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| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 17th of June 1462 | EVENT | Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia. |
| 17th of June 1497 | EVENT | Battle of Deptford Bridge : forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof. |
| 17th of June 1565 | EVENT | Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru. |
| 17th of June 1579 | EVENT | Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England. |
| 17th of June 1631 | EVENT | Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend more than 20 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. |
| 17th of June 1673 | EVENT | French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course. |
| 17th of June 1773 | EVENT | Cucuta (Colombia) is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuellar. |
| 17th of June 1775 | EVENT | American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bunker Hill |
| 17th of June 1789 | EVENT | In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly. |
| 17th of June 1839 | EVENT | In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the Edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result. |
| 17th of June 1863 | EVENT | Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War. |
| 17th of June 1876 | EVENT | Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud : 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. |
| 17th of June 1877 | EVENT | Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon : the Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory. |
| 17th of June 1885 | EVENT | The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. |
| 17th of June 1898 | EVENT | The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established. |
| 17th of June 1901 | EVENT | The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT. |
| 17th of June 1910 | EVENT | Aurel Vlaicu performed the first flight of A. Vlaicu nr. 1. |
| 17th of June 1930 | EVENT | U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law. |
| 17th of June 1932 | EVENT | Bonus Army: around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. |
| 17th of June 1933 | EVENT | Union Station Massacre: in Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash. |
| 17th of June 1939 | EVENT | Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison. |
| 17th of June 1940 | EVENT | World War II: Operation Ariel begins : Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation. |
| 17th of June 1940 | EVENT | World War II: sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. |
| 17th of June 1940 | EVENT | The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union. |
| 17th of June 1940 | EVENT | World War II: the British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces. |
| 17th of June 1944 | EVENT | Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic. |
| 17th of June 1948 | EVENT | A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board. |
| 17th of June 1953 | EVENT | East Germany Workers Uprising: in East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion. |
| 17th of June 1958 | EVENT | The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing many of the ironworkers and injuring others. |
| 17th of June 1958 | EVENT | The Wooden Roller Coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada opens. It is still open today. |
| 17th of June 1960 | EVENT | The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued (4 cents/acre) in the 1863 treaty. |
| 17th of June 1961 | EVENT | The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded with the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress. |
| 17th of June 1963 | EVENT | The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools. |
| 17th of June 1963 | EVENT | A day after South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem announced the Joint Communique to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out, killing one. |
| 17th of June 1971 | EVENT | President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs. |
| 17th of June 1972 | EVENT | Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition. |
| 17th of June 1987 | EVENT | With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct. |
| 17th of June 1991 | EVENT | Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth. |
| 17th of June 1992 | EVENT | A 'joint understanding' agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II). |
| 17th of June 1994 | EVENT | Following a televised low-speed highway chase , O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. |
| 17th of June 1239 | BIRTHDAY | King Edward I of England (Edward Longshanks) (d. 1307) |
| 17th of June 1268 | BIRTHDAY | Lord Borchard de Herle, English diplomat (d. 1305) |
| 17th of June 1603 | BIRTHDAY | Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663) |
| 17th of June 1682 | BIRTHDAY | King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718) |
| 17th of June 1691 | BIRTHDAY | Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765) |
| 17th of June 1693 | BIRTHDAY | Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775) |
| 17th of June 1704 | BIRTHDAY | John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780) |
