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Illustration of stork, signifying birth

Births On This Day,
June, 17

  • 1980 Venus Williams

    American tennis player

  • 1945 Ken Livingstone

    British politician

  • 1945 Eddy Merckx

    Belgian cyclist

  • 1898 M. C. Escher

    Dutch illustrator

  • 1882 Igor Stravinsky

    Russian composer

Illustration of tombstone, signifying death

Deaths On This Day,
June, 17

  • 2012 Rodney King

    American victim of police brutality

  • 1996 Curt Swan

    American illustrator

  • 1981 Richard O'Connor

    British army general

  • 1898 Edward Burne-Jones

    British artist

  • 1025 Bolesław I Chrobry

Illustration of a paperclip

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