June 17th (1940) was a Monday. It's the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 198 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 17th June, 1940
» The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the Occupation and annexation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union (1940) known as occupation of the Soviet Union.
Famous Birthdays on June 17 in 1940
» George Akerlof, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize in Economics named Nobel Prize laureate
June 17th Famous Deaths for 1940
» Arthur Harden, English biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
June 17th Holidays in History
» Bunker Hill Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Albert Chmielowski
» Botolph (England and Scandinavia)
» Gondulphus of Berry
» Saint Hervé e.g Hervé
» Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)
» Rainerius
» Samuel Barnett (reformer) called Samuel and Henrietta Barnett (Calendar of saints (Church of England) or Church of England)
» June 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Icelandic National Day called National Day, celebrates the independence of Iceland from Kingdom of Denmark in 1944.
» Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day named Soviet Occupation Day (Latvia)
» World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International observance or International)