| 17th of June 1714 | BIRTHDAY | Cesar-Francois Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (d. 1784) |
| 17th of June 1714 | BIRTHDAY | Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (d. 1762) |
| 17th of June 1718 | BIRTHDAY | George Howard, British field marshal (d. 1796) |
| 17th of June 1742 | BIRTHDAY | William Hooper, American signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1790) |
| 17th of June 1808 | BIRTHDAY | Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright and linguist (d. 1845) |
| 17th of June 1810 | BIRTHDAY | Ferdinand Freiligrath, German writer (d. 1876) |
| 17th of June 1811 | BIRTHDAY | Jon Sigur?sson, Icelandic independence fighter (d. 1879) |
| 17th of June 1818 | BIRTHDAY | Sophie of Wurttemberg, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1877) |
| 17th of June 1818 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Gounod, French composer (d. 1893) |
| 17th of June 1832 | BIRTHDAY | Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist (d. 1919) |
| 17th of June 1839 | BIRTHDAY | Arthur Tooth, English Anglican clergyman (d. 1931) |
| 17th of June 1858 | BIRTHDAY | Ebenezer Sumner Draper, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914) |
| 17th of June 1861 | BIRTHDAY | Pete Browning, American baseball player (d. 1905) |
| 17th of June 1861 | BIRTHDAY | Omar Bundy, American Army general (d. 1940) |
| 17th of June 1863 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg, Russian-born head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1934) |
| 17th of June 1867 | BIRTHDAY | John Robert Gregg, American inventor (d. 1948) |
| 17th of June 1867 | BIRTHDAY | Flora Finch, British-American silent-film comedienne (d. 1940) |
| 17th of June 1867 | BIRTHDAY | Henry Lawson, Australian poet (d. 1922) |
| 17th of June 1880 | BIRTHDAY | Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (d. 1964) |
| 17th of June 1881 | BIRTHDAY | Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (d. 1955) |
| 17th of June 1882 | BIRTHDAY | Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1918) |
| 17th of June 1882 | BIRTHDAY | Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (d. 1971) |
| 17th of June 1888 | BIRTHDAY | Heinz Guderian, German general (d. 1954) |
| 17th of June 1898 | BIRTHDAY | M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (d. 1972) |
| 17th of June 1898 | BIRTHDAY | Harry Patch, British supercentenarian (d. 2009) |
| 17th of June 1898 | BIRTHDAY | Carl Hermann, German physicist (d. 1961) |
| 17th of June 1900 | BIRTHDAY | Martin Bormann, German Nazi official (d. 1945) |
| 17th of June 1902 | BIRTHDAY | Sammy Fain, American popular music composer (d. 1989) |
| 17th of June 1902 | BIRTHDAY | Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (d. 1982) |
| 17th of June 1903 | BIRTHDAY | Ruth Wakefield, American cook and hotelier (d. 1977) |
| 17th of June 1904 | BIRTHDAY | Ralph Bellamy, American actor (d. 1991) |
| 17th of June 1907 | BIRTHDAY | Maurice Cloche, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1990) |
| 17th of June 1907 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Eames, American designer and architect (d. 1978) |
| 17th of June 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Elmer Lee Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004) |
| 17th of June 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor (d. 2004) |
| 17th of June 1910 | BIRTHDAY | Red Foley, American musician (d. 1968) |
| 17th of June 1910 | BIRTHDAY | George Hees, Canadian politician (d. 1996) |
| 17th of June 1914 | BIRTHDAY | John Hersey, American writer and journalist (d. 1993) |
| 17th of June 1915 | BIRTHDAY | David "Stringbean" Akeman, American actor and country music banjo player (d. 1973) |
| 17th of June 1915 | BIRTHDAY | Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (d. 1996) |
| 17th of June 1916 | BIRTHDAY | Terry Gilkyson, American singer, lyricist and composer (d. 1999) |
| 17th of June 1918 | BIRTHDAY | Ajahn Chah, Thai meditation master (d. 1992) |
| 17th of June 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Beryl Reid, British Actress (d. 1996) |
| 17th of June 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Francois Jacob, French biologist, Nobel laureate |
| 17th of June 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (d. 1981) |
| 17th of June 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Elroy Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004) |
| 17th of June 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Martin Bottcher, German conductor |
| 17th of June 1929 | BIRTHDAY | Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (d. 1984) |
| 17th of June 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000) |
| 17th of June 1931 | BIRTHDAY | John Baldessari, American conceptual artist |
| 17th of June 1932 | BIRTHDAY | John Murtha, American politician (d. 2010) |
| 17th of June 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Lupus, American actor |
| 17th of June 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Christian Ferras, French violinist (d. 1982) |
| 17th of June 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Harry Browne, American writer and investment analyst (d. 2006) |
| 17th of June 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (d. 1970) |
