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Wednesday, 17 June 2026

1994

Following a televised low-speed highway chase , O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.

1992

A 'joint understanding' agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).

1991

Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.

1987

With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.

1972

Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.

1971

President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.

1963

The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in ''Abington School District v. Schempp'' against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.

1961

The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded with the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress.

1960

The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for {{convert|7|e6acre|km2}} of land undervalued (4 cents/acre) in the 1863 treaty.

1958

The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing many of the ironworkers and injuring others.

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