June 17th in History
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
