On this day: June 17

June 17

• 1462 – Forces led by Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia attacked an Ottoman camp at night in an attempt to assassinate Mehmed II.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston, Massachusetts.
• 1900 – Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts after a brief but bloody battle.
• 1985 – On board Space Shuttle Discovery, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (pictured) became the first Arab, the first Muslim, and the first astronaut of royal blood to fly in outer space.
• 1991 – The Parliament of South Africa repealed the Population Registration Act, which required that each inhabitant of South Africa be classified and registered by race as part of the system of apartheid.

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