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June 17 | |
| 1871 | Birth date of James Weldon Johnson, civil-rights leader, poet, and novelist. (died 6/26/38) |
| 1880 | Birth date of Carl Van Vechten, writer and photographer. (died 12/21/64) |
| 1928 | Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly the Atlantic. |
| 1930 | The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill is signed into law by President Herbert Hoover, raising tariffs to their highest level in history. |