17th June in history
Thu 17 Jun 2021
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Born on this day in 1987, Kendrick Lamar is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.
Did you know that:
• Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I built the tomb of his late wife, Mumtaz Mahal, the Taj Mahal on this day in 1631
• William Crookes, an English chemist and physicist who invented the Crookes tube and discovered thallium, was born on this day in 1832
• Burt Rutan, an American aerospace engineer who invented the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, was born on this day in 1943
// Compiled by Zoya Siddiqui