It happened today, the almanac of the day: the historical and political facts, who was born and who left us
Historical events
1120 – Battle of Cutanda which sees the victory of the Kingdom of Aragon over the occupying Almoravids.
1497 – Battle of Deptford Bridge
1579 – Sir Francis Drake claims California for England
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Bunker Hill is fought
1776 – The American invasion of Quebec ends
1789 – The Third Estate proclaims itself the National Assembly
1811 – Paris: opening of the French National Council, wanted by Napoleon in response to the opposition of Pius VII. Although Cardinal Fesch, archbishop of Lyon, felt very strong family ties, he nevertheless sided with the Pope against his nephew the Emperor, who therefore took away from him all the benefits he had conferred on him.
1847 – Pope Pius IX publishes the Encyclical Letter Ubi primum on the merits of Religious Families and on the life conduct of the religious of the various Orders
1856 – The Republican Party holds its first convention, in Philadelphia (nominates John Charles Fremont as its first presidential candidate)
1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York
1903 – Roald Amundsen begins the first east-west crossing of the Northwest Passage
1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off on the first solo non-stop Atlantic crossing by a woman
1940 – The three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are occupied by the Soviet Union
Start of Operation Ariel, the evacuation of Allied troops from France
1941 – Allied forces occupy Damascus
1944 – Iceland becomes independent from Denmark and forms a republic
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1953 – Workers’ protests in East Germany
1967 – China tests its first hydrogen bomb
1970 – Mexico City: Semi-final of the world football championships between Italy and West Germany (4-3 aet.), the “match of the century”
1972 – Watergate scandal: Five White House officials are arrested for breaking into the offices of the Democratic Party Committee
The athlete Pietro Mennea is the European record holder in Milan in the 100 meter dash
1974 – Two militants of the Italian Social Movement, Giuseppe Mazzola and Graziano Giralucci, are killed in the MSI headquarters in Padua. These are the first murders carried out by the Red Brigades
1994 – OJ Simpson is arrested for the murder of his wife and her friend
2001 – Simeon II’s National Movement wins the political elections in Bulgaria
Parties and anniversaries
International:
World Day to Fight Desertification and Drought
Saints today June 17th
Saint Montano, soldier and martyr
Saint Adolphus of Maastricht, bishop
Saint Antidio, bishop and martyr
Saint Agrippino of Como, bishop
Saint Avitus Abbot
Saints Blastus and Diogenes, martyrs
Saint Botulf, abbot
Saints Egidio, Louis, John and Paul, Mercedarian martyrs
Saint Erveo of Brittany, hermit
Saint Himerius bishop
Saint Hypatius Hegumen, Abbot
Saints Isauro, Innocent, Felix, Hermia, Pellegrino and Basilio, martyrs
Saint Manuel, martyr
Saints Nicandro, Marciano and Daria, martyrs
Saint Peter Đa, martyr
San Ranieri Scacceri (or of Pisa), hermit, patron saint of Pisa
Saint Valeriana and companions, martyrs
Blessed Arnaldo of Foligno (Arnoldo), Franciscan
Blessed Euphemia of Altenmunster, abbess
Blessed Philip Papon, martyr
Blessed Joseph Marie Cassant, Trappist
Blessed Paolo Burali of Arezzo, cardinal
Blessed Pietro Gambacorta, religious, co-founder of the Congregation of the Poor Hermits of San Girolamo
Blessed Teresa of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Cistercian
Born today June 17th
Sergio Marchionne (1952)
Lee Ryan (1983)
Igor Stravinsky (1882)
Died today June 17th
Gianfranco Ferré (2007)
Giuseppe Montanelli (1862)
Andrea Pazienza (1988)
Mario Rigoni Stern (2008)
