June 17th in History

1823: The waterproof material for raincoats patented by Charles Macintosh
1944: Iceland becomes an independent republic
1946: War crime trial of Emperor Hirohito of Japan begins
1953: Soviet tanks deployed against rioting East Germans
1967: China explodes its first H-bomb
1970: Polaroid camera patented

June 17th birthdays

1882: Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor
1917: Dean Martin, American film actor and singer
1934: Donald Sutherland, Canadian born film actor