MisesWiki:Anniversaries/June 17

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 * 1930 – The Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, raising tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods.
 * 1971 – President Richard Nixon declared illegal drug use to be "public enemy number one," officially beginning the War on Drugs.
 * 1972 – Five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters, leading to the Watergate scandal and President Nixon's resignation.