| 17th of June 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Ken Loach, British film director |
| 17th of June 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Vern Harper, Canadian First Nations Cree Elder and veteran of the Korean War |
| 17th of June 1940 | BIRTHDAY | George Akerlof, American economist, Nobel laureate |
| 17th of June 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian IAEA director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 17th of June 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Newt Gingrich, American politician |
| 17th of June 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Burt Rutan, American aerospace engineer |
| 17th of June 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Barry Manilow, American musician |
| 17th of June 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Randy Johnson, American football player (d. 2009) |
| 17th of June 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Bill Rafferty, American comedian and impressionist |
| 17th of June 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Frank Ashmore, American actor |
| 17th of June 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Art Bell, American radio broadcaster and author |
| 17th of June 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Tommy Franks, American General |
| 17th of June 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist |
| 17th of June 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Ken Livingstone, English politician |
| 17th of June 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Rosei, Austrian writer |
| 17th of June 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008) |
| 17th of June 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Young, English singer and percussionist (Sad Cafe, Mike + The Mechanics) (d. 2000) |
| 17th of June 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Linda Chavez, American author |
| 17th of June 1947 | BIRTHDAY | George S. Clinton, American composer and musician |
| 17th of June 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Dave Concepcion, Venezuelan baseball player |
| 17th of June 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Aurelio Lopez, Mexican baseball player (d. 1992) |
| 17th of June 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Snakefinger, British-born guitarist, violinist, singer and songwriter (The Residents) (d. 1987) |
| 17th of June 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director |
| 17th of June 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Joe Piscopo, American actor |
| 17th of June 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach and executive |
| 17th of June 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Len Davies, British pro wrestling promoter |
| 17th of June 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Gail Jones, Australian author |
| 17th of June 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Chi-chi Nwanoku, English double bassist |
| 17th of June 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Phil Chevron, Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter (The Pogues, The Radiators From Space) |
| 17th of June 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Martin Dillon, American opera singer (d. 2005) |
| 17th of June 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Jon Gries, American actor |
| 17th of June 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor |
| 17th of June 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Bobby Farrelly, American film director |
| 17th of June 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Jello Biafra, American singer (Dead Kennedys) and activist |
| 17th of June 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Sam Hamad, Syrian-born Canadian politician |
| 17th of June 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Daniel McVicar, American actor |
| 17th of June 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Jon Leibowitz, American government official |
| 17th of June 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Derek Lee Ragin, American countertenor |
| 17th of June 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player |
| 17th of June 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Thomas Haden Church, American actor |
| 17th of June 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Adrian Campos, Spanish racing driver |
| 17th of June 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Koichi Yamadera, Japanese seiyu, actor and tarento |
| 17th of June 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Monroe, Finnish singer (Hanoi Rocks) |
| 17th of June 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Greg Kinnear, American actor |
| 17th of June 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Erin Murphy, American actress |
| 17th of June 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver |
| 17th of June 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Gross, German swimmer |
| 17th of June 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Dermontti Dawson, American football player |
| 17th of June 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Dan Jansen, American speed skater |
| 17th of June 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Dara O'Kearney, Irish ultra runner and professional poker player |
