Historical eventJune 172017

June 2017 Portugal wildfires

Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.

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When
Saturday, June 17 20179 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2010s
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Dates: From 2017.

What happened

Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.

June 17 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

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  3. 1989Interflug Flight 102
  4. 1991Apartheid
  5. 1992George H. W. Bush
  6. 1994O. J. Simpson
  7. 2009Czech Pirate Party
  8. 2015Charleston church shooting
  9. 2015White supremacy
  10. 2017June 2017 Portugal wildfires
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June 17 2017 — 9 years ago, on a Saturday.

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