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On this day in History - June 17
1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in...|1939 – Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted...|1985 – Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying payload specialist, Sultan...
1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor
1939 – Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
1985 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
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