WHAT HAPPENED ON 17. JUNE
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With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct. (17. June 1987)

Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth. (17. June 1991)

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). (17. June 1992)

Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. (17. June 1994)

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