History for June 17

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John Hersey (John Richard Hersey) 1914 - Writer, journalist

• 1775 - The British took Bunker Hill outside of Boston.
• 1856 - The Republican Party opened its first national convention in Philadelphia.
• 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.
• 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
• 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.
• 1941 - WNBT-TV in New York City, NY, was granted the first construction permit to operate a commercial TV station in the U.S.
• 1950 - Dr. Richard H. Lawler performed the first kidney transplant in a 45-minute operation in Chicago, IL.