History for June 17

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John Hersey (John Richard Hersey) 1914 - Writer, journalist, Newt Gingrich (Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich) 1943 - Politician, historian, author, Barry Manilow 1946 - Musician


Thomas Haden Church 1961 - Actor, Greg Kinnear 1963 - Actor, television personality, Venus Williams 1980 - Tennis player


1775 - The British took Bunker Hill outside of Boston.


1856 - The Republican Party opened its first national convention in Philadelphia.


1872 - George M. Hoover began selling whiskey in Dodge City, Kansas. The town had been dry up until this point.


1876 - General George Crook’s command was attacked and defeated on the Rosebud River by 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne under the leadership of Crazy Horse.


1928 - Amelia Earhart began the flight that made her the first woman to successfully fly across the Atlantic Ocean.


1930 - The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill became law. It placed the highest tariff on imports to the U.S.


1942 - Yank, a weekly magazine for the U.S. armed services, began publication. The term "G.I. Joe" was first used in a comic strip by Dave Breger.


1950 - Dr. Richard H. Lawler performed the first kidney transplant in a 45-minute operation in Chicago, IL.