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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