Saturday 17th of June 1747

Highwayman Henry Simms aka Young Gentlemen Harry is executed by hanging at the age of 30 in Tyburn Tree, London, Tyburn, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Saturday 17th of June 1882

Composer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky is born in Oranienbaum, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.

Monday 17th of June 1889

Murderess Eva Coo aka Madame aka The Mallet Murderess is born as Eva Curry in Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.

Friday 17th of June 1898

Artist Maurits Cornelis Escher aka M. C. Escher is born in Princessehof, Grote Kerkstraat 11, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands.

Sunday 17th of June 1900

Nazi official and private secretary to Adolf Hitler Martin Bormann is born in Wegeleben, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

Tuesday 17th of June 1924

Serial killer Archibald Thomson Hall aka The Monster Butler aka Roy Fontaine is born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Saturday 17th of June 1933

31-year-old Raymond J. Caffrey is shot dead by bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd in Kansas City, Kansas, United States.

Saturday 17th of June 1939

Kidnapper and multiple murderer Eugen Weidmann aka The Handsome Devil is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 31 in Prison Saint Pierre, Place des Tribunaux, Versailles, Île-de-France, France.

Weidmann's was the last public execution and the last one before the outbreak of the war.

Monday 17th of June 1940

84-year-old General Philippe Henri Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain orders all Frenchmen to lay down their arms against Nazi Germany in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Thursday 17th of June 1943

Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow is born as Barry Alan Pincus in New York, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Friday 17th of June 1949

Musician Philip Charles Lithman aka Snakefinger is born in London, Tooting, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Tuesday 17th of June 1952

Rocket propulsion researcher and Thelemite occultist Jack Marvel Whiteside Parsons is blown apart by an explosion of fulminate of mercury at the age of 38 in Huntingdon Memorial Hospital, 100 W California Blvd, Pasadena, California, United States.

In an explosion at his home laboratory Parsons sustained mortal wounds. His right forearm was amputated, his legs and left arm were broken and a hole was torn in the right side of his face. Despite these critical injuries Parsons was found conscious by the upstairs lodgers. He was declared dead around thirty-seven minutes after the explosion. Parsons' last words were "Who will take care of me now?" When his mother Ruth was informed of the events she immediately committed suicide by taking an overdose of barbiturates.

Tuesday 17th of June 1952

Artist John Duncan is born in Wichita, Kansas, United States.

Wednesday 17th of June 1959

25-year-old Klara Frieda Tesmer is sexually assaulted and strangled by serial killer Joachim Kroll aka Jockel aka Der Ruhrkannibale in Graf-Spee-Brücke, Duisburg, Rheinhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Wednesday 17th of June 1959

21-year-old Elisabeth Figg aka Ann Philips is strangled by unidentified serial killer Jack the Stripper in Dukes Meadow, Chiswick, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Monday 17th of June 1963

SS Sturmbannführer and commander of Auschwitz KZ Richard Baer dies of a heart attack at the age of 52 in Untersuchungshaft, Hammelsgasse, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.

Baer was awaiting trial in the 'Auschwitz Processe'.

Tuesday 17th of June 1969

Murderer Granville Riddle is born in Oakdale, Texas, United States.

Saturday 17th of June 1972

Five burglars are arrested in the headquarters of the American Democratic Party in Watergate complex, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

The five burglars were Virgilio González, Bernard Barker, James McCord, Eugenio Martínez and Frank Sturgis. They were charged with attempted burglary and attempted interception of telephone and other communications.

Monday 17th of June 1974

Bomb attack by Radical left organisation the Weather Underground on the Gulf Oil headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

It was a protest against the company's actions in Angola and Vietnam.

Tuesday 17th of June 1986

21-year-old Todd Stoops is kidnapped and held tortured by serial killer Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher in 4315 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

Stoops' torture endured prior to his death included electric shocks via a spatula placed across his eyelid in an unsuccessful attempt to blind him. Stoops died of a combination of blood loss and infection on 1 July.

Sunday 17th of June 1990

Fashion model Palmira Henry aka Pal dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 44 in New York City, New York, United States.

Monday 17th of June 1991

Murderer Jerry Joe Bird is executed by lethal injection at the age of 55 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Bird's last words were "I don’t think so. That’s all. Go ahead. Start things rolling."

Tuesday 17th of June 1997

Triple murderer Eddie James Johnson is executed by lethal injection at the age of 45 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Thursday 17th of June 1999

Murderer Stanley Joseph Faulder is executed by lethal injection at the age of 62 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Thursday 17th of June 1999

Maren Hoffmeister at the opening event of 'Dante's Inferno' in Fort Asperen, Langendijk, Asperen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

Tuesday 17th of June 2008

Double murderer Yoshio Yamasaki is executed by hanging at the age of 73 in Osaka, Kinki, Japan.

Tuesday 17th of June 2008

Serial killer, cannibal and necrophile Tsutomu Miyazaki aka The Little Girl Murderer is executed by hanging at the age of 46 in Tokyo Detention House, Tokyo, Katsushika, Kantō, Japan.

Tuesday 17th of June 2008

Multiple murderer Shinji Mutsuda is executed by hanging at the age of 37 in Tokyo Detention House, Tokyo, Katsushika, Kantō, Japan.

Tuesday 17th of June 2008

Noise music band Club Moral play their 132nd concert at the 'Holland Festival' in Paradiso, Weteringschans 6-8, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.