Today in History - History - June 17th

1788After a lengthy stay in Europe, John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams return to Boston

1992Phila 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns

1944Hitler secretly meets with von Rundstedt in Marjival Soissons

1579Sir Francis Drake lands on coast of California at Drakes Bay, names it "New Albion"

1994OJ Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, LA cops chase his Ford Bronco for 1½ hours, eventually gives up (seen live on TV)

1982US President Reagan 1st UN Gen Assembly address ("evil empire" speech)

1983Ed Warren and Lorraine Warren exorcise a "werewolf demon" from Bill Ramsey, although the lack of photo or video evidence has called this claim into question

1954Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1462vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.

1988Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens

1882Igor Stravinsky, Oranienbaum, Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS 05/06]

1943Barry Manilow, New York City, American singer/pianist (Mandy, I Write the Songs)

1980Venus Williams, Lynwood California, tennis star

1940George Akerlof, American economist, Nobel laureate

1945Tony Roche, Wagga Wagga Australia, tennis player and coach

1881Tommy Burns, Hanover Ontario, Canadian boxer

1950US Attorney General robert kennedy (24) weds Ethel Kennedy (25) at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Greenwich, Connecticut

1923Chemist Linus Pauling (22) weds Ava Helen Miller

1962Actor Jack Nicholson (25) weds Sandra Knight (22) in Los Angeles

1853Prime Minister of Canada Alexander Mackenzie (31) weds second wife Jane Sym

1835Soldier and politician Jefferson Davis (27) weds Sarah Knox Taylor (21) in Louisville, Kentucky

1983Singer and actor Glenn Frey (34) weds Janie Beggs

1997Actress and philanthropist Grace Hightower (57) weds actor Robert De Niro (68) at their Marbletown home

1872Jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr (31) weds childhood friend Fanny Bowditch Dixwell

2008Ice hockey player star Martin Brodeur (36) weds Genevieve Nault at the Bavaro Princess Resort in the Dominican Republic

2006Producer Dick Wolf (59) weds fashion publicist Noelle Lippman

1947Maxwell Perkins, American editor and publisher for Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe, dies at 62

2012Rodney King, African American motorist beaten by LA cop, dies at 47