June 17 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for June 17
In the headlines today:

2000	300,000 Cubans protest against the US holding young Elian Gonzalez.
1986	President Ronald Reagan announces that US Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger will retire.
1972	A break-in of the Democratic National Committee offices occurs at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC.
1969	Boris Spasky defeats Tigran Petrosian in Moscow to become world chess champion.
1950	The first kidney transplant is performed by Dr. Richard Lawler in Chicago.
1948	Forty-three people aboard a United Air Lines airplane die in a crash near Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania.
1942	The CBS Radio Theatre program, Suspense, debuts.
1928	Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
1885	The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York City.
1856	The first national convention of the Republican Party was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1775	The Battle of Bunker Hill occurs near Boston, during the American Revolution.