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Disasters More than 16,000 people remain isolated and 3,350 are waiting to return to their homes due to continued flooding on the Mid North Coast of the Australian state of New South Wales. (Sydney Morning Herald) International relations The U.N. Human Rights Council issues its first condemnation of discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgender people. (AP via Forbes) Law and crime An ...
List of confirmed tornadoes – Friday, June 17, 2011 [nb 1] EF# Location County / Parish State Start Coord. Time Path length Max width EF0: NE of Eden: Marshall: SD: 2328 1 mile (1.6 km) Brief touchdown with no damage. EF0: E of North Bend: Dodge: NE: 2350 3 miles (4.8 km) Tornado was caught on video and only picked up dust.
Disasters An explosion at an oil storage tank in Gibraltar closes the port and injures workers and cruise ship passengers. (Gibraltar Chronicle) Haitian officials stand by their own death and homeless toll figures as the U.S. government claims fewer people were affected by last year's earthquake than previously believed. (BBC) A United Nations nuclear safety team looking into the Fukushima ...
June 17 is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) ... President of Uruguay (d. 2011) 1929 – Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2016)
Tropical Storm Alberto was the first tropical cyclone of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season.Forming on June 10 in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, the storm moved generally to the north, reaching a maximum intensity of 70 mph (110 km/h) before weakening and moving ashore in the Big Bend area of Florida on June 13.
June 17 – July 1 – 2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships in the Netherlands; June 18 – July 10 – 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico Mexico won the cup as host being the first team to achieve that, defeating Uruguay 2–0 and achieving their second title in the category. June 26 – July 17 – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in ...
Friday, June 17, 2011 Saturday, June 18, 2011. Rory McIlroy was the headline story once again on Friday, as he continued his good form, breaking several U.S. Open scoring records in the process. Out early in the morning session, he added an eagle two on the 8th hole to a succession of pars and birdies, and a two-putt birdie at the 16th took him ...
This is a list of selected June 17 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, ...