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2019

Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi dies during his trial in Cairo.

2018

"The Incredibles 2" sets a box office record for an animated film, grossing $180 million during its opening weekend.

1997

The NHL announces that four teams will join the league: Nashville in 1998, Atlanta in 1999, and Minneapolis-St. Paul and Columbus, Ohio, in 2000.

1994

Former American football player O.J. Simpson is arrested after a dramatic, televised manhunt for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.

1984

John Turner succeeds Pierre E. Trudeau as Prime Minister of Canada.

1942

The American magazine Yank publishes the first comic strip to use the term “G.I. Joe.”

1939

A French prisoner is guillotined in Versailles for the last time.

1885

The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York aboard the French ship Isère.

1776

The American invasion of Quebec City ends as troops from the Continental Army withdraw from the province.

1631

Mumtaz Mahal dies while giving birth to a baby. Her husband, Shah Jahan, the Mughal emperor, will spend 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal.

It happened on… June 17

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