Day of the year

June 17

Born on June 17? You're a Gemini with the Pearl birthstone.

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June 17 Zodiac Sign

Gemini (May 21 – June 20)

Element: Air

curiousadaptablewittyexpressivesociable

Birthstone

Pearl

Birth Flower

Rose

Season

Spring

Numerology 5

A number of freedom, change, and restless adventure.

1775— The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought during the American Revolution, demonstrating colonial soldiers could stand against British regulars.
1856— The Republican Party held its first national convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1972— Five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C.
1994— O.J. Simpson led police on a slow-speed car chase on Los Angeles freeways, watched by millions on live television.
2015— Nine people were killed in a racially motivated shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

John Wesley (1703) — English clergyman and founder of Methodism
Igor Stravinsky (1882) — Russian composer known for The Rite of Spring
Barry Manilow (1943) — pop singer and songwriter
Venus Williams (1980) — professional tennis champion
Kendrick Lamar (1987) — rapper and Pulitzer Prize winner
M.C. Escher (1898) — Dutch graphic artist known for mathematically inspired lithographs

Bunker Hill Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

The Watergate break-in on June 17, 1972 eventually led to President Nixon's resignation.
The Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775 was actually fought mostly on Breed's Hill.
Kendrick Lamar, born June 17, 1987, became the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018.

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