June 17

June 17 is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by June 16, and succeeded by June 18. Following June 17, there are 197 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"Endurance is the free companion of Sorrow, and Patience her master."

Events

• YEAR – EVENT - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Births

• 1832 – William Crookes, English chemist and physicist who pioneered in spectroscopy and vacuum tubes; TS member (d. 1919)

Deaths

• YEAR – NAME, SOMETHING ABOUT PERSON (b. YEAR) - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Holidays and observances

• NAME OF HOLIDAY, SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOLIDAY - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

External links

• This Date in Wikipedia