June 17: International Surfing Day (2017)
Vlad III Dracula
- 1462 – Forces led by Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia (pictured) attacked an Ottoman camp at night in an attempt to assassinate Mehmed II.
- 1843 – New Zealand Wars: An armed posse of Europeans set out from Nelson to arrest Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha and clashed with Māori, resulting in 26 deaths.
- 1900 – Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts after a brief but bloody battle.
- 1930 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law, raising tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels.
- 1963 – Around 2,000 people rioted in South Vietnam, despite the signing of the Joint Communiqué to resolve the ongoing Buddhist crisis one day earlier.
John Kay (b. 1704) · M. C. Escher (b. 1898) · Annie S. Swan (d. 1943)
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