Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 17

Births

 * 1239 - King Edward I of England (d. 1307)
 * 1682 - King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718)
 * 1703 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
 * 1808 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (d. 1845)
 * 1882 - Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (d. 1971)
 * 1942 - Mohamed ElBaradei, (pictured) Egyptian International Atomic Energy Agency director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
 * 1943 - Newt Gingrich, American politician
 * 1943 - Barry Manilow, American musician
 * 1945 - Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London
 * 1945 - Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist
 * 1980 - Venus Williams, American tennis player

Deaths

 * 1952 - Jack Parsons, American rocket-fuel pioneer and renegade occultist (b. 1914)
 * 1982 - Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
 * 1996 - Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (b. 1922)

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