June 17 in history: • 653 – Pope Martin I (pictured) was arrested in the Lateran Palace, Rome, and taken to Constantinople. → go there • 1579 – Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England. → go there • 1919 – Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, leading to the death of a British police officer. → go there • 1972 – Five men were arrested for attempted burglary on the offices of the Democratic National Committee, igniting the Watergate scandal that ultimately led to the resignation of US president Richard Nixon more than two years later. → go there Pictured: border=yes.