Saturday, June 17, 2017

Day 168 - This day in legal and military history

June 17
 

WORLD Juggling Day
 

NATIONAL Eat Your Vegetables Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1775 The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the American Revolution
 

1885 The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere

1967 China detonated its first hydrogen bomb and became the world’s 4th thermonuclear power
 

1972 Watergate: Republican operatives break into Democratic Party offices at the Watergate Hotel in Washington
 

1994 Millions of Americans watch former football player OJ Simpson drive his Ford Bronco through Los Angeles, followed by police

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