June
17
Wednesday
2026

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Zemla Intifada

Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

Holiday

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (international)

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Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day

Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day (Latvia)

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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)

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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)

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Gondulphus of Berry

Christian feast day:
Gondulphus of Berry

Holiday

Botolph of Thorney

Christian feast day:
Botolph (England and Scandinavia)

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Albert Chmielowski

Christian feast day:
Albert Chmielowski

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.