Daily Calendar _ June 17
The 168th day of the year, 197 days left until the New Year.
Church Calendar
Mitrofanes, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 326); Martyrs: Frontas, Severines, Severianes and Silanes (I); Martyr Concord (c. 175); Hieromartyr Astas, Bishop of Durrani (II); Venerable Zosimas, Bishop of Babylon in Egypt (VI); Mothers of the Holy Martyrs: Martha and Mary, Mother of the Righteous Lazarus.
Born:
1818 – Charles Gounod, French composer. Died 1884.
1876 – Alexander Aladashvili, prominent physician-therapist. Died 1950.
1882 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer. Died 1971.
1911 – Viktor Nekrasov, Russian émigré writer. Died 1987.
1929 – Tigran Petrosyan, 9th world chess champion. Died 1984.
1932 – Tengiz Japaridze, painter.
Died:
1953 – Mose Toidze, famous painter.
1958 – Imre Nagy, Hungarian Prime Minister, executed by order of Nikita Khrushchev as a participant in the 1956 Hungarian uprising.
Events:
1856 – The first convention of the Republican Party of the United States opened in Philadelphia.
1885 – The French ship `Isère' arrived in New York, carrying the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the French people to the United States.
1940 – Soviet troops entered Latvia and Estonia.
1944 – Iceland was declared a sovereign, independent state.
1982 – In his speech at the UN General Assembly, US President Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union an evil empire.
2004 – The public reading of `The Rider in the Panther's Skin' was initiated by writer Davit Turashvili.
Memorable days:
International Day to Combat Drought and Desertification
Iceland – Republic Day
USA, Canada, Netherlands, Argentina – Father's Day
Romania - National Aviation Day
Armenia - Aviation Day
Greece - Couples' Day Day
Indonesia - Children's Day
Kyrgyzstan - Water Resources Workers' Day