| 17th of June 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Jason Patric, American actor |
| 17th of June 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Christy Canyon, American pornographic actress |
| 17th of June 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Eric Stefani, American keyboardist, songwriter (No Doubt) and cartoon animator |
| 17th of June 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Dorothea Roschmann, German operatic soprano |
| 17th of June 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Minoru Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist |
| 17th of June 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Julie Miller, Hawaiian triathlete |
| 17th of June 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Tergat, Kenyan long distance runner |
| 17th of June 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Jason Hanson, American football player |
| 17th of June 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Stephane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 17th of June 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Popeye Jones, American basketball player |
| 17th of June 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Showalter, American comedian |
| 17th of June 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Will Forte, American writer, actor and comedian |
| 17th of June 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Sasha Sokol, Mexican singer and actress |
| 17th of June 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Mildred Fox, Irish politician |
| 17th of June 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer |
| 17th of June 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Sebastian White, English drummer (Oasis) |
| 17th of June 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Krayzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) |
| 17th of June 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Louis Leterrier, French film director |
| 17th of June 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican business consultant |
| 17th of June 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Leander Paes, Indian tennis player |
| 17th of June 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer |
| 17th of June 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Jennifer Irwin, Canadian actress |
| 17th of June 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Chloe Jones, American pornographic actress (d. 2005) |
| 17th of June 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Joshua Leonard, American actor |
| 17th of June 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Sven Nys, Belgian cyclo-cross rider |
| 17th of June 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Scott Adkins, English actor |
| 17th of June 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Mark Tauscher, American football player |
| 17th of June 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Branko Tomovic, Serbian actor |
| 17th of June 1978 | BIRTHDAY | James Corden, English actor and comedian |
| 17th of June 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer |
| 17th of June 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress |
| 17th of June 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Nick Rimando, American footballer |
| 17th of June 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Young Maylay, American Rapper |
| 17th of June 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Venus Williams, American tennis player |
| 17th of June 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Kimeru, Japanese singer |
| 17th of June 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Jeph Jacques, American webcomic writer |
| 17th of June 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Shane Watson, Australian cricketer |
| 17th of June 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Kyle Boller, American football player |
| 17th of June 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Marek Svatos, Slovakian ice hockey player |
| 17th of June 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Connie Fisher, English stage actress |
| 17th of June 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Vlasis Kazakis, Greek footballer |
| 17th of June 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor |
| 17th of June 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Lee Ryan, British singer (Blue) |
| 17th of June 1984 | BIRTHDAY | John Gallagher, Jr., American actor |
| 17th of June 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Rafael Sobis, Brazilian footballer |
| 17th of June 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player |
| 17th of June 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player |
| 17th of June 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer |
| 17th of June 1989 | BIRTHDAY | Giorgos Tofas, Cypriot footballer |
| 17th of June 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Jordan Henderson, English footballer |
| 17th of June 0900 | DEATH | Fulk the Venerable, Archbishop of Rheims (birth year unknown) |
| 17th of June 1025 | DEATH | King Boles?aw I the Brave of Poland (Born 967) |
