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On June 17, learn about the most interesting events and historical facts from across history. In the Gregorian calendar, June 17th is the 168th day of the year. Sir Francis Drake lands in Drakes Bay on the California coast, naming it “New Albion,” Mumtaz Mahal dies, and her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, spends the next 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal, and Charles Goodyear receives his first rubber patent.
Gemini is the zodiac sign for June 17th. Venus Williams, Tory Burch, and Newt Gingrich all have famous birthdays. Today is National Vegetable Eating Day. (June 17, 1631) (June 17, 1901) (June 17, 1910) (June 17, 1994) (June 17, 2012) (Died on June 17, 2021)
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Mumtaz Mahal passes away while giving birth to her child. Shah Jahan I, the Mughal emperor, will spend the next 17 years constructing her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. 
The College Board unveils its first standardised test, the SAT's precursor. 
Aurel Vlaicu flies an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 for the first time. 
On this day in 1994, O.J. Simpson was charged with the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, though he was acquitted the following year after a sensational trial. 
Rodney King, an African American construction worker whose videotaped beating by white Los Angeles Police Department officers in March 1991 provoked violent race riots (and the officers' subsequent handling by the courts), was found dead in his swimming pool in California.
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (b. 1924).
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