Event:
Joe Cronin pinch hit home runs in both ends of a doubleheader
More Notable Events on June 17:
1986 Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated
1950 1st kidney transplant, Chicago
1947 Pan Am Airways chartered as 1st worldwide passenger airline
1944 Iceland declares independence from Denmark at Thingvallir, Iceland
1885 Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City
