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Today is June 17th, 2025 and is a Tuesday.

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1992: A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).

1991: Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.

1987: With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.

1985: STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist.

1972: Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.