-ap-bia-mountain 1972 : Watergate burglars arrested http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/arrests-made-in-watergate World War I 1917 : Portuguese army sees first action in Flanders http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/portuguese-army-sees-first-action-in-flanders World War II 1940 : British and Allied troops continue the evacuation of France, as Churchill reassures his countrymen http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-and-allied-troops-continue-the-evacuation-of-france-as-churchill-reassures-his-countrymen

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