Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/June 17
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- 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
- 1898 – M. C. Escher, Dutch artist, is born. (d. 1972)
- 1928 - Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.
- 1944 – Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic