June
17
Wednesday
2026
Now
Holiday
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (international)
Holiday
Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day
Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day (Latvia)
Holiday
June 2017 Portugal wildfires
National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Forest Fires (Portugal)
Holiday
June 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day:
June 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Holiday
Samuel Barnett (reformer)
Christian feast day:
Samuel and Henrietta Barnett (Church of England)
Holiday
Hypatius of Bithynia
Christian feast day:
Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)
2021
5 yrs ago
Died
2021
Kenneth Kaunda
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (born 1924)
On This Day
2021
Juneteenth
Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President Joe Biden, to become the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.