Today is Friday, June 17, the 170th day of 2016. There are 196 days left in the year.
1397 — Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden & Norway
1579 — Sir Francis Drake lands on the coast of California
1745 — American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French
1789 — Third Estate in France declared itself a national assembly
1837 — Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent
1856 — Republican Party opens its first national convention in Philadelphia
1880 — John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo
1882 — Tornado kills 130 in Iowa
1885 — Statue of Liberty arrived in New York
1894 — First U.S. poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out in Vermont