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What happened in history on this day: June 17?
On June 17 in ...
- 1958 - NBC airs the last Your Hit Parade TV show.
- 1985 - The Discovery Channel begins airing on cable TV in the U.S. First program is Iceberg Alley.
- 1991 - The 100th episode of TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation airs.
- 2016 - Buena Vista releases the film Finding Dory to theaters.
Births on June 17
- 1904 - Birth of Ralph Bellamy in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Man Against Crime TV show, host - Frontier Justice, Franklin Roosevelt - The Winds of War and War and Remembrance TV mini-series, Wheels, The Moneychangers, Once an Eagle, Testimony of Two Men, Air Mail, Dive Bomber, Trading Places).
- 1910 - Birth of Red Foley AKA Clyde Julian Foley in Blue Lick, Kentucky, USA; country singer/songwriter ("Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy", "Old Shep", "Sugarfoot Rag", "Tennessee Saturday Night", "Peace in the Valley"), TV host (Ozark Jubilee), actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
- 1915 - Birth of Stringbean AKA David Akeman in Jackson County, Kentucky, USA; country comedian/banjo player (Grand Ole Opry radio show, Ozark Jubilee TV show, Hee Haw TV show).
- 1920 - Birth of Beryl Reid; actress (Joseph Andrews, Psycho Mania, Yellowbeard).
- 1925 - Birth of Keith Larsen in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; actor (The Hunter, Brave Eagle).
- 1931 - Birth of Virginia McKenna in London, England; actress (Born Free, Gathering Storm).
- 1932 - Birth of Peter Lupus; actor (Mission: Impossible TV show).
- 1948 - Birth of Phylicia Allen Ayers Rashad in Houston, Texas, USA; actress (Cosby).
- 1951 - Birth of Joe Piscopo in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; comedian (Saturday Night Live, Miller Lite commercials, 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd).
- 1954 - Birth of Mark Linn-Baker in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Larry Appleton - Perfect Strangers, Twins, Hanging With Mr. Cooper).
- 1957 - Birth of Jon Gries; actor (The Pretender).
- 1958 - Birth of Dan McVicar in Independence, Missouri, USA; actor (Clarke - The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 1961 - Birth of Thomas Haden Church; actor (Wings, Ned and Stacy).
- 1963 - Birth of Greg Kinnear; actor (Later, Talk Soup).
- 1965 - Birth of Kami Cotler in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (Elizabeth - The Waltons).
- 1966 - Birth of Jason Patric; actor (Teach 109, Toughlove, Saturday Night Live).
- 1970 - Birth of Will Forte; Actor-comedian (Saturday Night Live).
- 1975 - Birth of Frederick Koehler in Queens, New York; actor (Chip - Kate and Allie).
- 1977 - Birth of Jason Miller in Silver Springs, Maryland; actor (New Mickey Mouse Club).
- 1985 - Birth of Herculeez; actor, rapper (Herculeez and Big Tyme).
- 1996 - Birth of Damani Roberts; actor (King of Queens, All About the Andersons).
Deaths on June 17
- 1973 - Luis Van Rooten, actor (One Man's Family), dies at age 66.
- 1974 - Death of Pamela Britton of a brain tumor at age 50; actress (Blondie - Blondie, Mrs. Lorelei Brown - My Favorite Martian).
- 1978 - Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at age 68.
- 1979 - Lou Frizzel, actor (Dusty Rhoades - Bonanza), dies at age 58.
- 1984 - Death of Chet Allen at age 51; actor (Amahl - Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951), Jerry - Bonino, Slats - Troubleshooter).
- 2006 - Death of Arthur Franz from emphysema and heart disease at age 86; actor (Perry Mason, The F.B.I., The Mod Squad, The Virginian, Rawhide).
- 2007 - Death of Ed Friendly of cancer at age 85; TV producer (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, Little House on the Prairie).
- 2008 - Death of American actress and dancer Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea), at age 86 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California.
- 2022 - Death of Jean Louis Trintignant at age 91; French actor (Amour film).
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