June 17 is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 197 days remaining until the end of the year.
Anniversaries on June 17：
1462 – Forces led by Vlad III Dracula ofWallachia attacked an Ottoman camp at night in an attempt to assassinate Mehmed II.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston, Massachusetts.
1900 – Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured theTaku Forts after a brief but bloody battle.
1985 – On board Space Shuttle Discovery, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (pictured) became the first Arab, the first Muslim, and the first astronaut of royal blood to fly in outer space.
1991 – The Parliament of South Africa repealed thePopulation Registration Act, which required that each inhabitant of South Africa be classified and registered byrace as part of the system of apartheid.
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