| 17th of June 1091 | DEATH | Dirk V, Count of Holland (Born 1052) |
| 17th of June 1463 | DEATH | Princess Catherine of Portugal (Born 1436) |
| 17th of June 1565 | DEATH | Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (Born 1536) |
| 17th of June 1694 | DEATH | Philip Howard, English Catholic Cardinal (Born 1629) |
| 17th of June 1696 | DEATH | King John III Sobieski of Poland (Born 1629) |
| 17th of June 1719 | DEATH | Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (Born 1672) |
| 17th of June 1734 | DEATH | Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France (Born 1653) |
| 17th of June 1740 | DEATH | Sir William Wyndham, English politician (Born 1687) |
| 17th of June 1762 | DEATH | Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon, French writer (Born 1674) |
| 17th of June 1771 | DEATH | Daskalogiannis, Cretan rebel (birth year unknown) |
| 17th of June 1775 | DEATH | John Pitcairn, British military officier (Born 1722) |
| 17th of June 1797 | DEATH | Shah Agha Muhammad Khan of Persia (Born 1742) |
| 17th of June 1813 | DEATH | Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (Born 1726) |
| 17th of June 1821 | DEATH | Martin Miguel de Guemes, Argentine military leader (Born 1785) |
| 17th of June 1858 | DEATH | Queen Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi (Born 1828) |
| 17th of June 1898 | DEATH | Edward Burne-Jones, English artist (Born 1833) |
| 17th of June 1904 | DEATH | Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, Russian politician (Born 1839) |
| 17th of June 1939 | DEATH | Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (Born 1893) |
| 17th of June 1940 | DEATH | Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel laureate (Born 1865) |
| 17th of June 1941 | DEATH | Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer and organist (Born 1862) |
| 17th of June 1942 | DEATH | Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician (Born 1853) |
| 17th of June 1952 | DEATH | Jack Parsons, American rocket propulsion researcher (Born 1914) |
| 17th of June 1956 | DEATH | Paul Rostock, German doctor (Born 1892) |
| 17th of June 1956 | DEATH | Bob Sweikert, American racing driver (Born 1926) |
| 17th of June 1957 | DEATH | Dorothy Richardson, English writer (Born 1873) |
| 17th of June 1961 | DEATH | Jeff Chandler, American actor (Born 1918) |
| 17th of June 1963 | DEATH | Aleksander Keskula, Estonian politician and nationalist (Born 1882) |
| 17th of June 1968 | DEATH | Jose Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (Born 1901) |
| 17th of June 1969 | DEATH | Rita Abatzi, Greek rebetiko singer (Born 1914) |
| 17th of June 1974 | DEATH | Pamela Britton, American actress (Born 1923) |
| 17th of June 1979 | DEATH | Duffy Lewis, American baseball player (Born 1888) |
| 17th of June 1981 | DEATH | Richard O'Connor, British general (Born 1889) |
| 17th of June 1981 | DEATH | Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Born 1889) |
| 17th of June 1982 | DEATH | Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (Born 1920) |
| 17th of June 1983 | DEATH | Peter Mennin, American composer and teacher (Born 1923) |
| 17th of June 1984 | DEATH | John Murray, American playwright (Born 1906) |
| 17th of June 1984 | DEATH | Milbourne Christopher, American illusionist (Born 1914) |
| 17th of June 1985 | DEATH | John Boulting, English filmmaker (Born 1913) |
| 17th of June 1986 | DEATH | Kate Smith, American singer (Born 1907) |
| 17th of June 1987 | DEATH | Dick Howser, American baseball player and manager (Born 1936) |
| 17th of June 1996 | DEATH | Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (Born 1922) |
| 17th of June 1999 | DEATH | Basil Hume, English Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster (Born 1923) |
| 17th of June 2000 | DEATH | Ismail Mahomed, South African jurist (Born 1931) |
| 17th of June 2001 | DEATH | Thomas Joseph Winning, Scottish Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow (Born 1925) |
| 17th of June 2001 | DEATH | Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel laureate (Born 1919) |
| 17th of June 2002 | DEATH | Fritz Walter, German footballer (Born 1920) |
| 17th of June 2002 | DEATH | Willie Davenport, American athlete (Born 1943) |
| 17th of June 2004 | DEATH | Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (Born 1926) |
| 17th of June 2005 | DEATH | Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (Born 1962) |
| 17th of June 2005 | DEATH | Sam Loeb, American comic book writer (Born 1988) |
| 17th of June 2006 | DEATH | Arthur Franz, American actor (Born 1920) |
| 17th of June 2006 | DEATH | Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (Born 1962) |
| 17th of June 2007 | DEATH | Gianfranco Ferre, Italian fashion designer (Born 1944) |
| 17th of June 2007 | DEATH | Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (Born 1933) |
| 17th of June 2008 | DEATH | Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (Born 1962) |
| 17th of June 2008 | DEATH | Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (Born 1922) |
| 17th of June 2009 | DEATH | Darrell Powers, American World War II figure (Born 1923) |
| 17th of June 2009 | DEATH | Ralf Dahrendorf, German-born sociologist and politician (Born 1929) |
| 17th of June 2010 | DEATH | K. S. Rajah, Singaporean jurist (Born 1930) |