On This Day for June 17 - Arrest of O.J. Simpson, Igor Stravinsky is featured, and more

Created: 2020-06-17 10:03 Updated: 2020-06-17 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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June 17

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Igor Stravinsky

FEATURED EVENT

1994

Arrest of O.J. Simpson

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2012: African American construction worker Rodney King—whose videotaped beating by white Los Angeles Police Department officers in March 1991 (and the officers' subsequent treatment by the courts) sparked violent race riots—was found dead in his swimming pool in California. [Read about other riots in U.S. history.]

1972: The Watergate, an office-apartment-hotel complex in Washington, D.C., that was the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee , was broken into by five men who were later arrested, prompting the Watergate scandal that upended the administration of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. [Test your knowledge of U.S. political scandals.]

1944: Iceland declared itself a republic. [ Watch a time-lapse video of Iceland.]

1943: American pop singer and songwriter Barry Manilow, who specialized in elaborately orchestrated romantic ballads, was born. [Take our quiz about songwriters.]

1940: The Soviet Red Army invaded Latvia, which led to the incorporation of the country into the U.S.S.R.

1930: The United States imposed the protectionist Smoot-Hawley Tariff, raising the average tariff by some 20 percent and worsening an already beleaguered world economy. [Test your knowledge of U.S. history.]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1987

Kendrick Lamar
American musician

1239

Edward I
king of England

1898

M.C. Escher
Dutch artist

1882

Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer

1900

Martin Bormann
German Nazi leader